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Initiative promoter Tim Eyman is kicking off the new year with a new initiative. Eyman's new ballot proposal aims to resurrect the requirement that tax…
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Nearly two months have passed since the Washington Supreme Court tossed out a voter-approved two-thirds requirement for tax hikes.On Monday anti-tax…
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OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington initiative promoter Tim Eyman says he wants to make it easier to put an initiative on the ballot. Eyman submitted nearly 350,000 signatures Thursday for his latest ballot measure. But critics are suspicious. Eyman’s so-called "Protect the Initiative Act" would give signature-gatherers new protections from harassment. It would also stretch the time initiative backers have to gather signatures in Washington from six months to one year. By comparison Oregon allows up to two years. One of Eyman’s partners in Initiative 517 is Edward Agazarm. “Eddie Spaghetti” -- as he’s known in the business -- used to operate the largest signature-gathering firm in Washington. “What we’re trying to do with 517 is put the citizen back in the citizens’ initiative," Agazarm says. "Right now all you have are corporations, big labor and billionaires who are buying the ballot.” Agazarm and Eyman say with more time to collect signatures, grassroots groups would have a better shot at making it on the ballot. However, critics on the left counter this initiative on initiatives is really about turning signature-gathering into a year-round business for Eyman and others who have made it a profession.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington Supreme Court is considering whether to strike down a rule that makes it more difficult for the Legislature to raise…
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EVERETT, Wash. — Initiative activist Tim Eyman of Mukilteo has started collecting signatures on a measure limiting the tax power of Washington state…
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The Washington Supreme Court says voters do not have the right to vote on the use of red light cameras for traffic enforcement. In a 5 to 4 ruling on a…
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Washington voters consistently send Democratic majorities to the statehouse. But four times over the past 20 years they’ve also voted to require a…
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Red light camera opponents in Longview and Monroe submitted initiatives Monday against the automatic traffic ticketing system. If approved, the Monroe…
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kplu/local-kplu-948719.mp3Irate drivers in four Washington cities are filing ballot initiative…
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Making headlines this morning:Snow Threat ReducedProtests Greet Lawmakers at Session StartEyman Files New InitiativeSnow For The Commute Home, Then Rain…