The following column was submitted to My Edmonds News from the Yes on 1053 campaign By Tim Eyman Three times the voters have approved initiatives requiring either a two-thirds vote of the Legislature or a majority vote of the people to raise taxes. Three times. Yet Olympia took it away this year, despite overwhelming citizen…
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Election 2010: Initiative 1053 ‘is undemocratic, unwise and unfair’
Publisher’s note: This week, Edmonds voters will receive in the mail their ballots for the Nov. 2 general election. My Edmonds News sent requests to both proponents and opponents of the most visible citizen initiative campaigns, asking them to supply a written statement, if possible authored by someone from Edmonds. Here is the first of…
Tim Eyman makes his case for Initiative 1033
Tim Eyman offers no apologies for continuing to submit his famous anti-government-spending initiatives to Washington state voters, including Initiative 1033, which appears on the current election ballot. Eyman spoke last night at a town hall meeting at Edmonds Community College, moderated by Edmonds City Council President D.J. Wilson, which was taped for the local public…