Initiative 900 gives the auditor too much power

Close your eyes - and imagine for a moment that the state auditor isn't Brian Sonntag. Imagine instead that the state auditor is Tim Eyman, with the power to harass agencies like Sound Transit and the Seattle Monorail Project (both of which Eyman hates). Do you like the idea of giving the state auditor the power to push around local governments? What if we got a "rogue auditor"? It's a question we address in one of our new essays.