Category Archives: Election Postmortem
Pierce, Benton counties flip to NO on Initiative 1033
The victory over Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1033 continues to get bigger. Yesterday evening, Benton County… which is a reliable vote for Eyman’s anti-tax initiatives… flipped to the NO side, joining much of the rest of southeast Washington in defeating Eyman’s latest scheme to kill jobs and wreck our common wealth. And today, Pierce County has [...]
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Tagged Initiative 1033
Statement on apparent defeat of Tim Eyman’s I-1033
The Northwest Progressive Institute, Permanent Defense’s parent organization, released the following statement on the apparent defeat of Tim Eyman’s I-1033 tonight. “We can all breathe a collective sigh of relief tonight with the apparent defeat of Initiative 1033,” said Villeneuve. “I-1033 would have trapped our state in a permanent recession, making an economic recovery impossible.” [...]
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Tagged Initiative 1033
Statement on the overwhelming defeat of I-985
Today the people of the State of Washington sent a loud, clear message to perennial right wing initiative sponsor Tim Eyman: We’re sick of traffic and we don’t agree that the solution to our transportation mess is diverting money from our schools to pay for bigger and wider highways. “We’re thrilled with the results,” said [...]
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Tagged Initiative 985
FOIA filed to expose potential audit mischief
One of the major reasons we opposed Initiative 900 two years ago was because we feared the potential for abuse of the performance audit as a tool to ensure good government. Today, suspicious of the gleeful rhetoric used by opponents of transportation agencies such of Sound Transit expressing their happiness that audits will be released [...]
Tagged Initiative 900
Initiative 900 rears its ugly head
Via Strange Bedfellows comes word of a new performance audit released by the State Auditor’s office and conducted by Ernst & Young, who declared in their report that “Washington State Ferries provides a level of service above what traffic volumes demand.” The audit says this unnecessary service will cost the state $100 million over the [...]
Tagged Initiative 900
2006: A year of victories for Permanent Defense, a year of defeats for Tim Eyman
Following yesterday’s Supreme Court decision which affirms that Sound Transit may continue to collect the local motor vehicle excise tax (MVET) it has levied for years, a tally of developments indicates that 2006 is very likely Tim Eyman’s worst year – ever. Among Eyman’s losses, defeats, and setbacks this year: He failed to qualify Referendum [...]
Also posted in Rethinking and Reframing, Statements & Advisories
Tagged Initiative 917, Referendum 65
Victory! Four for four against right wing initiatives in 2006
Yesterday, Permanent Defense won an astoundingly incredible victory that can hardly be described in words. It was historic, it was monumental, it was titanic in size and scope. It was in almost every respect a complete rout of the regressive right wing agenda and a victory for progressives and Democrats. Anti-tax zealots are reeling after [...]
Dunmire props Eyman up with big bucks
The AP has an “exclusive” article up on the wire tonight announcing that Tim Eyman and his initiative factory partners (Mike and Jack Fagan) will split a salary fund of $209,000. Roughly half of the $209,000 came from Eyman’s multimillion dollar backer, Michael Dunmire of Woodinville, an investment banker. Eyman thrives on media attention and [...]
Tagged Eyman Helps Himself
Setting the record straight on I-900, I-912
Yesterday, Tim Eyman sent out an e-mail congratulating all his supporters on the success of Initiative 900, saying “All of you helped make I-900 a success. We received over 2400 donations (average contribution was $247.10).” It’s worth noting that Initiative 900 would have been doomed had it not been for the tremendous financial backing provided [...]
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Tagged Initiative 900, Initiative 912
Eyman loses big in 2005 election
This year’s election will long be remembered as a turning point in Washington’s history. While Initiative 900 passed, Initiative 912 failed in a stunning defeat for Tim Eyman, who had latched on to the effort spearheaded by KVI talk show hosts John Carlson and Kirby Wilbur. Initiative 900 was passing with about 56% of the [...]
Tagged Initiative 900, Initiative 912
