Category Archives: Eye on Money
Eyman asks followers to help him retire his debt; fails to acknowledge or thank his corporate backers
Admitting that “times are tough for everyone”, Mukilteo initiative profiteer Tim Eyman shook his electronic tin cup again today, asking his followers to help retire $250,000 in debt he incurred while trying to come up with funds for I-1053′s signature drive. “After paying for mortgage/rent, vehicle costs, food, and other family expenses, it’s difficult to [...]
Also posted in Rethinking and Reframing
Tagged Initiative 1053
PDC reports for June 2010 show that Tim Eyman is rolling in corporate cash
This morning, Tim Eyman sent out another email to his supporters thanking them for their efforts getting Initiative 1053 on the ballot. Eyman wrote: “When Olympia sidesteps a law like I-960 (which voters approved in 2007), they count on the citizens to not have the energy or enthusiasm to roll that boulder back up the [...]
Also posted in Ballot Watchdogging, Threat Analysis
Tagged Initiative 1053
Eyman loans I-1053 campaign committee $50,000, doesn’t tell supporters
As required by law, Tim Eyman’s treasurer is in the midst of uploading the April 2010 campaign finance reports for the latest incarnation of the Mukilteo profiteer’s campaign committee (Voters Want More Choices Save the Two Thirds for Tax Increases). Surprisingly, the reports show that Eyman’s wealthy benefactor Michael Dunmire — a cosponsor of Initiative 1053 [...]
Also posted in Ballot Watchdogging, Threat Analysis
Tagged Initiative 1053
Eyman’s paid mercenaries are set to hit the streets with I-1053 petitions
Mercenary signature gatherers hawking petitions for Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1053 will be hitting the streets over the next few days, Permanent Defense has learned. Individuals with knowledge of Eyman’s activities have confirmed to Permanent Defense that the Mukilteo profiteer is once again hiring his pals Roy Ruffino and Eddie Agrazarm, who run “Citizen Solutions”, to [...]
Also posted in Ballot Watchdogging, Threat Analysis
Tagged Initiative 1053
I-1033′s placement on ballot bought and paid for by Michael Dunmire
In an email sent out today to supporters and copied to the media, Tim Eyman is once again hypocritically criticizing opponents of his latest destructive initiative for contributing large amounts of money to stop it from passing. Eyman singled out several unions and their international affiliates, sneering, “Washington DC’s most powerful government unions are seeking [...]
Tagged Initiative 1033
Does Dunmire know?
Does Eyman’s multimillionaire backer, Michael Dunmire, know that Eyman wasted thousands and thousands of dollars of Dunmire’s contributions printing up invalid petitions that the state won’t accept? Learn more about Eyman’s costly mistake in this Special Report from Permanent Defense.
Tagged Initiative 917
Multimillionaire Dunmire pours $81,000 into anti-transportation initiative
Michael Dunmire of Woodinville, Tim Eyman’s sugar daddy and multimillion dollar backer, last month poured nearly $81,000 into Eyman’s anti-transportation measure (Initiative 917). Dunmire is the only one who is making sizable contributions – the next largest donations were for only $250. And Eyman’s most recent fundraising reports indicate his pool of small donors is [...]
Tagged Initiative 917
Rich backer Michael Dunmire dumps $50K into Eyman’s PAC
PDC filings show that multimillionaire Michael Dunmire gave $50,000 to Tim Eyman’s Voters Want More Choices political action committee last December. Eyman and his cohorts have not yet filed their financial reports for January 2006 with the PDC, but it’s very likely that Dunmire made another sizable contribution last month to help prop Tim up. [...]
Tagged Initiative 917
Eyman fundraising update
The latest figures, from The Olympian’s Brad Shannon: Eyman’s I-900, which proposes an expansion of performance audits for state and local agencies, raised about $617,000. Of that, $489,494 came from a retired Woodinville investment executive, Michael Dunmire, and his wife, Phyllis Dunmire. Again, this is nothing but one man’s pet project. Dunmire has provided roughly [...]
Tagged Initiative 900
PDC opens investigation into complaint
The Public Disclosure Commission Monday informed Permanent Defense and its co-complainants TaxSanity.org and Taxpayers For Washington’s Future that it was launching a formal investigation of their complaint against Tim Eyman and his three political committees. The complaint, filed August 26th, accused Eyman of shifting money between committees, as well as failing to timely and accurately [...]
Tagged Initiative 864
