Category Archives: Eye on Money: Developments
Voters Want More Choices begins 2011 with no wealthy benefactor in sight
New reports filed with the Public Disclosure Commission last week indicate that Tim Eyman is still searching for a new benefactor to prop up his sputtering initiative factory, two months after the Mukilteo profiteer revealed he didn’t have the money lined up to buy his way onto the ballot this year. Excluding a large money [...]
Tagged Initiative 1053
In fundraising letter, Eyman claims he has “whittled down” I-1053 debt to “below $200K”
Since announcing to his followers that he was “hitting the big panic button” a few weeks ago, Tim Eyman has managed to shave $38,000 plus off the total amount of his outstanding debt from last year. Or so he claims in a fundraising appeal recently sent out via snail mail and forwarded to NPI’s Permanent [...]
Tagged Initiative 1053
Eyman says he’s “hitting the big panic button”
Apparently unable to convince either corporate lobbyists or Michael Dunmire to pony up the cash needed to pay off the $250,000 loan he took out against his house to help finance I-1053, Tim Eyman is shaking his electronic tin cup harder than ever, pleading with his supporters to help pay off the debt so he [...]
Tagged Initiative 1053
BP again donates to 1053; JPMorgan Chase joins pantheon of greedy corporations trying to sabotage democracy
As elections officials across Washington State prepare to put several million ballots in the mail to Washingtonians, skittish corporate operatives working for the Association of Washington Business are busily soliciting and accepting funds to prop up Tim Eyman’s scheme to sabotage our democracy, which they apparently fear isn’t going to sell itself despite Tim’s gift [...]
Also posted in Ballot Watchdogging
Tagged Initiative 1053
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
