Category Archives: Statements & Advisories
Tim Eyman’s desperation is showing
This afternoon, Tim Eyman sent out a fourth consecutive email begging for money and instructing his followers to send messages of condemnation to NPI’s founder, Andrew Villeneuve, and Olympia City Council candidate Brian Tomlinson. Andrew composed the following statement in response. After all these years, it’s kinda funny that we have suddenly become the object [...]
Also posted in Rethinking and Reframing
Tagged Eyman Plays the Victim, Initiative 1053
Retired Sacramento Bee reporter Stephen Green explains how California’s version of 1053 has hurt Golden State
This morning, the Northwest Progressive Institute (NPI) Advocate published a special guest post by retired Sacramento Bee reporter Stephen Green, who covered California’s statehouse for many years. In the post, Green explains how California’s version of 1053 has hurt the Golden State, paralyzing its government and leaving California’s Legislature mired in gridlock. Initiative 1053 does [...]
Also posted in Rethinking and Reframing, Threat Analysis
Statement on Initiative 1053′s qualification for the ballot
Earlier today, Secretary of State Sam Reed’s office announced that Initiative 1053 had passed a random sample check of its signatures, which means it will be on this November’s ballot. NPI and Permanent Defense are responding by kicking efforts to oppose Initiative 1053 into higher gear. “Initiative 1053 may be sponsored by Tim Eyman, but [...]
Also posted in Threat Analysis
Tagged Initiative 1053
Eyman clumsily attacks high-earners income tax initiative, doesn’t admit it would lower taxes for most
Earlier today, everybody’s favorite former watch salesman sent out yet another hyperbolic fundraising appeal to his supporters. But unusually, instead of singling out Governor Gregoire or Democratic leaders as a foil for his pitch for money like he often does, Eyman attacked the coalition behind Initiative 1077. The measure, officially unveiled at a press conference [...]
Also posted in Rethinking and Reframing
Tagged Initiative 1053
Permanent Defense, MajorityRules respond to Eyman’s attempt to re-impose minority rule
The Northwest Progressive Institute’s Permanent Defense project and MajorityRules.org – both part of the successful NO on Initiative 1033 Coalition that stopped Tim Eyman’s scheme to trap Washington in a permanent recession – today responded to the umpteenth filing of Tim Eyman’s new attempt to reimpose an unconstitutional two thirds barrier to raising revenue. “Once [...]
Also posted in Threat Analysis
Tagged Initiative 1053
Eyman revises history again: I-776 wasn’t “overwhelmingly” approved by voters
The 2009 election may be over, but that hasn’t stopped initiative pitchman Tim Eyman from distorting the truth as he appeals to his followers to compensate him for failure. In his latest missive, copied to the media, Eyman writes: Over the past 11 years, we’ve sponsored 4 initiatives to reduce car tab taxes and voters [...]
Also posted in Rethinking and Reframing
Tagged Initiative 1033, Initiative 695, Initiative 776
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 [...]
Also posted in Election Postmortem
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.” [...]
Also posted in Election Postmortem
Tagged Initiative 1033
Faith leaders speak out against Tim Eyman’s I-1033
Earlier this week, the NO on I-1033 Coalition held a press conference featuring four religious leaders opposed to Initiative 1033. The event was covered by KING5, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, NPI, and was mentioned by The Seattle Times. The NPI Advocate has been publishing the full statements of each of the faith leaders who spoke as [...]
Also posted in Endorsements, From the Campaign Trail
Tagged Initiative 1033
Governor Gregoire says I-1033 would “devastate” Washington
At the Washington Conservation Voters’ annual Breakfast of Champions this morning, Governor Chris Gregoire made a special appearance to urge activists to do everything possible to defeat Tim Eyman’s jobs-killing Initiative 1033, which freezes services and budgets at current levels, locking in cuts, and redirecting future sales taxes to pay for a special property tax cut for the rich. Gregoire described I-1033 as the [...]
Also posted in From the Campaign Trail
Tagged Initiative 1033
