Letters - Oct. 15, 2009

Bad Initiative

Tim Eyman has proposed another initiative that will hurt Washington state. I-1033 will hurt every aspect of the state. That is why the opposition to the initiative is so diverse. Microsoft, a huge corporation opposes it, emergency services such as the Washington State Council of Firefighters oppose it, and the Washington state Children’s Alliance opposes I-1033.

Eyman claims, “Removing I-601’s reasonable fiscal discipline and policies resulted directly in a massive $9 billion deficit.” This is false. The state deficit was caused by a massive decrease in tax revenue due to the wo...