Washington Defense Relaunched

Following the I-912 final signature turn in event almost a week ago, it now appears likely that the anti-roads effort will get its wish and place the future of our state's transportation infrastructure before voters.

There isn't any time to lose.

And that is why we're relaunching Washington Defense this morning. From now through the first few weeks of November, Washington Defense's sole mission will be to educate voters about I-912 and participate fully in the No campaign.

The new Washington Defense features:

• A much sleeker design. New colors, new graphics, and a new page layout are some of the new changes we've introduced to make the site look more professional and friendly to visitors. We softened the colors a bit and changed the way the menu centers look to give the entire website a new, fresh feel.
• Easier to read. We've had a couple complaints about the site and the ease of reading text. The relaunched site is much easier to read, and it's also smoother, so you can sort through information more quickly.
• Campaign news center overhauled. It features an improved newsfeed, bringing you the latest news stories about the initiative and the issue. To the right of the feed is the news center focus with special links to other new useful information.
• Tools & Resources. This is a new section - it's small now, but we'll be expanding it. It will have a library of all available downloads (i.e. flyers) so it functions as a download center, but it also has useful tools for recommending the site to friends, bookmarking the site (IE only) and, adding a NO on INITIATIVE 912 button to your own website to link to Washington Defense. We'll be adding more tools and resources in the weeks ahead.
• New Project List. We backported the WSDOT's list of projects that the new gas tax adjustment (which is what it should be properly called) and made it available earlier, but it was intended to be part of the relaunch originally. This page shows you all the other roads & transportation projects that WSDOT will be doing with the new money, such as new guardrails and passing lanes. Some really dangerous stretches of roads in Eastern Washington will receive serious attention - that is, they will if I-912 fails. They probably will not if it passes.

There are other minor improvements as well, but that's the major list. New flyers are also available for download on the new Tools & Resources page. You can use the contact form to send the team behind Washington Defense your comments, questions, and suggestions.

This is an important issue - please promote Washington Defense as much as possible.