P-I shreds I-960 in "no" endorsement

If I had to use one word to describe this editorial, which ran in today's Seattle Post-Intelligencer, it would probably be...delicious:

I-960 is the creation of an aggressively self-promoting political enterprise that runs on distrust of elected officials and distaste for taxes. The latest measure attempts to box in elected officials more destructively than ever, under an overarchingly cynical attitude of us (the public) against them (our legislators). That is the wrong starting point.

While properly stressing the need for effective checks and balances, our system of representative government presumes the public will choose a Legislature, monitor it and throw out or re-elect lawmakers.

You can smell Initiative 960 coming from miles away...and the odor is thickly rotten. This November, there's an easy way to prevent our state from being handicapped...an easy way to protect your rights and the rights of all Washingtonians to have a republic that is governed by a majority, not a minority.

Let Tim Eyman know you support effective government of the people, by the people, and for the people. All you have to do... is vote NO on Initiative 960, and tell all your friends and family that this proposal will be nothing less than an undemocratic, complicated disaster.