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Monday, February 22, 2010

Bill neutralizing Tim Eyman's Initiative 960 heads to Governor Chris Gregoire's desk

ESSB 1630, the bill that temporarily neutralizes Initiative 960 through the end of the 2011 legislative session, has just cleared its final legislative hurdle.

By a vote of twenty six to twenty one (two Republican senators were excused) the Senate has concurred with the bill as passed by the House.

ESSB 1630 now heads to the desk of Governor Chris Gregoire, who is expected to sign it into law quickly. The bill allows majority rule to once again prevail on fiscal bills as our Framers intended, ending the unconstitutional and unjust disenfranchisement of the people who voted for the current Legislature and governor in 2008. Under I-960, even reclaiming revenue for the state by repealing a tax loophole undemocratically required a two thirds vote.

Tim Eyman is attempting to do-over Initiative 960 with a nearly identical scheme, Initiative 1053, that he is trying to qualify for the 2010 ballot. NPI's Permanent Defense project, which just celebrated its eighth anniversary, is already gearing up to fight Initiative 1053 and protect our cherished tradition of majority rule from being taken away again.

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