Daily Archives: May 30th, 2012

Posted inCivil Liberties, Policy Topics, Public Planning

Latest tragedy in Seattle a sad reminder: Guns don’t kill people, people with guns kill people

by Andrew Villeneuve

Anoth­er late spring day has come and gone, and with it, the lives of more inno­cent Wash­ing­to­ni­ans have been blot­ted out, cru­el­ly cut short by gun­fire: A man who killed four peo­ple in a bloody shoot­ing spree at two Seat­tle loca­tions end­ed an intense man­hunt by turn­ing the gun on him­self as offi­cers closed in […]

Posted inBreaking News, Litigation

BREAKING: Tim Eyman’s I‑1053 has *finally* been struck down as unconstitutional!

by Andrew Villeneuve

Joy­ous news to report out of the King Coun­ty Cour­t­house this morn­ing: Supe­ri­or Court Judge Bruce Heller has just ruled that Tim Eyman’s I‑1053 — the third in a series of ini­tia­tives unde­mo­c­ra­t­i­cal­ly requir­ing two-thirds votes of both hous­es of the Leg­is­la­ture to raise rev­enue — is uncon­sti­tu­tion­al on mul­ti­ple grounds. The rul­ing, which Rob […]