| Excerpt: | Tim Eyman, who remains furious that I-976 has not been implemented, sent out an email triumphantly -- and falsely -- proclaiming that I-976 had taken effect. |
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| Published at: | 5:30 PM on Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Transportation |
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Category Archives: Litigation
Judge Marshall Ferguson keeps I‑976 on ice while Tim Eyman pretends it’s taking effect
State Supreme Court: Sound Transit’s motor vehicle excise tax (MVET) is constitutional
| Excerpt: | The Washington State Legislature did not violate Article II, Section 37 of the Constitution when it granted Sound Transit new revenue authority in 2015, the Court has decided. |
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| Published at: | 1:14 PM on Thursday, February 13th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Transportation |
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Lawsuit against I‑976 to continue as judge rejects most claims of unconstitutionality
| Excerpt: | Judge Marshall Ferguson has rejected most of the constitutional claims against Tim Eyman's incredibly destructive I-976, but not all. The Supreme Court will have the final word. |
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| Published at: | 1:25 PM on Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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Weekend Reading: All of the possible ways Tim Eyman’s I‑976 violates the Constitution
| Excerpt: | The plaintiffs suing to defeat Tim Eyman's Initiative 976 have outlined nearly a dozen ways in which it violates Washington State's plan of government. |
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| Published at: | 8:56 PM on Friday, January 10th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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Diverting sales tax revenue from vehicle sales will not get us beyond I‑976, Republicans
| Excerpt: | Curtis King and his colleagues are nonsensically proposing to backfill lost vehicle fee revenue with another revenue source that I-976 targeted for repeal. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Thursday, January 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Legislative Advocacy, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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Tim Eyman is apparently unaware that Thurston County’s Intercity Transit is also a plaintiff suing to invalidate Initiative 976
| Excerpt: | The con artist says he is going to Thurston County Superior Court to defend I-976, but seems not to know that the county's transit agency is one of his adversaries in the lawsuit against I-976. |
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| Published at: | 2:52 PM on Sunday, December 29th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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I‑976 legal challenge gets more complicated as court signs off on motions to intervene
| Excerpt: | The legal challenge against Tim Eyman's incredibly destructive Initiative 976 appears poised to turn into quite the complex courtroom drama. |
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| Published at: | 1:47 PM on Friday, December 13th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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AGO’s Noah Purcell issues scathing rejoinder to Tim Eyman’s claims of I‑976 sabotage
| Excerpt: | Washington State's Solicitor General is tired of Tim Eyman's constant attacks on the attorneys who have the unenviable job of defending Eyman's Initiative 976. |
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| Published at: | 1:54 PM on Wednesday, December 11th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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Tim Eyman’s pals fail miserably in their attempt to intervene in I‑976 legal challenge
| Excerpt: | The Washington State Supreme Court made mincemeat out of a motion filed by Tim Eyman's friends to intervene in the case against Eyman's initiative to defund multimodal transportation infrastructure. |
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| Published at: | 11:00 PM on Wednesday, December 4th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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VICTORY! Injunction granted to prevent Tim Eyman’s destructive I‑976 from taking effect
| Excerpt: | The disgraced initiative promoter's scheme to deprive the state, Sound Transit, and cities of billions in bipartisan, voter approved transportation investments has been stayed. |
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| Published at: | 10:34 AM on Wednesday, November 27th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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Tim Eyman throws a temper tantrum after hearing on possible injunction against I‑976
| Excerpt: | The disgraced initiative promoter is furious that his measure to gut bipartisan, voter-approved transportation improvements might not go into effect on December 5th, 2019. |
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| Published at: | 9:46 PM on Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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Attorney General’s arguments in defense of Tim Eyman’s I‑976 don’t hold water
| Excerpt: | The office is required by law to defend initiatives the voters pass. It is making its best effort, but its arguments cannot, in NPI's view, save the initiative. |
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| Published at: | 9:34 AM on Tuesday, November 26th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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Sound Transit’s general counsel concludes that Tim Eyman’s I‑976 won’t affect ST3
| Excerpt: | The disgraced initiative promoter intended to gut Sound Transit like a pig with Initiative 976, but due to his incompetence, it appears the measure won't adversely affect Sound Transit at all. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Friday, November 22nd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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Another loss for Tim Eyman: Judge rules injunction against I‑976 shall remain in place