| Excerpt: | Washington State's 2020 gubernatorial race might as well be ancient history. Having failed to defeat Jay Inslee, Tim Eyman has gone back to griping about I-976's demise. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot, WA-Gov |
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Category Archives: Litigation
AG Bob Ferguson lays the blame for I‑976 debacle where it belongs: with Tim Eyman
| Excerpt: | Washington State's chief law enforcement officer says that the demise of Initiative 976 is dishonest initiative promoter Tim Eyman's fault. And he's right. |
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| Published at: | 8:44 PM on Thursday, October 15th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, WA-Ballot |
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HUGE VICTORY: Washington’s highest court rules Tim Eyman’s I‑976 is unconstitutional!
| Excerpt: | "Initiative Measure 976 contains more than one subject, and its subject is not accurately expressed in its title. Accordingly, it is unconstitutional," the Washington State Supreme Court has ruled. |
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| Published at: | 4:40 PM on Thursday, October 15th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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Republicans file new lawsuit against Governor Inslee’s stay home, stay healthy orders
| Excerpt: | Republicans unhappy that Washington State hasn't abandoned its efforts to combat the novel coronavirus have gone to federal court to challenge Governor Inslee's authority. |
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| Published at: | 9:45 PM on Thursday, May 7th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, Personal Wellness |
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Tim Eyman pal Clint Didier: “We can take care of this virus by letting the people catch it”
| Excerpt: | A group of radical, right wing Republican Social Darwinists are seeking to undo Inslee's Stay Home, Stay Health orders with a malicious federal lawsuit. |
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| Published at: | 4:36 PM on Friday, May 1st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Personal Wellness |
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Tim Eyman’s I‑976 will remain frozen while State Supreme Court considers challenge to it
| Excerpt: | A panel of justices concluded that an injunction barring Initiative 976's implementation should remain in effect through the remainder of the challenge asserting it is unconstitutional. |
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| Published at: | 4:57 PM on Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, 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
| Excerpt: | The disgraced initiative promoter turned Republican gubernatorial candidate has suffered another defeat in court as the legal battle against his anti-transit initiative continues. |
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| Published at: | 6:30 PM on Friday, March 27th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Permanent Defense, Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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Judge Marshall Ferguson keeps I‑976 on ice while Tim Eyman pretends it’s taking effect
| 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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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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The mother of all grocery bills: GMA must pay $18 million fine for 2013 disclosure violations