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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.
Published at:6:30 PM on Friday, March 27th, 2020
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Litigation, Public Planning
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Scammer Tim Eyman urges elderly followers to party like there’s no coronavirus pandemic

Excerpt: The notorious con man exhorted people to congregate with him on Whidbey Island and drink Corona beer.
Published at:1:26 PM on Saturday, March 14th, 2020
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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.
Published at:5:30 PM on Wednesday, March 11th, 2020
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Core Encyclopedia Topics, Litigation, Public Planning
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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.
Published at:8:56 PM on Friday, January 10th, 2020
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections, Litigation
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Jay Inslee zings Eyman after Tim interrupts Q&A: “Please leave the chair when you leave”

Excerpt: The Governor got the better of Tim Eyman during a confrontation that Eyman tried to instigate at the 2020 Associated Press Legislative Preview.
Published at:5:48 PM on Thursday, January 9th, 2020
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections, Legislative Advocacy
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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.
Published at:8:30 AM on Thursday, January 9th, 2020
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Legislative Advocacy, Litigation, Public Planning
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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.
Published at:2:52 PM on Sunday, December 29th, 2019
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections, Litigation
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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.
Published at:1:47 PM on Friday, December 13th, 2019
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Litigation
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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.
Published at:1:54 PM on Wednesday, December 11th, 2019
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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.
Published at:11:00 PM on Wednesday, December 4th, 2019
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Washington State Supreme Court keeps injunction against Tim Eyman’s I‑976 in place

Excerpt: The Washington State Supreme Court has decided that Tim Eyman's most recent initiative will remain paused while its constitutionality (or lack thereof) is determined.
Published at:5:54 PM on Wednesday, December 4th, 2019
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Governor Inslee says state will hold vehicle fee revenue in escrow account for time being

Excerpt: "The state will take a fiscally prudent approach by effectively continuing to act as if the initiative is still in place from a state spending perspective," Inslee says. Local governments are not obligated to follow suit.
Published at:3:55 PM on Wednesday, November 27th, 2019
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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.
Published at:10:34 AM on Wednesday, November 27th, 2019
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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.
Published at:9:46 PM on Tuesday, November 26th, 2019
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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