The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a netroots powered strategy center working to raise America's quality of life through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | One of Tim Eyman's longtime sidekicks has failed in his efforts to seek higher office after two terms on the Spokane City Council. |
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| Published at: | 7:11 PM on Sunday, August 11th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot, WA-Local |
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| Excerpt: | Sound Transit's eastward light expansion continues to roll forward, with contractors now preparing to remove the falsework from East Link's I-405 bridge. |
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| Published at: | 11:30 AM on Wednesday, August 7th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Categories: | Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Transportation, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | The disgraced initiative promoter is on the hook for over six figures in contempt penalties. He's responded with fundraising appeals for his legal defense fund. |
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| Published at: | 1:48 PM on Tuesday, August 6th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Other Tags: | State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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| Excerpt: | Tim Eyman is getting squeezed financially. It appears his friends have become fewer in number and less generous. His expenses and liabilities, however, just continue to mount. |
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| Published at: | 9:36 PM on Thursday, August 1st, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Other Tags: | State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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| Excerpt: | The price that the disgraced initiative promoter must pay for trying to evade accountability for his blatant and repeated violations of Washington's voter-instigated public disclosure laws keeps going up. |
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| Published at: | 5:11 PM on Friday, July 26th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Other Tags: | State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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| Excerpt: | The disgraced initiative promoter has cut a deal that will allow him to avoid jail time for his crime. He has paid a fine and agreed to stay away from the Lacey Office Depot. |
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| Published at: | 12:49 PM on Thursday, July 25th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Other Tags: | Criminal Justice, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | If a majority of Washingtonians votes Approved, I-1000 would remain the law of the land and go into effect. If a majority votes Rejected, I-1000 would be eliminated. |
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| Published at: | 9:49 PM on Wednesday, July 24th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Other Tags: | Nondiscrimination, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | Ten years to the day after Sound Transit's Central Link opened to the public for two days of free rides, NPI commemorates what was a watershed moment for our region. |
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| Published at: | 1:28 PM on Thursday, July 18th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Planning |
| Other Tags: | Transportation |
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| Excerpt: | The disgraced initiative promoter has had a falling out with the people who provided the muscle for his unsuccessful attempt to qualify I-1648. |
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| Published at: | 6:41 PM on Monday, July 15th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections |
| Other Tags: | WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | Disgraced initiative promoter Tim Eyman was forced to admit failure yet again as his scheme to overturn the Legislature's 2019 revenue reforms met its demise in Olympia at the Secretary of State's Elections Annex on Union Street. |
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| Published at: | 10:54 PM on Friday, July 5th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Elections, Legislative Advocacy |
| Other Tags: | Budgeting, WA-Ballot |
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| Excerpt: | Disgraced initiative promoter Tim Eyman and his friends now owe the taxpayers a lot of money after not bothering to defend themselves against lawsuits alleging they violated Washington's public disclosure laws. |
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| Published at: | 8:19 PM on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Other Tags: | State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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| Excerpt: | Motion to dismiss denied! The disgraced initiative promoter will remain in bankruptcy for the time being, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has decided. |
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| Published at: | 9:31 PM on Thursday, April 11th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Other Tags: | State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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| Excerpt: | Tim Eyman was hit with what he called "a gut punch" when the judge presiding over the campaign finance enforcement lawsuit against him denied his motion for partial summary judgment. |
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| Published at: | 2:03 PM on Friday, April 5th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Litigation |
| Other Tags: | State of Washington v. Tim Eyman |
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