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Tag Archives: Transparent Lobbying

Surprise! Tim Eyman shows up for I‑1366 editorial board meeting with Seattle Times

Excerpt: He’s back… sort of. Noto­ri­ous ini­tia­tive prof­i­teer Tim Eyman emerged briefly from his self-imposed seclu­sion ear­li­er today to attend a meet­ing with the edi­to­r­i­al board of The Seat­tle Times to make his case for I‑1366, his lat­est and most destruc­tive ini­tia­tive yet, with extrem­ist Repub­li­can State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Ed Orcutt in tow as his side­kick du […]
Published at:9:20 PM on Tuesday, September 29th, 2015
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Open Government
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State House passes NPI-supported bill to make ballot advertising more transparent

Excerpt: Good news out of the Capi­tol Cam­pus this after­noon: Wash­ing­ton’s House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives has just approved a bill spon­sored by Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Andy Bil­lig that makes it eas­i­er for vot­ers to find out who’s try­ing to influ­ence them to vote in favor of (or in oppo­si­tion to) bal­lot mea­sures. I tes­ti­fied in favor of this bill […]
Published at:4:44 PM on Friday, February 10th, 2012
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections, Open Government
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