5 ALARM FIRE: Senate hearing on worst ANTI-INITIATIVE BILL this Friday.

Email senators RIGHT NOW and sign up RIGHT NOW to at Friday’s Senate Hearing. 

Mon, Feb 14, 2022

For 100 years, there’s been a neutrality law in effect that requires the official description for any initiative to be written so that it doesn’t create bias for or against it. 

For 100 years, any citizen who thought the AG’s description was biased, they were guaranteed the right to appeal — to challenge it in court — and allow a judge to ensure it was unbiased. 

The neutrality law and the right to judicial oversight are both violated by House Bill 1876.

1) it violates the neutrality law by empowering the Attorney General to insert a loaded, biased sentence into the neutral ballot title BUT ONLY ON TAX INITIATIVES LIKE $30 TABS OR REPEALING THE CAPITAL GAINS INCOME TAX.

2) it violates the right for judicial oversight by prohibiting citizens from challenging it in court BUT ONLY ON TAX INITIATIVES LIKE $30 TABS OR REPEALING THE CAPITAL GAINS INCOME TAX.

Allowing the AG to sabotage the ballot title for tax initiatives puts the thumb on the scale for the no campaign.

HB 1876 inserts into the normally neutral ballot title a loaded, biased sentence telling voters what government programs will be harmed / hurt / defunded if the tax initiative passes.

But every time a tax initiative has passed, the Legislature has adapted to it by moving money around — this biased sentence won’t say that. 

And again, that biased sentence will be written by the Attorney General and will not be subject to appeal.

HB 1876 passed the House on Saturday without a single Republican vote (and 3 Democrats voted no also). 

It’s already scheduled for a ZOOM hearing this Friday in the Senate (Fri, Feb 18, 10:30am). 

I ask you to do 2 things:

First, email all 49 senators right now — I’ve made it really easy: 

Copy & paste this into the Subject line:
I urge you to strongly oppose House Bill 1876 because it violates the neutrality law for tax initiatives, BUT NOT FOR INITIATIVES ON ANY OTHER TOPIC. I am adamantly opposed to this sabotage of the people’s right to initiative. 

Copy & paste this (or something like this) into the body of the email (tell ’em how you feel):
I urge all senators to strongly oppose House Bill 1876 because it violates the neutrality law by empowering the Attorney General to insert a loaded, biased sentence into the official ballot title for tax initiatives, BUT NOT FOR INITIATIVES ON ANY OTHER TOPIC. And HB 1876 prohibits any judicial oversight — the AG’s biased sentence is not subject to appeal. I am adamantly opposed to this sabotage of the people’s right to initiative. 75% of folks who testified on it in the House were AGAINST it. Empowering the AG to sabotage tax initiatives is discriminatory and wrong. THE INITIATIVE PROCESS IS OURS, NOT YOURS, LEAVE IT ALONE!! Oppose HB 1876 in the senate.

STATE SENATORS: Copy & paste into the “To” line:  Simon Sefzik
andy.billig@leg.wa.gov; john.braun@leg.wa.gov; sharon.brown@leg.wa.gov; reuven.carlyle@leg.wa.gov; annette.cleveland@leg.wa.gov; steve.conway@leg.wa.gov; mona.das@leg.wa.gov; manka.dhingra@leg.wa.gov; perry.dozier@leg.wa.gov; simon.sefzik@leg.wa.gov; phil.fortunato@leg.wa.gov; david.frockt@leg.wa.gov; chris.gildon@leg.wa.gov; bob.hasegawa@leg.wa.gov; brad.hawkins@leg.wa.gov; jeff.holy@leg.wa.gov; jim.honeyford@leg.wa.gov; sam.hunt@leg.wa.gov; karen.keiser@leg.wa.gov; curtis.king@leg.wa.gov; patty.kuderer@leg.wa.gov; marko.liias@leg.wa.gov; liz.lovelett@leg.wa.gov; john.lovick@leg.wa.gov; jim.mccune@leg.wa.gov; mark.mullet@leg.wa.gov; ron.muzzall@leg.wa.gov; joe.nguyen@leg.wa.gov; twina.nobles@leg.wa.gov; mike.padden@leg.wa.gov; jamie.pedersen@leg.wa.gov; emily.randall@leg.wa.gov; ann.rivers@leg.wa.gov; june.robinson@leg.wa.gov; christine.rolfes@leg.wa.gov; Rebecca.Saldana@Leg.wa.gov; jesse.salomon@leg.wa.gov; mark.schoesler@leg.wa.gov; timothy.sheldon@leg.wa.gov; shelly.short@leg.wa.gov; derek.stanford@leg.wa.gov; yasmin.trudeau@leg.wa.gov; kevin.vandewege@leg.wa.gov; keith.wagoner@leg.wa.gov; judy.warnick@leg.wa.gov; lisa.wellman@leg.wa.gov; claire.wilson@leg.wa.gov; jeff.wilson@leg.wa.gov; lynda.wilson@leg.wa.gov; ltgov@ltgov.wa.gov; steve.hobbs@sos.wa.gov; tim.eyman@gmail.com

Second, sign up RIGHT NOW to testify against it on Friday (Fri, Feb 18, 10:30am via ZOOM).

Here’s how:

1) Click here or here: https://leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/Participating.aspx

2) Click on “Testifying in a Virtual Hearing” 

3) Click on “Senate”

4) For “Committee”, click on it and scan down and click on “State Government & Elections”

5) For “Meetings”, click on it and scan down and click on “02/18/2022 10:30 AM”

6) Under “Select agenda item”, click on HB 1876.

7) Click on “I would like to testify remotely”.

8) Click on “Con”

9) type in your name, email, city, state, zip, phone.

10) click on “I’m not a robot”

11) Click on “Submit Registration”

12) Click on “I’m Done”

Is signing up cumbersome and difficult?

Yes.

Why?

Because they don’t want you to do it. 

So do it anyway.

Is it any wonder the AG is pushing for a lifetime ban on all my future political activity?  

I can’t make any money doing my political activism.

I can’t make any money with my lawsuit against Inslee for abusing his power.

I don’t have the same rights as other Americans do anymore.

So I’m urging you — while I’m fighting to help our state and our nation with my initiative efforts and my lawsuit against Inslee — please help me fight back against Fascist Fergie by donating to my legal defense fund.

Please donate TODAY:

Mail your check to: Tim Eyman Legal Defense Fund, 500 106th Ave NE #709, Bellevue, WA, 98004
Or donate online:
By PayPal
By Credit/Debit

Don’t let the guy who’s profited more from politics than anyone get away with this.

And now a message from Larry Jensen & Sid Maietto:

We’re asking folks to donate to our PAC so we can keep fighting for taxpayers with initiatives sponsored by the three of us (Tim, Sid, & Larry).

The taxpayers of Washington need our help now more than ever. Donate to our political committee so we can keep fighting for you:

Mail your check — made payable to “Permanent Offense” — to: Permanent Offense, PO Box 6151, Olympia, WA, 98507
Or donate online: PermanentOffense.com

Kindest Regards, 

Sid Maietto & Larry Jensen

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Thanks everyone.

We love you all.

Larry, Tim, & Sid

P.S. I’m still fighting to get us our $30 Tabs: