Here's why the AG is so furious I moved today's hearing to next Friday. He was so mad he tried to bully the judge to switch it back. It didn't work.

Here’s why Ferguson is so furious that I moved today’s hearing to next Friday. Shockingly, he was so mad that he sent in a team of his lawyers to visit the judge during non-court hours (without me being there) to try to bully the judge to switch it back. The judge was none too pleased.

Friday, August 12, 2022

Last Friday, the judge sided with me and against the AG.

And this caused Bob Ferguson’s head to explode.

The judge ruled that “the public has a right to know” about the Democrats’ $3.9 billion Cap & Trade bill.

And that made Bob Ferguson nuts.

The judge agreed to my requested Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) which said the election can go forward and ballots and voters pamphlets can be printed, but only if they include a public vote on that bill.

And Bob’s ego couldn’t take it.

Why has this triggered him so much? Because:

* Bob Ferguson suffers from EDS (Eyman Derangement Syndrome)
* Bob Ferguson can’t understand how it’s possible that the same judge who sided with the AG when it came to imposing a $5.6 million fine and a lifetime ban on all my future political activity didn’t side with the AG on this.
* Bob Ferguson can’t stand the idea of losing to someone who isn’t an attorney

With so much of his ego and self-esteem tied to how he does in a courtroom, losing last week was too much for him.

So on Monday and Tuesday, he buried me in a blizzard of motions and filings.

Since I’m not an attorney, I was overwhelmed by it.

So on Wednesday, I called into what’s referred to as the “ex parte phone line” at the courthouse and talked with a judge and asked if it would OK for me to move the hearing to Friday, August 19 to give me more time to respond to the AG’s blizzard of motions. The judge looked up my case online and said “it’s your motion” and said all I needed to do was fill out a “Notice of Hearing Continued” and submit it and notify the AG.

Easy Peasy Japanesey

The county clerk and the judge’s assistant subsequently confirmed that I timely filed it and that the hearing was appropriately reset to next Friday, August 19 at 9:00am (hope you’ll join me there).

Ferguson couldn’t take it — he freaked out again.

He filed a new blizzard of motions.

Then, shockingly, he sent in a team of his lawyers to visit the judge during non-court hours (without me being there) to “persuade” the judge to move the hearing back to today.

This morning the AG showed up in the judge’s courtroom and demanded the judge hear the case this afternoon.

The judge was none too pleased.

This is kind of obsessive narcissism is very disturbing (to be safe, should this judge get someone else to start his car?).

Yesterday, I notified the clerk of the state supreme court:

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Dear Ms. Lennon:

A couple of updates (RE: Eyman v Ferguson — Supreme Court Case #101153-9):

...

The hearing for my Petition for Declaratory Judgment is now being heard on Friday, August 19, at 9:00am (see the email below from Judge Dixon’s judicial assistant).

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And for the record, the Attorney General is trying to mislead the court. The TRO granted by Judge Dixon does not prevent the Secretary of State from printing ballots or voters pamphlets. The TRO does not stop the election. The TRO does not prevent the people from voting. As things stand now, the Secretary of State can begin printing ballots and voters pamphlets and the election will proceed. The TRO simply requires an advisory vote on the Cap & Trade bill be included on the ballot and in voters pamphlets. There is no harm in having three advisory votes rather than two. Providing information to the public and letting the people express their opinions and advise the Legislature is not costly or inconvenient. There is only harm to the public is by not having an advisory vote on this increase. The Attorney General’s hysterical effort to put the state supreme court on DEFCON 1 over the inclusion of one additional advisory vote is a gross overreaction. A judge ruled against the Attorney General – it happens. But one adverse ruling should not force the entire judicial system to drop everything else it is doing in order to placate one elected official’s bruised ego because a pro se adversary prevailed against him in court.

Tim Eyman, pro se

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It’s clear that Ferguson is furious that despite all he’s done to me, I’m still fighting for our initiatives and for the people’s right to vote.

Please — I urge you to donate to my legal defense fund today:

Mail-in donation: Tim Eyman Legal Defense Fund, 500 106th Ave NE #709, Bellevue, WA, 98004
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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 Jim Walsh’s initiative I-1491, the STOP ALL INCOME TAXES INITIATIVE.

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 I-1491” — to: Permanent Offense, PO Box 6151, Olympia, WA, 98507
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Thanks everyone.

Larry, Tim, & Sid