by Tim Eyman | Jul 12, 2019
6 More Months To Slam Democrats For 11 New Taxes Costing $27 Billion! When it comes to raising taxes without voter permission this session, there was nothing non-partisan about it.Democrats did it.* Democrats controlled the House and Senate.* Democrats wrote the...
by Tim Eyman | Jul 10, 2019
The Linchpin To Round 2’S Success Is Everyone Reading This (Read, Forward, Share) Initiatives are hard:* Coming up with a popular initiative proposal is hard* Collecting enough signatures is hard* Getting it approved by voters is hard* Getting it through the...
by Tim Eyman | Jul 8, 2019
Avalanche Of Support For ROUND 2. Huge Positive Response. I’m Buried In Requests For Petitions! Super-popular 1648 fell short because we only had 30 days. Having 6 months for Round 2 is gonna help but only if we make every day count! Read about day one:The...
by Tim Eyman | Jul 6, 2019
Starting from scratch, I-1648 had 4 weeks, came close, but fell short. With all that momentum, new I-1082 Term Limits on Taxes Initiative has 6 months (deadline is Dec 31) — will you help? PERSISTENCE 1648 didn’t make it. The stakes are too high and the...
by Tim Eyman | Jul 5, 2019
1648 Isn’t Just About Excessive Taxes – It’s About The People’s Right To Self-Government And … This historic signature drive began in earnest just 4 weeks ago! 1648 isn’t just about excessive taxes — it’s about the right...
by Tim Eyman | Jul 4, 2019
JOIN ME Friday For 1648 Last Dash – Everett 10am, Northgate 1040am, Southcenter 12, Oly 130pm Never done this before.It’s called LAST DASH FOR I1648. Tomorrow (Friday), 39+ Pony Expressers across WA state are gonna do our best to collect last minute...
by Tim Eyman | Jul 3, 2019
It Is Heroes Like Susan Murphy Who Should Inspire Us All. This extraordinary signature drive started in earnest just 4 weeks ago. And there’s one amazing person who has been out there collecting signatures every day since then: Susan Murphy.And she just posted...
by Tim Eyman | Jul 2, 2019
Will AG Go After Me For Trademark Infringement? REAT COLUMN ABOUT 1648: Terms for TaxesYears ago, I dubbed Tim Eyman “America’s #1 freedom fighter,” and how does he repay me? Washington State’s anti-tax crusading initiative guru has gone and...
by Tim Eyman | Jul 1, 2019
LOTS OF STUFF: Mailing Advice, Keep Getting Sigs, Last Dash On Friday, FINISH STRONG! MAILING ADVICE: 2 options to mailing in petitions/signatures (fold petition, put it, and a donation if u can, in envelope and mail to):Option 1: PERMANENT OFFENSE, PO BOX 6151,...
by Tim Eyman | Jun 28, 2019
With Volunteer Signature Drives Like This One, It All Boils Down To What Comes In At The End. Being an initiative sponsor requires being both a rah-rah cheerleader but also a demanding coach for the team.Here’s Tim, rah-rah cheerleader: I’ve never seen...
by Tim Eyman | Jun 26, 2019
When We Qualify I-1648, There Won’t Be Advisory Votes On Each Of The 11 New Taxes. It’ll Be One Vote In 2007, 2010, 2012, and 2015, the voters passed several of our tax initiatives and each one required an automatic advisory vote on any new taxes created...
by Tim Eyman | Jun 25, 2019
JOIN US. Entire 1648 Team Turning In Petitions Fri, July 5, 2 Pm @ SecState Office In Olympia There’s no way to get 320,000 signatures in 6 weeks. Not without tons of money and tons of paid petitioners.It can’t be done. It’s impossible.But a 4 minute...
by Tim Eyman | Jun 24, 2019
12 Days Left To Make History — 12 Days To Kill Off 11 Tax Hikes Costing $27 Billion! Help Us. When asking someone to sign a petition, what’s the most important thing to do? Smile. Make eye contact and w/ a smile, ask them this:”Hey there, have you...
by Tim Eyman | Jun 20, 2019
16 Days To Kill Off $27 Billion In Higher Taxes – Term Limits On New Taxes Initiative Needs You! Our initiative has inspired the greatest grassroots signature drive in Washington state history!! Why?Because people are PISSED!! 11 tax increases? $27 billion in...
by Tim Eyman | Jun 18, 2019
These Pictures Are Amazing! Check Out The Creativity Of 1648’S Grassroots Wildfire. 18 Days Left Petitions don’t have to be printed in color (but they sure look cool!!)Susan Murphy has been gettin’ sigs from the beginning — on Kirby’s...
by Tim Eyman | Jun 14, 2019
22 Days Left. 7200+ Volunteers. 1648 Kills Off 11 Tax Hikes Costing $27 Billion In The 1st 10 Years These numbers are important to know: * 22. Number of days remaining to collect signatures. * 7200+. Number of volunteers out there getting signatures. * 320,000. ...
by Tim Eyman | Jun 12, 2019
UNPRECEDENTED: State GOP Schedules Expedited Vote And Unanimously Endorses I-1648!! In two decades of doing initiatives, I’ve never seen anything like this.8 days ago, super heroes Cary Condotta and Mike McKee asked the State GOP to endorse I-1648.The process...
by Tim Eyman | Jun 7, 2019
A Stunning 6300+ Volunteers Are Getting Sigs On Initiative 1648 — We Need Everyone’s Help The Legislature went absolutely bonkers raising taxes this year:* 11 tax increases?* Costing $27 billion (over 10 years)?* When the government already has a huge...
by Tim Eyman | Jun 4, 2019
Look At These 2 Pictures At The Official Bill Signing For $27 Billion In New Taxes – OPEN DEFIANCE! Look closely at these 2 pictures: That’s what we need – folks with the courage to openly and defiantly oppose Inslee’s $27 billion in new...
by Tim Eyman | Jun 1, 2019
Explosive Start For New Initiative! FB Page – Washington For I1648 – Is Taking Off. Keep It Going. They say in politics: “you can’t create emotion, you can only tap into what’s already there.” There is an enormous amount of...
by Tim Eyman | May 31, 2019
$27 Billion In New Taxes? Crazy! Initiative 1648 Empowers Voters To Veto All 11 Tax Hikes. Politicians don’t respond to subtle.Olympia doesn’t change when we’re polite. The only way to “move” the Legislature is to be emphatic. Initiative...
by Tim Eyman | May 24, 2019
When We Qualify I-1648 And Kill Off 11 New Taxes Imposed By Democrats This Year, Thank Cary Condotta Cary Condotta has gone full circle. For 14 years, he was a member of state house representing the citizens of Chelan and surrounding areas. But before that, he was one...
by Tim Eyman | May 24, 2019
Tax-hiking Democrats try to exploit bridge accident Taking a page out the Obama Administration’s “never let a crisis go to waste” playbook, tax-hiking Democrats are trying to exploit yesterday’s bridge accident. Early on, the Associated Press...
by Tim Eyman | May 22, 2019
Our partner Mike Fagan was a star on Monday On Monday, I traveled from Mukilteo to Spokane to testify before the Spokane City Council. As most of you know, our partner Mike Fagan is now a city councilmember there. Two very liberal initiatives qualified for the...
by Tim Eyman | May 21, 2019
$30 TABS INITIATIVE (I-976) wants a friend on the fall ballot. Let’s qualify TERM LIMITS ON NEW TAXES INITIATIVE (I-1648) and have an all-out tax revolt in November! A little over a year ago, Karen and I sold off our family’s retirement fund and loaned...
by Tim Eyman | May 15, 2019
TERM LIMITS ON NEW TAXES: Here’s the new taxes I-1648 eliminates in November, if we collect sigs by July 5 deadline I-1648 requires all the Democrats new taxes to expire as soon as the initiative becomes law (we vote on Nov 5 and the initiative takes effect on...
by Tim Eyman | May 14, 2019
KVI’s John Carlson Gives Mega-Phone And Mega-Boost To TERM LIMITS ON NEW TAXES INITIATIVE I just finished up being interviewed on John Carlson’s radio show this morning (570 KVI). He’s super supportive of our new initiative that TERM LIMITS all the...
by Tim Eyman | May 13, 2019
NEW INITIATIVE: Term Limits on New Taxes. What does it do? Initiative 1648 sunsets/expires all 2019 tax hikes!! Deadline for signatures? July 5 Over the years, we’ve qualified 17 initiatives for a statewide vote. What did they all have in common?In every...
by Tim Eyman | Apr 23, 2019
Quiet Victories Are Great Victories – Taxpalooza Tax Bill Quietly Withdrawn From Hearing Agenda Quiet victories are great victories Last week’s email update read: “Join me at 2 historic hearings” One of them was the Senate Ways & Means...
by Tim Eyman | Apr 19, 2019
When A Movement Has To Use Fear And Intimidation To Get What It Wants, How Worthy Is It? Ward Connerly is an American heroWhat an amazing 24 hours: Political activism involves slogging through swamps and sludge and muck. It’s messy and ugly and gross. But every...
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