Who cares what newspapers say? We do (at least today we do 🙂
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What’s not to love about the Columbian editorial board? Well, yes, quite a lot. But not yesterday. They’ve consistently editorialized in favor of our initiatives requiring a 2/3 vote requirement for the Legislature to raise taxes. They outdid themselves on Wednesday.
Here’s some excerpts from yesterday’s editorial entitled “In Our View: Two-Thirds is Voters’ Will — Legislature should take action to ensure supermajority on taxes becomes reality”
* “Five times in the span of two decades — in 1993, 1998, 2007, 2010, and 2013 — voters approved a two-thirds requirement for tax bills … In 2012, Initiative 1185 was approved by 63.9 percent of voters — a higher percentage than that received by legalized marijuana, gay marriage, or charter schools. It was approved by a majority in all 39 counties, and by 70.3 percent of voters in Clark County. But it was I-1185 that led the Supreme Court to impose the constitutional-amendment requirement.”
* “In addition to legislative wrangling over the two-thirds requirement, the issue long has been a pet project of anti-tax crusader Tim Eyman. This year, Eyman is gathering signatures for Initiative 1366″
* I-1366 shouldn’t be necessary “the Legislature should send such a proposal to the voters, with or without the Eyman hammer hovering over their heads; voters repeatedly have expressed their preference for a two-thirds requirement.”
* “Lawmakers likely would argue that the wisdom of requiring a two-thirds legislative vote on tax issues is open for debate. But in the minds of voters, the debate has been settled — repeatedly.”
As we wrote on Tuesday: It’s early, but we’ve got great momentum for the 2/3-For-Taxes Constitutional Amendment Initiative: we’re all working really hard to keep that momentum moving forward. We’re already “on the streets” with professional signature collectors but we need your help to keep them out there (that’s why we need you to donate).
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The 2/3-For-Taxes Constitutional Amendment Initiative is the most exciting, impactful, needed initiative we’ve ever done. But we need your help to make Initiative 1366 a reality.
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