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Tim Eyman is a good model for the rest of the country. Too bad we couldn't do this on a national basis

“The legislative jihad” This is why we must get Dino Rossi into the Governors seat. We need someone who will stand up to the craziness going on in the Olympia capital building.

Washington state ping...

All of you Freepers out there in states without an initiative and referendum system are probably saying something like “Wow. A process to stop taxes. I wish we had one.” You need to be careful of what you wish for. For every tax-cutting, expenditure-restraining initiative that passes there are also many that pass that are stupid beyond description. Here in WA we can't catch moles with deadly traps. Our electric utilities are mandated to get a percentage of their supply from renewable sources, cost be damned. Plus, hydro power was officially declared to be non-renewable!

We live in a republic, not a democracy. We elect legislators to represent us. The morons in Washington who keep sending morons to sit in the legislature must be satisfied since they keep sending the same one back again and again. The “conservative” initiatives only pass and liberal legislators get elected because the most voters think that their guy is doing a good job but the “other” legislators are running amok.

You'd think that this state would eventually outgrow the populist/farmer mindset that seems to be in the DNA of all of our institutions. You should have heard the pissing and moaning about finally having a closed primary and, gasp, the necessity of declaring a party affiliation in order to vote for that party's candidates.

There are days when the weather and politics makes me wish that Bill Boeing had chosen another state in which to make his fortune.

NAMSMAN sends.