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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (350264)	2/23/2010 9:01:43 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794189

Missile Defense Agency's logo? I think it was just a dumb mistake on their part. lindybill@conspiracytheory.com

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (350264)	2/23/2010 10:31:55 PM
From: KLP	1 Recommendation Respond to of 794189

WA State now, then the US.... EYMAN TO GREGOIRE: THROW SOME CRUMBS TO THE PEASANTS: VETO THE REPEAL OF I-960'S ADVISORY VOTE ON TAX INCREASES, 2 PAGES IN VOTERS PAMPHLET WITH LEGISLATORS TAX VOTES AND COSTS Tuesday, February 18, 2010, 10:18 am To: Governor Chris Gregoire From: Tim Eyman 90% of Initiative 960 is/was the 2/3's vote requirement for tax increases - that was the big enchilada. You're going to sign the Democrats' bill (ESSB 6130) on Wednesday morning that suspends that requirement for this session and next session. That really infuriates a lot of people. But I-960 also addresses a very real problem in Olympia -- everything's an emergency. The emergency clause makes bills 'referendum proof' and so emergency clauses are going to be slapped on every tax increase bill you sign this session. The people's constitutionally guaranteed right to referendum will be taken away on every one of them. I-960 anticipated this unfair situation and proposed a modest remedy: rather than stopping the indiscriminate overuse of the emergency clause, let's take one specific type of bill -- any tax increase -- and say that whenever the people's right to referendum is taken away by an emergency clause, at least let's give the voters a chance to express their opinion on it (with a non-binding advisory vote) and let's give the voters 2 pages in the voters pamphlet listing legislators' tax votes, their contact information, and the 10-year cost of the tax hikes. In other words, I-960 provided transparency and a voice for the people. Chris, you will take away the 2/3's vote requirement tomorrow morning (I'll see you there) but throw some crumbs to the peasants: veto the repeal of I-960's advisory vote on tax increases and the 2 pages in voters pamphlet with legislators tax votes and costs. It's the very least you can do. Tomorrow's Seattle Times editorial asks you to do the same thing. Posted by Tim Eyman at February 23, 2010 04:56 PM \| Email This soundpolitics.com