Eyman: The more he loses, the more he wins

Why is it that when a Tim Eyman initiative is thrown out by the courts, as happened this week with I-747, our spineless leaders immediately say they'll abide by Eyman's bad law anyway? Whatever you do, Gov. Chris Gregoire advised all local governments, resist the temptation to raise property tax collections more than 1 percent a year, now that the state Supreme Court has tossed out I-747, the 2001 initiative that put that onerous limit on increases. Why is that? The court ruled that the people had been misled by the initiative, so why not abide by the court rather than ask, What Would Tim Do?
Why is it that when a Tim Eyman initiative is thrown out by the courts, as happened this week with I-747, our spineless leaders immediately say they'll abide by Eyman's bad law anyway? Whatever you do, Gov. Chris Gregoire advised all local governments, resist the temptation to raise property tax collections more than 1 percent a year, now that the state Supreme Court has tossed out I-747, the 2001 initiative that put that onerous limit on increases. Why is that? The court ruled that the people had been misled by the initiative, so why not abide by the court rather than ask, What Would Tim Do?

Why is it that when a Tim Eyman initiative is thrown out by the courts, as happened this week with I-747, our spineless leaders immediately say they'll abide by Eyman's bad law anyway? Whatever you do,

  

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