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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,962 posts)
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:23 PM Oct 2020

Eyman's $30 car tab measure ruled unconstitutional by state Supreme Court

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Tim Eyman's I-976 initiative that would have reduced car tab fees to $30 has been ruled unconstitutional by the State Supreme Court.

The nine judges ruled unanimously that the initiative contained more than one subject while 8 of the 9 judges also ruled the initiative's subject was "not accurately expressed in its title."

The judges' ruling Thursday is a victory for a coalition of cities, King County and Garfield County's transit agency, which had sued saying it would eviscerate funds they need to pay for transit and road maintenance.

"Justice for Seattle voters prevailed in today's Supreme Court ruling on I-976," Tweeted Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. "Even before the pandemic and economic crisis, Seattle’s transportation budget was unnecessarily decimated by I-976 last year and our residents and businesses have felt the real impacts of cuts."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/eymans-dollar30-car-tab-measure-ruled-unconstitutional-by-state-supreme-court/ar-BB1a3EbV?li=BBnb7Kz

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Eyman's $30 car tab measure ruled unconstitutional by state Supreme Court (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 OP
Eyman is such a fucker gopiscrap Oct 2020 #1
Good! Ron Obvious Oct 2020 #2
Hate paying more, but someone has to pay the bills... Wounded Bear Oct 2020 #3
I wondered about that 2 topics thing during the election RainCaster Oct 2020 #4
Some think Eyman purposefully writes faulty initiatives. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2020 #5
Say it isn't so... RainCaster Oct 2020 #6

gopiscrap

(23,759 posts)
1. Eyman is such a fucker
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 01:27 PM
Oct 2020

and a conceited piece of shit he is going on trial soon. I remember chasing his ass all the time when I worked for the State of WA

RainCaster

(10,872 posts)
4. I wondered about that 2 topics thing during the election
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 11:11 AM
Oct 2020

That cheating sleaze was denied for just that reason before. Apparently, unable to learn.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,962 posts)
5. Some think Eyman purposefully writes faulty initiatives.
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 12:37 PM
Oct 2020

Once they're declared illegal he fires up the outrage machine ranting about the big bad gubmint and asks for donations for his next misadventure. It's been quite lucrative for him.

RainCaster

(10,872 posts)
6. Say it isn't so...
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 01:08 PM
Oct 2020

He's found a way to get money from the rubes.
I imagine the Venn diagram of Trumpanzees & Eyman supporters overlap considerably.

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