A slap in the face to voters? That's a fitting description of the Initiative 976 ballot title
“Seattle government is suing the voters because the voters disobeyed and voted for it anyway,” yelped Eyman in a statement distributed to reporters. “It’s a slap in the face to the people who clearly oppose these dishonest vehicle taxes.”
You want to talk about a slap in the face to voters, Tim?
Then let’s talk about the Initiative 976 ballot title — the words and phrases that represented I-976 on Washingtonians’ ballots this autumn. If there were a contest for worst ballot title in state history, I-976 would be a formidable contender.
Here’s the I-976 ballot title, written by the Office of the Attorney General, the state agency that Tim Eyman now appears to loathe more than any other:
Initiative Measure No. 976 concerns motor vehicle taxes and fees.
This measure would repeal, reduce, or remove authority to impose certain vehicle taxes and fees; limit annual motor-vehicle-license fees to $30, except voter-approved charges; and base vehicle taxes on Kelley Blue Book value.
Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ]
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But contrary to what its title says, Initiative 976 does not exempt previously adopted “voter approved charges” from being eliminated. Seattle, for instance, has a voter approved charge that benefits Metro bus service and Sound Transit has one for light rail, commuter rail, bus rapid transit, and express bus expansion.
I-976 would repeal those fees even though the voters authorized them.
https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2019/11/a-slap-in-the-face-to-voters-thats-a-fitting-description-of-the-initiative-976-ballot-title.html
