It is quite interesting to me that the loudest chirping about some imagined invasive exams for girls sports are the very ones insisting that boys be allowed invasive access to girls most private spaces and and in their sports. Vote Yes I-638 Protect girls sports….

If you are trying to shove an income tax down the throats of voters but they have rejected it 10 times already what do you do? You force through an income tax that is blatantly unconstitutional. WA State constitution says a tax may not be over 1% and it must apply to everyone equally. Why? Your strategy is to send it to a hand picked/appointed Supreme Court where you believe the constitution can be changed with out a vote of the people. Then: 1) You use taxpayer money to make sure it cannot be repealed by referendum by inserting an emergency clause even though it doesn’t go into effect for 3 years 2) you force the voters to spend their own private money to get an initiative on the ballot 3) You push them into the initiative process because it is much more confusing language and a process where voters must vote yes in order to vote no (just to be clear vote yes!) 4) You pass a law that requires a statement on the ballot itself with no counter point allowed that makes the claim that the initiative would cut K-12 funding no matter where the money would go or when it would come in EVEN THOUGH no initiative can cut funding for K-12 by law 5) You vilify public citizens for getting involved while You hide behind the enormous tax free cash piles of the public unions who will gain the biggest benefit from the income tax — as they run false attack ads with unlimited funds 6) You lie to the public about the broad intent and design of the income tax to hit everyone not just those making over a million 7) You keep a secret from public employees that their once protected pensions have had that protection removed by the income tax..and you can’t or rather won’t explain why the protection was removed Yet with all that stacked on your side, if voters hear that the income tax is actually an income tax they still don’t like you.., Vote Yes I-645 to Repeal the Unconstitutional Income tax

Komo (Seattle Times took a pass on this story) covers the impact the unconstitutional income tax will have on philanthropy. A couple of observations: -The impact is real and the CEO of Seattle Children’s brings the receipts -The Seattle Times refusal to carry the op-ed is shameful -We should all be talking about this because ST broke the story looking out for the public not because the CEO had to get around them to get the story out -Bob Ferguson is clearly caught flat footed by the question and gives a “squirrel!!!” Answer -Jamie Pedersen is baking more pie-crusts.. oh don’t worry we will fix it -The unconstitutional income tax was written with so much haste and with no real input or concern for the negative impacts that we will continue to find sulphur filled easter eggs as we watch businesses shut down or flee the state Vote Yes I-645 To Repeal the unconstitutional Income Tax