King County will prepare lawsuit to block 'devastating' I-976

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King County Executive Dow Constantine has instructed the county prosecutor's office to prepare a legal challenge to block Initiative 976, Tim Eyman's $30 car tab measure. He described its potential impact to transit and transportation in Washington's most populous county as "devastating."

Although a $5 million campaign was mounted to urge its rejection -- and newspapers editorialized against it across the state -- the Eyman initiative built an 11-point lead in votes reported on election night. I-976 is losing in populous King County, which has a record of voting against Eyman's many initiatives.

"The passage of I-976 underscores the ongoing need for comprehensive state tax reform, but in the short term we must clean up another mess that Tim Eyman has created for our state, our region and our economy," Constantine said in a statement.

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The City of Seattle announced Wednesday its intentions to throw its hat in the litigation ring as well.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/king-county-will-prepare-lawsuit-to-block-devastating-i-976/ar-AAJXRld

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1. Eyman shows his ugly mug at Seattle City Hall

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2. The City of Seattle will join King County in suing to overturn Tim Eyman's Initiative 976

The City of Seattle will join King County in initiating a legal challenge to stop Tim Eyman’s incredibly destructive Initiative 976 from taking effect, Mayor Jenny Durkan and City Attorney Pete Holmes announced at a press conference today in the Norman B. Rice Room on the seventh floor of Seattle City Hall.

“As Mayor, my core job is protect the people,” said Mayor Jenny Durkan.

“I-976 is not only unfair, it is not only unwise, it is unconstitutional.”

“We know we need to move forward as quickly as we can to secure an injunction to prevent the irreparable harm to our most vulnerable residents,” the Mayor said, explaining that the first objective in the suit would be to put the initiative on ice until its constitutionality is determined by the State Supreme Court. “While no one can be a hundred percent sure of what will happen in any court action, I have a lot of confidence in our lawyers, and in our theory, and in our courts.”

“I knew from the moment I read the text of Initiative 976 that it had some fairly obvious legal problems,” said City Attorney Pete Holmes. “Had Mr. Eyman developed an initiative that was constitutional, I wouldn’t be here today.”

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2019/11/the-city-of-seattle-will-join-king-county-in-suing-to-overturn-tim-eymans-initiative-976.html