Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Muni League Slams Eyman Initiative
The Stranger: The Municipal League, a nonprofit that advocates good government, issued recommendations today on several ballot measures before voters in the general election. Most relate to local elections—such as encouraging suburbs to annex Finn Hill, Kingsgate, North Juanita, and Panther Lake—but the group also takes aim at Tim Eyman's politically charged state Initiative 1033: "OPPOSES Initiative 1033, Limiting Growth of State, County and City Revenues - Washington State is experiencing a severe recession. State and local governments have instituted drastic budget cuts affecting education, health care, human services, parks, corrections and many other programs that citizens rely on, especially during hard times. Now is the worst possible time to further hamper government’s flexibility to meet public needs and to help with economic recovery. Previous initiatives have already slowed government spending significantly and elected officials are already very cautious about authorizing tax increases to meet service needs. While it may be a good idea to encourage government to prioritize services and live within its means, this initiative is filled with complex provisions that will make government’s ability to govern much harder and further exacerbate the structural problems of our system of financing public services.”
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