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Speaking of Broken Clocks. . . .
Jun. 29th, 2005 12:25 pmBack in '99, the State was introduced to Initiative 695 and its sponsor, a young, photogenic moron named Tim Eyman. The initiative sought to rescind the very unpopular Automobile Excise Tax that Washington had imposed on car owners since the 1930s.
Though, as I mentioned, very unpopular, the tax paid for a variety of services that otherwise could not be funded, such as transit and non-vehicle trail improvements. Our state's constitution has a provision that specifies all money collected by gas tax must go directly to highways and road improvement. Thus, funding difficulties.
During the initiative debates, I found myself not only very alone, but not even on the opinion radar. There were those sick of the taxes, and those that feared what would happen to the services funded by the tax; and then there was me.
( All alone. )
Though, as I mentioned, very unpopular, the tax paid for a variety of services that otherwise could not be funded, such as transit and non-vehicle trail improvements. Our state's constitution has a provision that specifies all money collected by gas tax must go directly to highways and road improvement. Thus, funding difficulties.
During the initiative debates, I found myself not only very alone, but not even on the opinion radar. There were those sick of the taxes, and those that feared what would happen to the services funded by the tax; and then there was me.
( All alone. )
