OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Initiative activist Tim Eyman’s latest smaller-government campaign is straight from the greatest hits collection: requiring a two-thirds supermajority for the Legislature to raise taxes.
The concept has been supported by Washington voters multiple times in ballot measures over the years.
It also has been suspended by state lawmakers when tight budgets push them to raise taxes, as majority Democrats did earlier this year.
With the economy still stagnant, voters feeling uneasy and the state budget continuing to hemorrhage revenue, Eyman and his business supporters see a perfect opportunity to reinstate those roadblocks.
