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Taxpayers deserve some type of protection." o hear the Eymanistas, Thursday's ruling by the State Supreme Court that Initiative 747 is unconstitutional marks the end of the world as we know it. "We're in for absolute chaos," anti-tax crusader Tim Eyman declared after the court overturned the voter-approved 2001 initiative and its 1 percent cap on property tax increases.
His frightening prophecy continues: " each local government now has the power to jack up property taxes 30 percent this fall without a vote of the people. " We would argue, though, that those politicians - at least the ones who want to run for re-election - will do so at their own political peril.See the full content of this document
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In Our View: Chaos Coming?
Eyman continued: "We're talking about pigs at the trough with voter-approved I-747 overturned - it is the nightmare sc...
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