Tim Eyman creates salary fund

Washington State's initiative king is about to become the state's biggest panhandler.

By DAVID AMMONS
AP POLITICAL WRITER

OLYMPIA -- Initiative king Tim Eyman has created a salary fund for himself and two co-chairmen, days after failing to qualify an initiative for the first time in six years.

Eyman told supporters and reporters in an e-mail Monday he has formed a salary fund called "Help Us Help Taxpayers" to compensate himself and father-and-son team Jack and Mike Fagan of Spokane.

The size of the paychecks, which will be cut in December, depends entirely on supporters' generosity.

"It's official now," said critic Christian Sinderman. "Tim Eyman is now the state's highest-paid panhandler."

Eyman, who runs a fraternity watch business out of his Mukilteo home, conceded that he and the Fagans had repeatedly said they would ask for salaries only if they qualified one or both of their 2003 initiatives for the statewide ballot.

He announced Thursday that neither measure had gained enough voter signatures to qualify. They dealt with state tax-and-spending limits and light rail in Puget Sound. Eyman is best known for initiatives that provided $30 car-license tabs and property-tax limits.

On Monday, Eyman asked supporters for their understanding - and their checks.

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Eyman%20Fund

there is plenty of information on how this man has bankrupt a state that made a mint in the 90s by pulling the same 'tax cut' charades that the current admin is doing. Now, years later of course, we are just starting to pay the price.

For a contrarian pov re Eyman, check out

http://www.puppetslounge.com/iratetext.html

Washington, like California, has a history of Voter Initiative abuses, and Eyman is the poster child.

IMHO

Where do I sign?

Fred Ebert's interviewing him. Talk about a mutual ass kiss fest.

:puke:

about to meet the same fate as Bill Sizemore, the Plague of Oregon.

After years of trashing the state's financial structure with his irresponsible initiatives, Sizemore not only failed to qualify any petitions but also got indicted for forging signatures and financial irregularities.

Bwa-hah-hah!

and it's a shame that the horse's ass initiative has been put on hold (www.horsesass.org), although if it passed, it would be an insult to horses.

His "Help Us Help Taxpayers" mantra is total bullshit. He has such a limited understanding of the world--taxes and their uses specifically. Every single ininitiative of his is designed so that he doesn't have to pay as much in taxes. He doesn't care if anyone else benefits as long as his taxes are lowered.

All of his 'taxpayer initiatives' simply suck money from the state, forcing sales tax to go up--it's 8.8% in the Seattle area with many more taxes for other things. Businesses pay almost nothing in taxes, schools are underfunded, unemployment is going up and up, the state economy is going down and down, and Timmy Eyman is still scheming ways so that he doesn't have to pay taxes.

Finally a campaign whose time is long overdue! It seems the parties concerned haven't been trying to reach beyond the environs of Seattle. So, being a denizen of the South Sound, I decided to volunteer my services. I should be able to get a couple of hundred in the first day.

What's the difference between Tim Eyman and a snake oil salesman?

One's an effin sleazy scumbag, and the other is trying to make an honest living.