Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 9:24 AM
Subject: Puyallup Tribes now top donor


From: Tim Eyman, ph: 425-493-9127

RE: Anti-892 fundraising hits $5,087,739.70 -- Puyallup Tribes now top
donor at $1,497,835

According to the latest campaign reports posted on the PDC website on
Monday, the tribal casinos have raised $5,087,739.70. On 9/27, the Puyallup
Tribes contributed $747,835 which, when added to their $750,000 donation on
9/22, brings the Puyallup Tribes total to $1,497,835. They're now the No on
892 campaign's #1 donor (the Tulalip Tribes contributed a flat $1 million on
8/05 and are the #2 donor).

All of the opposition's funding is from the tribal casinos. They can
afford it because politicians have given the tribal casinos a
government-protected monopoly which allows them monopoly profits. The
tribal casinos can also afford such huge contributions because they don't
have to pay taxes to federal, state, and local governments.

The tribal casinos have raised a record amount of money. They are
clearly shattering all records on fundraising and it's still darn early.

But voters aren't for sale.

ARE TAXPAYERS WILLING TO PAY AN EXTRA $400 MILLION PER YEAR IN
ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAXES, JUST SO THE TRIBAL CASINOS CAN MAINTAIN A
GOVERNMENT-PROTECTED MONOPOLY? NO WAY.

I-892 is a win-win revenue-neutral tax cutting initiative, providing
$400 million per year in meaningful and long-overdue property tax relief.
The tribal casinos are offering no alternative -- they clearly don't have a
stake in our state's property tax problem because tribal casinos don't pay
property taxes (or any other taxes to federal, state, and local
governments). But taxpayers are struggling and desperately need relief.
I-892 is the only opportunity that taxpayers have this November to lessen
their crushing tax burden and to give our state's sluggish economy a big
boost.