Grandpa:

I-892 will do nothing to lower property taxes. That is just a "hook" to get the naive to support this turkey.

I-892 is about money -- profits for the sponsors and their shill, Tim Eyman -- period!

I realize that Eyman probably skipped his classes on Civics and US Government while he was partying it up at Wazzou, but I would remind all that we do not have a democracy in this country, but rather a system of representative government.

Like or not, we elect public servants to draft, debate and pass legislation. Then we have an executive to sign or veto said legislation. Finally there is a judicial branch to consider the constitutionality of the signed law. This is called checks and balances, and it is a crucial and intended mechanism in our U.S. and washington State consititutions.

Yes, there is a provision for initiatives and direct democracy that allows these ballot initiatives. But our Founding Fathers intended this to be a last resort, and one used only when all legislative efforts had failed.

Drafting one crappy piece of garbage after another and circumventing the legislative process entirely by foisting it on an uninformed electorate is worse than bad government in my book. It is almost treasonous!

If Tim Eyman really wants to influence public policy in this state, he should work within the system and run for office. He was revealed the last time to be both a liar and a profiteer. Why anyone would ever now support him or his efforts is beyond me.

Any ballot inititative that carries Eyman's endorsement while he gains financially from it should be rejected on principle by the voters of this State. If the idea behind it has merit, find a legislative sponsor to draft and introduce a bill. Then maybe we can debate the issue on its merits.