Opponents of Washington ballot measure begin campaign
A broad coalition of business, labor, education and seniors today launched an effort to defeat Tim Eyman’s latest ballot measure, Initiative 1033. “1033 is bad for jobs and it would greatly diminish access to health care,” said Doug Shadel, state director of AARP. The initiative, on November’s ballot, would cap the yearly growth of state, county and city general funds at the rate of inflation, plus population growth. Any revenue above the cap would be used to lower property taxes. Voters could approve revenue increases above the cap.