Let’s all say thank you to the heroes who qualified Initiative 2066 for the fall ballot (they’re submitting additional petitions to the Sec of State this Fri @ 4pm — details below).
Thurs, July 4th, 2024
To: Our thousands of supporters across the state
From: Tim Eyman
Fighting for Taxpayers for 27 years
On the last day of the session, the Democrats passed a bill banning natural gas (among many other catastrophes this would cause, it would mean no more propane BBQ’s in your back yard!).
The Democrats slapped an emergency clause on the bill — declaring that it was a threat to the public health and safety — so that a citizen referendum — a right guaranteed by our state Constitution — couldn’t be done.
That meant only an initiative could overturn it (which requires twice as many signatures).
Worse still, the good guys couldn’t start until Inslee signed it into law.
Inslee waited 30 days but then he finally did.
The good guys filed their initiative.
But then opponents filed a bogus, time-consuming legal challenge to the Attorney General’s ballot title to delay things even more.
Finally, several weeks later, the judge made her ruling.
Only then could petitions be printed and distributed.
The good guys only had 44 days to collect 325,000 valid voter signatures.
That was a near-impossible task.
The Secretary of State recommends — to be totally safe — turning in 405,000.
On Tuesday, 3 days before the July 5th deadline, a bunch of heroes from Let’s Go Washington (especially Kelly) and others turned in a whopping 431,063 voter signatures.
And they’re turning in even more tomorrow.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they hit 500,000+.
It’s an incredibly impressive accomplishment.
What do you do when a bunch of people do something so amazing that benefits so many?
AT A MINIMUM, we can all say ‘thank you’ to them.
I urge you to send an email to the leaders who made this miracle happen.
In the To line, copy & paste:
contact@letsgowa.com; gregl@biaw.com; anthonya@wahospitality.org; jcarlson@kemperdc.com; bod@
(I only added myself so I can receive & read what all of you send them)
In the Subject line, copy and paste:
Thank you for your hard work, leadership, and sacrifice
In the body of the email, copy and paste this (or write anything you want — tell ’em how you feel):
I can’t thank you enough for giving the voters of Washington the chance to ban the ban on natural gas this November. You pulled off a miracle. You collected and turned in 431,000+ voter signatures in 44 days! It’s amazing. $2.2 million is a huge investment of your own personal resources and it means so much to me that you were willing to do that for everyone.
The Democrats in the Legislature did everything they could to stop you: they waited until the last day to pass it. They slapped an emergency clause on it so you’d be forced to do an initiative and not a referendum (doubling the number of signatures you needed to collect). And knowing that you couldn’t file your initiative until it was signed into law, Inslee waited a full 30 days before he finally signed it.
Then opponents filed a bogus, time-consuming legal challenge to the AG’s ballot title to delay the start of the signature drive even more. Yet despite all those monkey wrenches and roadblocks, you overcame it all and succeeded.
You’ve given me hope that there are still men and women in Washington state who are heroes who will never give up and will continue to fight to make Washington a better place to live. I admire you, I thank you.
I wish you and your families a great 4th of July. Your accomplishment with Initiative 2066 reminds me why today is called “Independence Day”.
You’ve earned my respect and admiration and appreciation. Thanks again.
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I urge you to find a location near you (click here) and drop off your petitions ASAP.
If you need anything else, you can contact the heroes at Let’s Go WA here.
Is it any wonder why Bully Bob Ferguson is trying so hard to impose a lifetime ban on all my future political activity?
He’s wasted more taxpayer money going after me than all other cases in the last 12 years COMBINED!
I urge you to help me fight back against the AG’s abuse of power by donating to the Tim Eyman Legal Defense Fund so we can get this ridiculously unconstitutional ruling overturned.
Mail your check to:
Tim Eyman Legal Defense Fund
17404 Meridian Ave E #F PMB 176
Puyallup, WA, 98375
Or donate online:
By GiveSendGo (credit/debit card)
By Paypal (donate using PayPal or using a credit/debit card)
With your help, I will keep fighting for the people across our nation with initiatives, lawsuits, lobbying, and helping elect more freedom-loving elected officials.
I love you all.
Onward!
Tim Eyman
You can call or text me anytime: 509-991-5295
You can email me anytime: Tim@TimDefense.com
(I can’t access any of my other email addresses — grrr!)
For more details on this, go to: TimDefense.com
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