A longstanding feud between initiative king Tim Eyman and Democratic state Sen. Adam Kline of Seattle boiled over this morning at the Capitol. Lawmakers are back for a one-day special session to reinstate Eyman's Initiative 747, a 1 percent cap on annual property tax hikes, which was thrown out earl
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Once again, Washington lawmakers are about to make law from flaw, correcting what Tim Eyman got wrong but embracing what voters clearly want: a crimp on taxation.
