
Politics
No on I-1053: A measure to help corporate backers
Tim Eyman's Initiative 1053 would force further cuts in badly needed services while helping big oil companies like BP and Shell.
Tim Eyman's Initiative 1053 would force further cuts in badly needed services while helping big oil companies like BP and Shell.
Voters want tax increases to be an absolute last resort. Initiative 1053 would help Olympia live up to that wish.
The worse things look, the better the chances of a hairbreadth rescue for the team. Here's how the play is diagrammed.
Initiatives 1100 and 1105 are too risky and go too far.
Two top-level departures signal preparation for Chris Gregoire's 2008 re-election bid, politicos say.