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Remember Tim Eyman? He’s bearing bad news — for his own side

The Seattle Times·Danny Westneat Seattle Times columnist·26 days ago
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Tim Eyman is still around. He’s still a thorn in the side. Only this week he’s been a prickly annoyance for his own side — the one that’s convinced a new “millionaires tax” is a horrible idea, hated by the public. “A lot of people on our side will not like hearing this,” Eyman acknowledged to his 60,000-strong email list. For those new to town, Eyman is a political gadfly who used to dominate the business of running conservative ballot measures in this state, mostly to cut, freeze or limit taxes. He’s largely out of that game now, by court order. In 2021 he was found to have broken campaign finance rules to line his own pockets with donor funds. So he’s barred from managing political money anymore. But he’s still doing “nonstop activism,” as he described to me Tuesday. “I’m on my way to Wapato today to speak to some folks who are opposing the state income tax fiasco,” he said. But this week it was Eyman providing a dose of cold, blue-state reality.…

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