Business, labor warchest builds to crush Tim Eyman's Initiative 976
A broad spectrum of business and labor interests has raised a seven figure warchest to fight and defeat Tim Eyman's Initiative 976 on the November ballot, and will "start communicating with votes" this week.
The campaign, called Keep Washington Rolling, has raised $1.413 million, with another $400,000 about to come in from Amazon.
The donors include big corporate names (e.g. Microsoft at $300,000, Expedia at $100,000, $100,000 from engineering companies at ACEC) as well as construction unions and Washington State Democrats.
I-976 would bring back $30 car tabs, at a total revenue loss over the next 6-10 years of $1.9 billion to state transportation projects, and $2.3 billion to local governments, according to a fiscal impact study by the state's Office of Financial Management.
The initiative would starve Sound Transit's light rail expansion -- unless overturned by the courts -- put the kibosh on Spokane's long-sought North-South Freeway, take money from I-90 expansion over Snoqualmie Pass, and cut back Amtrak Cascades rail service.
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