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PRESS RELEASE
 December 17, 2002
Contact: Marsha Richards, Communications Director EFF launches Waste Watchers
website OLYMPIA - The Evergreen Freedom Foundation launched a new Waste Watchers website today dedicated to exposing and resolving waste in government. The new site chronicles a long list of waste and mismanagement in state government and offers “hot diet tips” and action items for concerned citizens. Hot diet tips for government include:
The Olympia-based watchdog organization says the goal of the site is to remind state officials why they’ve lost the trust of voters and help them regain it through true accountability. “Every verifiable example of waste we receive will be left on the website until it is resolved,” said Bob Williams, EFF’s president. “And believe me, we would like nothing more than to take them off and see the website empty.” Each story on the site will be updated as the organization gets information about its status. Citizens are encouraged to “get active” on unresolved items by calling their representatives or the officials directly involved. Information about who to contact will be posted. The site will be updated regularly.
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1 Part Honesty; 2 Parts Arrogance At a March 23, 2005, House Appropriations hearing on a bill to gut the voter-approved I-601 spending limit, Rep. Jim McIntire (D) asked a supporter of I-601’s two-third supermajority requirement for the legislature to raise taxes the following question: "Can you name a time when we [legislators] have actually not just set it [supermajority requirement] aside by majority vote? I mean, this is in many respects a procedural motion that has no bearing. It’s a statutory constraint that cannot constrain any legislature that chooses as a majority to set it aside . . . have we ever used a supermajority [to raise taxes]?" - Rep. Jim McIntire (D - 46) Despite the arrogance of some state officials, Washington's constitution is clear: "All political power is inherent in the people..." |
