“Advisory votes” are propaganda and can’t be used to “gauge public opinion” MEDIA ADVISORY DATE: Wedsnesday, November 3rd, 2021TO: Washington State Reporters, Editors, and ProducersFROM: Andrew Villeneuve, Executive Director, Northwest Progressive Institute (media@nwprogressive.org) In the last fifteen hours, our team at … Continue reading
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Senate and House Released their State Budget Proposals!Before the beginning of session, Governor Inslee proposed a bold and equitable state budget to ensure racial and economic justice beyond recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Late last week the Senate and House … Continue reading
The Washington State Senate needs to pass SB 5182 by Tuesday, March 9, 2021 or the bill dies for this year’s Legislative session. It has been sitting in Senate Rules now for over a month. Why are State Legislators continuing to allow Tim … Continue reading
Washington State Legislators – Pass SB 5182 now! Washington State needs to end Washington taxpayers subsidizing Tim Eyman’s anti-tax initiative campaigns. They need to stop putting his so called Tax Advisory Votes on our ballots. They are really anti-tax push … Continue reading
Tax Sanity.org Why is Washington State allowing Tim Eyman to have access to our ballots to do anti tax push polls done under the guise of so called “tax advisory votes”? These advisory votes are really free advertising, paid for by Washington … Continue reading
“When we adopt our biennial budgets, we should proactively consider the exemptions and preferences as tax expenditures and require re-adoption if they have never been reviewed or have no sunset date. Why should these “tax expenditures” live on forever? No … Continue reading
Eliminating Eyman’s push poll tax advisory votes from the ballot Testimony in support of SB 5224 – concerning advisory votes Washington State House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations Steve Zemke – Tax Sanity March 11, 2019 The Washington … Continue reading
Testimony in support of HB 1703 – the Tax Exemption Transparency and Accountability Act (2019) Washington State House Finance Committee, Feb 26, 2019 Testimony by Steve Zemke – Director – Tax Sanity Thank you for this opportunity to testify on … Continue reading
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HB 1703 Hearing in House Finance Committee Tuesday 2/26/19 at 8 AM in John L O’Brien Building Executive session to vote bill out of committee Wed. 2/27/2019 Your help is needed to get HB 1703 passed by the Washington State … Continue reading
HB 1703 – 2019 Tax Exemption Transparency and Accountability Act Update: Hearing on HB 1703 in House Finance Committee Tuesday 2/26/19 at 8 AM in John L O’Brien Building It’s Time to End Tax Exemptions as Off Budget Spending! Our … Continue reading