How truly sad

A couple weeks back Imentioned that the local SEIU and another leftist pro-tax group had lost their case in trying to keep a Citizen’s Initiative that would have required a supermajority vote of the legislature to raise taxes off the ballot this fall.

It was truly sad that these pukes hate democracy so badly that they would not even let the citizens of this state vote as to whether this needs to happen.

Unfortunately, the sadness continues. They have filed an “emergency motion for accelerated review” with the Washington State Supreme Court in the hopes that they’ll put a wall in front of democracy.

The King County Superior Court’s dismissal of Plaintiffs’ case failed to properly consider the subject matter raised by Appellants. The Court refused to consider whether I-960’s supermajority and voter approval requirements were within the scope of the initiative process.

If I-960 is beyond the scope of the initiative process, it serves the interest of the People, the initiative process, and the judiciary to so rule before the election. Should the measure gain approval of a majority of voters, post-election invalidation would likely cause some voters to feel that their voice was ignored or overruled, and the People disenfranchised, when in fact the measure should never have been placed before them for consideration.

They’re right about the people who voted for it feeling ignored or overruled. The last couple times Citizen Initiatives have been overturned by the courts, we all felt like we’d been screwed. What the group appealing doesn’t know is that if they manage to get the state Supremes to cast a thumbs down judgement before it even gets to the ballot, we’ll feel even worse than if it happens later. As though we can’t even get our issues before the citizenry.

More on this in the future.