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Property tax limit rejected
Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | November 8 2007 | Neil Modie

Posted on 11/09/2007 8:53:17 AM PST by rahbert

State high court action could mean higher levies By NEIL MODIE P-I REPORTER

Tossing a potential grenade into the 2008 political scene, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Initiative 747, a 2001 measure limiting property tax growth to 1 percent a year, is unconstitutional.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.nwsource.com ...


TOPICS: Government; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: eyman; taxes; wa
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Sorry if this is a repost as I did not find anything here about Initiative 747's overturning.
1 posted on 11/09/2007 8:53:17 AM PST by rahbert
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They did this in California 30-odd years ago. It will be interesting to find out the details of this case.

At any rate, denying taxes to socialists is like not feeding your own children (at least that’s how the socialist sees it).


2 posted on 11/09/2007 8:56:44 AM PST by Disambiguator (Political Correctness is criminal insanity writ large.)
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To: rahbert
Liberal judges opened the door to higher property taxes by nullifying a measure the people of Washington State passed to limit them.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

3 posted on 11/09/2007 8:58:35 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Disambiguator

Surely the Left will protest the “will of the people” being overturned, yes?!


4 posted on 11/09/2007 8:59:32 AM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: rahbert
Y'all will have to make it a constitutional amendment next time. Prop. 13 was a constitutional amendment here in CA and it saved out bacon in many a court. The courts will happily ignore laws; but, parts of the constitution are another matter. They almost take those seriously.
5 posted on 11/09/2007 8:59:59 AM PST by Redcloak (The 2nd Amendment isn't about sporting goods.)
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To: rahbert

I’m not sure how legislation limiting tax growth to 1% could possibly be unconstitutional??


6 posted on 11/09/2007 9:00:00 AM PST by xzins (If you'll just agree to the murdering of your children we can win the presidency!)
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Me neither - unless you believe, as liberals do, the money belongs to the government by fiat.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

7 posted on 11/09/2007 9:01:34 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: rahbert
Tossing a potential grenade

The PI really ought to be more careful about using language like that associated with stories like this.

8 posted on 11/09/2007 9:02:22 AM PST by RedQuill
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To: Southack
Surely the Left will protest the “will of the people” being overturned, yes?!

The ACLU is mobilizing at this very moment!

9 posted on 11/09/2007 9:05:16 AM PST by Disambiguator (Political Correctness is criminal insanity writ large.)
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To: rahbert

Wow, thats a surprise (NOT)

I have lived my entire life in WA state and it really isn’t the state I grew up in anymore, or my Father or Grandfather for that matter. It really is sad sometimes. Too many imported liberals in King County.

Hopefully we can pass the thing again as a constitutional amendment and try, once again, to keep the Vampires to taking only a little of our life at a time.


10 posted on 11/09/2007 9:08:22 AM PST by Horusra
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I don’t know the basis for determining this is unconstitutional, but it sure seems fishy to me that the citizens of Washington can’t limit taxation when the clear majority have voted for doing so.


11 posted on 11/09/2007 9:10:01 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Mrs Crinton have Pay Feava. There she go now. "Ah Hsu Ahhh Hsu Ah Hsu!" Crintons worth every penny.)
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Are you folks able to vote these judges out? In California we took the State Supreme Court justice down (three of them) for opposing the death penalty.

Rose Bird was the Chief Justice, and we nailed her.


12 posted on 11/09/2007 9:14:37 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Mrs Crinton have Pay Feava. There she go now. "Ah Hsu Ahhh Hsu Ah Hsu!" Crintons worth every penny.)
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To: rahbert

The justices claimed the people did not understand what they were voting for -— the voters were just too stupid. By the way, the esteemed Justice Bridges (who wrote the majority opinion) was convicted of a DUI a few years back. Nice to see the ruling elite looking after the unsophisticated little folks.


13 posted on 11/09/2007 9:18:08 AM PST by double_down
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They are elected, but I never really hear all that much about the court elections. As liberal as the officials in WA state have become, I am ready to throw out all incumbents about now.


14 posted on 11/09/2007 9:20:47 AM PST by Horusra
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To: goldstategop

sounds like it’s torches and pitchforks time in front of the courthouse.When can the results of a referendum EVER be unconstitutional?


15 posted on 11/09/2007 9:24:33 AM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: Horusra

Find out who the five were and start talking it up. Get rid of those rat bastrads.

Good luck to you.


16 posted on 11/09/2007 9:26:29 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Mrs Crinton have Pay Feava. There she go now. "Ah Hsu Ahhh Hsu Ah Hsu!" Crintons worth every penny.)
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To: double_down

On Sitmann and Boes they were discussing this with Mr
Eyman. Apparently the taxing authorities in King Co
have the equivalent of a 22% rise in property taxes
“banked” against just such an opportunity to grap the
money (they money that isn’t ‘really ours’, because its
needed for the ‘common good’).

I had mixed feelings about moving here from TX, on one
hand the climate here is more to my taste but the general
attitute of ‘shared social responsibiliy’ and hatred for
our President, his advisors, and our Militar make me wish
for some good ol Parker Co Texas style justice for
a few elitists in the WA legislature and judiciary.


17 posted on 11/09/2007 9:28:02 AM PST by rahbert
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To: Disambiguator

We passed a property tax limiting initiative, I-722 that limited tax increase to 2%. It too was tossed for a more technical reason than this initiative. The following year we came back with I-747 that restricted the tax increases to 1% and cleaned up the language that killed the previous initiative. The Supreme Court said the voters didn’t UNDERSTAND what they were voting for when they voted for I-747. We’re just too stupid, you see.

Read the ruling for yourself, provided you can read, we are pretty stupid here;
http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/788448.opn.pdf


18 posted on 11/09/2007 9:35:10 AM PST by bigfootbob
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Maybe the judges need to be introduced to TAR and FEATHERS.

Our forefathers were smarter than we sometimes give them credit for.


19 posted on 11/09/2007 9:36:59 AM PST by Disambiguator (Political Correctness is criminal insanity writ large.)
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To: Disambiguator

at least tar & feathers...


20 posted on 11/09/2007 9:45:24 AM PST by bigfootbob
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