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  • Washington State Initiative 1366 by Eyman is Ahead!

    11/05/2015 11:37:55 PM PST · by entropy12 · 8 replies
    ballotpedia ^ | November 5, 2015 | BallotPedia
    This measure would decrease the state retail sales tax rate on April 15, 2016, from 6.5 percent to 5.5 percent. The sales tax rate would not be decreased if, by April 15, 2016, two-thirds of both legislative houses refer to the ballot a vote on a constitutional amendment that requires two-thirds legislative approval or voter approval to raise taxes, and majority legislative approval to set the amount of a fee increase. Initiative 1366 aimed to circumvent citizens' lack of power to initiate constitutional amendments. Eyman's 2015 initiative put the state legislature in a bind, forcing them to either put his...
  • Washington, D.C. plans smallpox shots for entire city

    12/07/2002 10:23:31 AM PST · by FairOpinion · 9 replies · 109+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | Dec. 7, 2002 | Tom Ramstack
    <p>The D.C. Health Department is scheduled to deliver a plan to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday that proposes offering smallpox vaccinations to the District's entire population within a year.</p> <p>Like plans in other cities and states, the District's vaccination program raises the possibility that smallpox vaccine will be offered to the entire U.S. population under a policy President Bush is expected to announce in about a week.</p>