Lawyers make a case in court to delay effect of I-976
SEATTLE — Lawyers for cities and transit agencies across the state made their case Tuesday in King County Superior Court to stop Initiative 976 from going into effect next week.
Judge Marshall Ferguson said he would issue a ruling late Tuesday or early Wednesday. There was no ruling by 5 p.m. Tuesday.
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The hearing wrapped up with theatrics from the initiative sponsor, Tim Eyman, accusing the Attorney General’s Office of sabotaging the case.
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The judge voiced concern that the ballot title might have been misleading and lulled voters into a false sense of assurance.
“If they see ‘except voter approved charges,’ they might think … ‘I don’t even need to look at the initiative text,’” Ferguson said. “That kind of goes to the heart of the potential deception the court is concerned about.”
“The ballot title strongly implies one thing, the initiative text specifies almost the exact opposite,” the judge noted.
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