Tea Groups Meet Eyman In Post Falls

Initiative “king” Tim Eyman, left, speaks to a receptive audience at Freedom Festival 3, a gathering of Tea Party-type groups Thursday night at the Greyhound Park in Post Falls. Eyman talked about the negation of Initiative 960 by the Washington State legislature and his attempts to bring it back in another form. (Jesse Tinsley/SR)

Eyman was soliciting signatures for his latest tax adventure, I-1053, which would reinstate I-960, the initiative repealed last week by the state Legislature and signed by Gov. Chris Gregoire Wednesday. Eyman was asking people to sign his petition using the same pen Gregoire used to sign the bill. “I thought it was fitting,” he said. Approved in 2007, I-960 required a two-thirds majority for the Legislature to raise taxes, among other requirements.. The recent action marks the third time government has overturned similar initiatives, Eyman said/Sara Leaming, SR. More here .

Question: Should Legislatures have the power to overturn citizen initiatives?