June 19, 2008 - 9:32am
UPDATED: First initiative to seek ballot today
By Bryan BissellTim Eyman, the driving force behind ballot initiative 985 which seeks to implement State Auditor Brian Sonntag's recommendations to reform the Department of Transportation to focus on reducing congestion, is headed to Olympia today to turn in the 225,000 signatures required for ballot access at 11 am.
This is the first initiative to reach that mark. Still no word on the signature status of the other major ballot initiative of the cycle, I-1000 or, death with dignity. The deadline for turning in signatures is July 3.
UPDATE: No one showed up at Eyman's press conference, per Mulick.
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