Tim Eyman

Brian Sonntag still lacks an opponent as he runs for his fifth term as State Auditor, but his record shows he cribbed from the Heritage Foundation, is consistently late in delivering audits and overpayed contractors. No wonder Tim Eyman likes him.

Shirley Hankins steps aside with class while Tim Eyman mortgages his house. Here are Washington state's Winners and Losers for May 9, 2008.

Tim Eyman, like state and local government, is left pleading for the public to loose its purse, since his primary financier, Mike Dunmire, has cut Eyman off, choosing instead to buy pony rides for people with disabilities.

Ballot initiative guru Tim Eyman has always had a self-deprecating sense of humor. Now he is using that same attitude to help him raise money to pay off the $250,000 loan he recently took out against his house to support his latest effort in citizen government, I-985.

On Wednesday he sent out an e-mail to supporters and media with the title, "Critics attack Eyman for taking out $250K loan."

Tim Eyman, the leader behind many of Washington's most heated ballot initiatives in the last ten years, has just announced that his campaign to gather signatures for I-985, which would open up HOV lanes to single-drivers, will be taking out a $250,000 loan to cover expenses. TCH's Mulick has a post about it here.

Apparently longtime investor Mike Dunmire has pulled out his financing for the time being, and now Eyman wants his supporters to help him pay off the loan.

"I'm jumping off a big cliff," Eyman said in a letter to supporters, "please help catch me."

State Auditor Brian Sonntag has been lauded as bringing accountability back to Olympia with his enforcement of Tim Eyman’s performance audits initiative.

WEST SEATTLE -

An unlikely political celebrity is roaming the sidelines of the West Seattle High gym today seeking support for his cause. Dressed casually in khakis and a light blue fleece with a wide smile on his face is none other than ballot initiative guru Tim Eyman.  read more »

The State Supreme Court has denied Sen. Lisa Brown's petition to expedite her lawsuit challenging the legality of Tim Eyman's Initiative 960 which requires a 2/3 majority to raise taxes, the TNT is reporting.  read more »