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I-933: Outsiders Feed on Washington's Pain

By noemie maxwell
Mon Oct 30, 2006 at 12:27:25 PM PST
Section: Washington State Topic: Initiatives and Referenda

Washington has land use troubles. New York City real estate developer Howie Rich noticed and he's paired up with in-state pro-sprawl developers to feed on our pain with a de facto repeal of our zoning and environmental laws through I-933. It'll cost us environmental quality, neighborliness, and, according to Washington's office of Financial Management, $7- $9 billion. Rich's Illinois organization is I-933's biggest funder, having given $360,000 to the cause. Oregon voters, who approved Howie Rich's similar (but less extreme) Measure 37 in 2004, now say 2-1 in a poll that they'd vote NO The Oregonian tells us: Don't do it, Washington!.

What do Washingtonians say? All our living governors joined together last week to warn us against I-933. Seattle Times calls I-933 an expensive hoax. All of Washington's major faith organizations and environmental organizations say no. Major civic organizations, including firefighters, farmers, and chambers of commerce warn us: NO ON I-933.

NYC Real Estate Investor Howie Rich:
"Yes on I-933"

Albert Rosellini (1957-65): "NO ON 933!"	Dan Evans (1965-77): "NO ON 933!"	John Spellman (1981-85): "NO ON 933!"
Booth Gardner (1985-93): "NO ON 933!"	Mike Lowry (1993-97): "NO ON 933!"	Gary Locke (WA Gov. 1997-05): "NO ON 933!"	Gov. Gregoire: ""NO ON 933!"

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I-933: Outsiders Feed on Washington's Pain | 8 comments (8 topical)

Vigilance - I'm convinced - can you break it down

to more simplistic language and examples. Where's Arthur on this anyway - I need his picture word stories for this one. He has a way of creating in a couple of sentences an image that it takes me paragraphs to create. I have read the stories you are posting Noemie, followed and read at the links provided. And I get it, I think I do anyway - but I couldn't explain it to someone else with any degree of qualitative substance.

I did notice though, in the list of concerned organizations (which is Vast!) that I didn't see or couldn't pick out any related to Pacific County, Grays Harbor County, Wiahkiakum County -- I'm sorta thinking these counties might/ought to be paying attention since we are becoming known as the last of the 'wilderness' counties in Western WA. Or let me say that differently - the developers are beginning to look at us as Interesting for development. Now that Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia are outgrowing themselves with outlying area developments and increased housing, COL - the wilderness (estuary) counties are looking good to developers.

But more so, looking good to large Conservation organizations funded by multiple non-profits, any efforts launched by locals in our counties will be meager and easily swept away by either Developers or Conservators. What do I know though - I'm a transplant from WA urbania to the this last vestige of remaining WA wilderness country.

"I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war." - Barack Obama

by Lietta Ruger on Mon Oct 30, 2006 at 12:49:40 PM PST

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I-933 declares that by noemie maxwell, 10/30/2006 12:58:31 PM PST (5.00 / 2)
Pacific & Gray's Harbor paper opposes I-933 by noemie maxwell, 11/01/2006 01:24:52 PM PST (5.00 / 1)
Opposition to I-933 is Statewide by Steve Zemke MajorityRulesBlog, 11/02/2006 11:21:35 AM PST (5.00 / 3)

Vote YES on I-933!!!

Do you think any of the politicians that you featured above would give up their home for "economic development?"

Me neither.

I'm voting yes on I-933

by BPalmer on Mon Oct 30, 2006 at 12:43:29 PM PST

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Time to zero this troll n/t 3rd strike, he's out by gibney, 10/30/2006 01:11:45 PM PST (5.00 / 3)
To the fools... by JesseNelson, 10/30/2006 01:16:32 PM PST (5.00 / 3)

Retiree Kiss of Death (NOT I hope ...

how many of these freaking ridiculous initiatives have come and gone in the last decade, AND

the whole sensible power structure shows up in support / opposition, AND

then the stupid thing passes.

what I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO frosted about is that I am seeing some real hard hitting ads against those idiots McGaggit AND Reichert -

hard hitting ads that, um, just use THE TRUTH! and put it out there where it should be.

the freaking Dem establishment of this state should have been getting big bucks and good ads against this stupid initiative a long time ago ...

CUZ, they were NOT too busy getting Goldmark and Darcy to run 12 months ago ... AND

they were NOT too busy making sure all the LDs got the resources to have REAL vibrant ground teams for the last weeks of GOTV which will exist after 7 Nov.

ugh.

rmm.

http://www.liemail.com/BambooGrassroots.html

by rmdSeaBos on Mon Oct 30, 2006 at 05:17:54 PM PST

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I-933: Outsiders Feed on Washington's Pain | 8 comments (8 topical)