Washblog

Toby Nixon says his goal is to be known as "Mr. Privatization." The Republican state representative (45th District) explains: "My primary goal is to reduce the scope and size of government, [by] privatizing or contracting..."

"I always describe myself as a libertarian and am very upfront about it, even in Republican Party circles. More often than not, other people describe me as a libertarian before I even get a chance to use the word!”

Recently, Rep. Nixon has been trying to push a bill that would establish penalties on teachers if they go on strike.

On I-912, which he supported, Nixon obfuscated:

"I don't necessarily oppose a gas tax if the money is spent wisely. We waste billions of dollars on transportation spending that results in no congestion relief whatsoever. It doesn't improve the safety of our existing road system."

On equal rights, he has consistently voted no. He has also voted against voting reform, and for outsourcing state technology jobs to India and China. He is sponsoring a bill that would balkanize King County. Hardly in line with his constituents.

I would love to see Laura Ruderman take this anti-government libertarian who has been hiding in the republicon's caucus out.