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Initiative 933 got its butt kicked at the ballot box, but the debate behind it rages on, and everyone thinks they have an answer.

From the folks that brought you the original 933, Snohomish County will apparently have its own version this year. From the Proprights.org email list:

John Postema, president of the Snohomish Co. Farm Bureau, has a draft of a possible Snohomish Co. initiative very similar to I-933.  The difference being that it would not be retroactive but would protect property rights starting with passage.  Like some, he feels that the perceived cost of the retroactive portion of I-933 is what killed it.  Previously, this would have been a hard sell.  Too many people feel that they have lost too much.  But with the stilted political climate in western Washington, his initiative might be a start.

And the Everett Herald:

A Snohomish County backer of I-933 promises to bring his own initiative to county voters next year.

Hundreds of thousands of people across the state voted for the measure, said John Postema, president of the Snohomish County Farm Bureau.

"It says to me there's a mandate for change," Postema said. "I will personally run a campaign for a measure like Initiative 933 and get it on the ballot by next November."

He said he might soon begin collecting signatures following the path he tilled with his Right to Plow initiative approved by county voters in 2001.

Unfortunately for Postema, Snohomish County voters rejected 933 by a 20 percent margin.

Bringing people the table has worked in the Nisqually, why not everywhere else?

From the folks that brought you the Cascade Agenda, an idea to transfer density from one part of the state to another part of the state.