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Feb. 17—A $2.6 million legal judgment last week against Tim Eyman should leave no doubt about the anti-tax maven's true motivation. For two decades, Eyman has presented himself as a defender of the public — devising, promoting and sometimes passing anti-tax ballot initiatives. Along the way, he also mastered the art of self-promotion, using the initiatives as a grift to line his own pockets. .
In Our View: Eyman out to make a buck with bunco The Columbian
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A $2.6 million legal judgment last week against Tim Eyman should leave no doubt about the anti-tax maven’s true motivation.
For two decades, Eyman has presented himself as a defender of the public devising, promoting and sometimes passing anti-tax ballot initiatives. Along the way, he also mastered the art of self-promotion, using the initiatives as a grift to line his own pockets.
As Judge James Dixon ruled in Thurston County Superior Court, Eyman long has engaged in “an ongoing conspiracy to conceal political contributions and the personal use of those contributions.”
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Tim Eyman had said losing his court case would end his career in politics. Now he proclaims: ‘full steam ahead.’ By David Gutman, The Seattle Times
Published: February 15, 2021, 12:20pm
Share: Initiative activist Tim Eyman, who was also running as an independent for Washington governor, carries a clipboard as he walks next to his expired car registration tabs Jan. 13 before attending a rally on the first day of the 2020 session of the Washington legislature at the Capitol in Olympia. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press)
Tim Eyman has spent years vilifying Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, calling him a “fascist,” complaining of persecution and saying the campaign finance lawsuit Ferguson brought against him would essentially bar him from politics forever.