Both Inslee and McKenna have been avoiding the tax word. …At least partly this is under the skirts of a law passed by intiative that reerquiirees the State legislature to have a 2/3 majority for any tax measure.
Tim Eyman’s 2/3 majority requirement for raising new state revenue is unconstitutional, according to King County Superior Court Judge Bruce E. Heller.
The law enacted through Initiative 1053 is ruled unconstitutional; it directly contradicts the Washington State Constitution, Article II, Section 22:
No bill shall become a law unless on its final passage the vote be taken by yeas and nays, the names of the members voting for and against the same be entered on the journal of each house, and a majority of the members elected to each house be recorded thereon as voting in its favor.
NOW .. maybe Inslee and McKenna will show some gonads!