Initiative 933 is the most dangerous assault on Washington's environment and quality of life in over a decade. It targets protections for clean air, clean water, open space, forests, and even endangered species.
Initiative 933 creates a “pay or waive†system that makes local communities decide whether to waive laws for special interests or force taxpayers to pay them to follow the rules.
Before local communities are even forced to waive laws for special interests, it will cost hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars just to administer. I-933 also mandates that taxpayers must pay for all claimants' attorneys' fees.
Implementation of I-933 will take money away from important community services like education, public safety and other services we all depend upon or taxes will have to be raised to pay for this poorly written law.
I-933 is written so irresponsibly that it leaves voters guessing and doesn't say where the money will come from, who gets to be exempted from the law, or who decides.
The extreme costs to taxpayers are not only monetary, but I-933 forces communities to waive laws that will create loopholes for irresponsible development leading to more traffic congestion, taking away a community's right to decide how it wants to look in the future, and result in an overall diminished quality of life.
I-933 is bad for Washington. Vote NO on 933.