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closeInitiative promoter Tim Eyman has turned in 299,019 signatures for his Initiative 985 which should provide a suitable cushion once elections officials begin checking their validity.
The measure, which generally attempts to curb traffic congestion by opening car pool lanes and boosting funding to synchronize traffic lights and clear highway accidents, needs not quite 225,000. And, during a visit to my office, Eyman said he's quite confident the measure will qualify for the November ballot.
“Objectively, it’s frickin’ tough to qualify for the ballot,” Eyman said in a sentence taken entirely out of context.
Talking later about the flood of Initiative 960 e-mails during this year’s legislative session warning subscribers a costly bill had been introduced Eyman admitted that “it’s frickin’ annoying.”
And upon saying the word “frickin’” a third time later in the conversation Eyman said “I gotta stop saying that.”
UPDATE: Eyman just popped his head back into the office to say he enjoyed this blog post, left, then suddenly reappeared realizing he had misplaced the white board he's been carrying around today.
"What happened to my frickin' board?" he asked.
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