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I just stumbled across a blog about Washington State politics called HorsesAss.org. In the blog’s About page, it talks about how it got its name. Apparently, the author of the blog (David Goldstein) submitted initiative 831 back in 2003. It’s hilarious, especially if you’ve been in Washington State for the past few years.

Initiative text follows:

INITIATIVE TO THE PEOPLE:

WHEREAS, Tim Eyman’s ill-conceived anti-tax initiatives are an irresponsible means of legislating tax policy, an abuse of the initiative process, and insult to our system of representative democracy; and

WHEREAS, Tim Eyman is an admitted liar, who paid himself $45,000 from campaign funds, while publicly denying any personal gain from the state-wide initiatives he sponsored; and

WHEREAS, Tim Eyman diverted $165,000 of campaign contributions to a for-profit corporation he controls, with the intention of paying himself an additional $157,000; and

WHEREAS, Motivated by self-aggrandizement and personal gain, Tim Eyman has consistently misrepresented the initiatives he sponsored, and misappropriated funds donated to support them; and

WHEREAS, Tim Eyman readily admits, in his own words, that “I just feel like an ass;”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the citizens of the State of Washington do hereby proclaim that Tim Eyman is a Horse’s Ass.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted to Tim Eyman, his wife, and his mother. So there.

Now that’s what I call using the political system to its fullest.