COUNCIL 2 LEADERS welcomed the news that no initiatives sponsored by watch salesman Tim Eyman will appear on the November ballot.

But they cautioned that more trouble might lie ahead next year.

Eyman’s initiatives have all sought to cut the State’s budget drastically, with ripple effects on City and County governments and potentially harming Council 2 members.

Already, budgets have been slashed and workers have been laid off or had their hours of work cut because of the initiatives that have passed. Some of Eyman’s initiatives that were approved at the polls were later declared invalid by the courts, reducing some of the damage.

“It’s refreshing to see the voters wake up to Eyman’s profit-making scams,” says Pat Thompson, Council 2 Director of Legislation/Political Action. “But Eyman has threatened to return next year with extreme tax-cutting measures.

“We need to stay ever-vigilant for Eyman and others who seek to gut local government funding.”

Dugovich re-elected Council 2 president