I-776: Eyman's attempt to revisit $30 car tabs and undermine Sound Transit. Vote no. (See following section.)

I-790 would give police and firefighters control over their own pension system. Sounds great, but in reality it's one of the great unfunded mandates of all time. This could blow a hole in the state budget that would make Eyman look constructive. Vote no.

Referendum 53 is an arcane attempt by the construction industry to rewrite state unemployment compensation payment grid so they can pay less. A prime example of an industry paying to abuse the referendum process. This doesn't belong on the ballot. Vote no.

Referendum 51: The transportation package. Vote no. (See following section.)

House Joint Resolution 4230 is a constitutional amendment that lengthens the time period covered by property tax votes. Vote yes.

Seattle City Petition No. 1 (Monorail): Vote your personal conscience; we've split both ways on this one. (See following section.)

Seattle Charter Amendment No. 1 would reconcile city law and state requirements regarding publishing proposed city ordinances in a local newspaper. Let's face it, such notices are buried, in small type, and hardly ever read. They're now much more commonly accessed on the web and more easily found there. Publication is an appropriate requirement, but this is a requirement to use 19th Century technology, and the city is already using the 21st Century version. Vote no.

Seattle Charter Amendment No. 2: The same publishing requirement question, for charter amendments. Again, no.

Seattle Charter Amendment No. 3 reconciles city and county requirements for processing petition signatures for initiatives by easing the requirements. Critics charge this would allow the city to stall petitioners--like it famously did with the monorail. Vote no.

Seattle Charter Amendment No. 4 would reconcile city and state requirements for verifying petition signatures. This one's much more benign. Vote yes.