Fifteen days after we showed you the first West Seattle signature-gatherer sighting, the anti-bag-fee campaign reports 20,000 petition signatures, about 33% more than they need to make the ballot, so it looks like we’ll be voting on it next year. As for when — as mentioned here last week, that’s up to the City Council; the first “special election” opportunity isn’t till February, a month after the fee kicks in.
Channel 7 was reporting this morning that it may not hit the ballot until next July, but it didn’t sound like that was certain.
Mwhahahahahah.
And now for the injunction to prevent enforcement prior to the referendum being resolved at the ballot box…..
That’s kind of what I’m expecting – a December injunction, February vote.
From the rumblings I’m hearing, the “just leave us the h*** alone” crowd is pretty well fed up, and barring surprises, the bag fee is doomed – as, for that matter, any other intrusive and expensive initiatives Gridlock Greg wants to push. Verily, he hath awakened the cranky…
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