Eyman receives $20,000 'gift' | Seattle P-I

[Ediacara]

Friday, December 12, 2003

Eyman receives $20,000 'gift'
Money from jail guards union follows job he had said he would do for free

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES

OLYMPIA -- A jail guards' union gave initiative king Tim Eyman $20,000 after he helped it qualify a ballot initiative to shrink the King County Council -- a job he had said he was doing for free.

Both the King County Corrections Guild and Eyman said the money is strictly a gift, but Eyman said he is reporting it to the state Public Disclosure Commission just to be on the safe side.

The "gift" makes the third time he has accepted money from supporters after having said publicly that he was working for free.

When Eyman helped the guild last summer, he told reporters he was working without compensation, in exchange for guild help in gaining support for his own initiative.

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[JailBush]

1. Tim Eyman is a classic example of a phony activist.

There are tons of'em in Seattle, claiming to be Democrats, Greens, or unaffiliated. Examples include Green Party of Seattle wench Brita Butler-Wall, former Seattle School Board/Mariners horror Nancy Waldman, current school board president Mary Bass, schools watch puppy Chris Jackins, left-wing columnist Geov Parrish and possibly even Charlie Chong. They all claim to have grassroots support, yet their supporters are far too numerous and powerful to represent the grassroots in apathetic Seattle. It's also amazing how much press they get in the corporate media.

In fact, these people are recruited by Big Business and promoted as champions of liberals, conservatives or the underclass in general, who think they're supporting something good when their heroes are really ripping them off.

[SahaleArm]

3. Even Charlie Chong?

[pfitz59]

2. Eyman is my neighbor.

Don't know how such a foul being can live in such a beautiful place!

[Raster]

4. eyeman is a racket, nothing more...

...he's found a niche, feeding on the average citizen's anger and frustration. he doesn't really offer any remedy, only ways to covertly enrich himself. I moved up here to WA three years ago and was amazed at how everyone was (then) on the eyeman bandwagon. I looked hard and saw little, if any, substance. His talent is self-promotion. His skill is profiting off of another's fiscal frustration.

watch salesman my ass.

ON EDIT: I misspelled eyeman's name. big deal. he doesn't deserve the accuracy.