Eyman's I-985 Would Send Eastern Money Seattle's Way

Sightline's Clark Williams-Derry has discovered a funny thing that will happen if Eyman's iniative passes--eastern Washington will be paying for Eyman's scheme to "fix" Seattle-area traffic congestion.

And whatever Mr. Eyman might hope or claim, I-985 would wind up shifting about $180 million in revenues from the rest of the state into greater Seattle. Over 5 years, we expect that the average family of four outside of the Seattle area will ship about $229 in tax dollars to pay for Seattle-area road projects.

It's not actually that surprising--this isn't the first time that Eyman hasn't known precisely where the money was going. But it's not exactly strategic to soak eastern Washingtonians on behalf of election-stealing Seattleites.

Maybe it's all to create a distracting fog of war, drawing attention from Eyman's inept attempt to play civil engineer. In the Seattle Times, Floyd J. McKay points out the many reasons why Eyman wouldn't cut it as a traffic planner.

Brilliant "Eyman not getting it" photo thanks to Seattlest Flickr Pool member ntisocl.