[Editorial Note: This post appeared on my other blog on 11/8/11. I'm just moving it over here to put all posts that are a good fit for this blog in one place.]
I've decided to go for a yes vote on I-1183. I am not concerned that public safety will be compromised by this. I also generally disfavor state control of most things. Many who ought to perhaps be in favor of the initiative have criticized it for favoring big businesses such as Costco so heavily that it will hardly make a difference for smaller local producers of alcohol. I share this sympathy to a point but still feel like it is worth voting yes because I-1183 is a small step in the right direction, and because of what it represents as far as state control. I mean, you can't wait forever for the perfect initiative to come along - yet that may still happen in the future even if this one passes.
As for "the Tim Eyman initiative" - well, I don't think we'll go there right now. All I have to say is that I'm glad I don't live in the immediate Seattle area.
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