This past week, our state legislators voted on a bill to require a two-thirds vote of the Legislature in order to raise taxes. As voters, we’ve repeatedly supported this increased threshold. I was, therefore quite disappointed to see freshman Sen. Mark Mullet come out against the bill. Status quo prevailed and the measure did not garner enough votes to pass.
While we elect politicians as individuals, and not necessarily on individual issues, I was surprised to learn that nearly 70 percent of 5th District voters supported the most recent statewide ballot initiative to require a two-thirds vote for new taxes.

Upon analysis, it appeared that most Republicans supported the plan and most Democrats did not.

Voters come to expect a more pragmatic approach to representing the diverse opinions in Issaquah. If Senator Mullet and his Democrat cronies had stopped voting along party lines, Washington voters could have the final say on tax increases. If Senator Mullet continues to ignore our voice, we’ll need to resort to changing those things we can vote on including who the next state senator will be.

Terry J. LaBrue, Issaquah