Can the democrats in the legislature do us all a favor and use their collective heads for once?

The state House passed a bill out placing the question of the supermajority on the ballot. The vote was 73-25. Now the bill goes to the Senate, where the democrats have a choice: they can watch this thing go down to yet another flaming defeat.... or....

Or, they can compromise. They can, for once, tell their WEA puppet-masters to take a hike and accept the Republican position that will allow a simple majority for bonds and levies if the election takes place in Novemeber along with the general election already scheduled.

The choice is stark and clear. Democrats can continue to insist on their unrealistic demands in hope that one day, the public will actually give a damn about the WEA position on this matter... when clearly, they do not.

In the alternative, democrats can show some actual statesmanship and utilize the time-honored tradition of the "camel's-nose-under -the-tent-flap" approach, and at LEAST get THIS much.

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - Page updated at 12:00 a.m.
House votes to end need for 60% on school levies

By Andrew Garber
Seattle Times Olympia bureau

OLYMPIA — The state House of Representatives yesterday passed legislation, for the third year in a row, that could make it easier for school districts to get property-tax levies approved by voters. 

The constitutional amendment now goes to the state Senate, where it has died in past years. It would allow school levies to be approved by a simple majority of voters instead of a 60 percent supermajority. The amendment would go before voters in November if approved by a two-thirds majority in both houses.