Voters guide belongs to voters, not county officials

This stuff about Eyman and his use of B.S. in Mukilteo’s voters pamphlet is getting weirder by the day. The Herald in its Sept. 17 editorial, “Eyman needs to end his ‘B.S.’ protests over voters guides,” says if we want “saltier” language in the pamphlet, we can move to another county or elect another auditor. Since when is free speech conditioned on living in the right place and electing the right people?

The First Amendment applies to everyone everywhere. You’re just plain wrong to say that it’s the government’s “call” as to what can be said and can’t be said. There are no geographic boundaries on freedom of expression.

Frankly, I don’t need government protecting me from what Eyman or anyone else has to say.

Then, today, a letter writer says that it’s the “government’s pamphlet.” Well, no, it’s actually the voters’ pamphlet. It belongs to the voters, not the government, that’s why it’s called “the voters pamphlet.”

It’s pretty obvious that the county auditor is just pissed off, because Eyman didn’t obey her directive to change his statement when ordered to. She’s showing Eyman and everyone else who’s boss. But what she’s done is make herself look petty and dictatorial.

Does anyone believe that she’d be making such a stink about B.S. if it had been written by anyone other than Eyman?

Tom Dodgson

Mountlake Terrace