Your misleading headline on the Wednesday article, “I-933 costs could be billions” ignores the simple truth. I-933 won’t cost anyone extra money. The amount it could cost taxpayers is the amount it would otherwise cost property owners.
I-933 correctly shifts the costs of taking someone’s property in the name of public good back to the public. Without I-933, the billions that it would cost would be borne by the property owners, thus forcing them to pay for what is supposed to be for the public good. Shouldn’t the public pay for things that are for the public good?
If, however, a politician or two were declaring land use regulations as a means of political payback for the special interests, they may have some explaining to do when the taxpayers have to pay.
If the voters want to limit the influence of special interests, I-933 is a great start.
Dana Wlazlak
Everett
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