King County and Seattle are among the plaintiffs filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the passed natural gas initiative.
Flame coming out of gas stove burner. King County and the city of Seattle are among several plaintiffs filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the newly passed initiative on natural gas.
Now, it’s set to amend state rules on which kinds of energy buildings should use, reverting a push by state legislators to make heating powered through electricity over natural gas. “I think it’s just really sad that, once again, activists who think that they know what’s best for the people of Washington are trying to sort of undermine democracy,” she toldon KIRO Newsradio Thursday. “The people of Washington spoke and Seattle and King County think they know better, so they’re going to tell the rest of Washington, ‘No, we think you got this wrong’ and that ‘You’re too dumb to know what you’re talking about.
“Washington voters made their position clear: they want to protect natural gas and energy choice. Instead of spending time and money suing corporations, perhaps the , Seattle and King County should focus on enforcing the law and protecting the will of the people,” Heywood’s statement reads in part. At the time of publication, no hearing on the lawsuit is currently scheduled. While I-2066 went into effect on Dec. 5, the future of its implementation is uncertain.Let’s Go Washington is focused on the fairness and accountability of government organizations – the Governor-elect and Governor Inslee have the highest responsibility to side with the people.
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