{"id":579886,"date":"2010-05-26T17:58:46","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T21:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/northwestvoices\/2011961797_rephansdunsheeonr52.html?syndication=rss"},"modified":"2010-05-26T17:58:46","modified_gmt":"2010-05-26T21:58:46","slug":"rep-hans-dunshee-on-r-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/579886","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Hans Dunshee on R-52"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lets be honest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The recent editorial on Referendum 52, the healthy schools and job-creation referendum, left out some important facts [\u201cBe honest with voters,\u201d Opinion, May 24].<\/p>\n<p>The editorial credited R-52 opponents with challenging the measure\u2019s ballot description, but ignored the fact that I, too, have officially requested the attorney general to appeal the title.<\/p>\n<p>As primary sponsor of the legislation, I did that because proponents of R-52 are fully committed to ensuring transparency and clarity, and we are confident that an open and honest debate will result in strong public support for this measure.<\/p>\n<p>By repairing aging and dilapidated schools, R-52 will eliminate mold, fix leaky roofs and create energy savings across our state while creating 30,000 jobs. It will save taxpayers $130 million a year. It raises the total state debt by only 1.5 percent, and the savings will more than cover the debt service. And our kids will have healthier schools and safer learning environments. These are facts.<\/p>\n<p>The editorial\u2019s insinuation that R-52 supporters are trying to be deceptive is simply off base. The editorial also claims voters should be limited in their ability to vote on bonds because the Legislature is limited. But that ability is a constitutional right of the voters and must be respected.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that as we go forward we can have a robust and civil debate about this important measure, free from casting aspersions on the motives of either side.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Rep. Hans Dunshee, Snohomish<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lets be honest The recent editorial on Referendum 52, the healthy schools and job-creation referendum, left out some important facts [\u201cBe honest with voters,\u201d Opinion, May 24]. The editorial credited R-52 opponents with challenging the measure\u2019s ballot description, but ignored the fact that I, too, have officially requested the attorney general to appeal the title. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2861,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-579886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2861"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}