The Seattle Times editorial board has come out against Seattle's Initiative 122 (endorsed by virtually every Seattle City Council candidate). The initiative includes voluntary limits on campaign spending, a voucher system that voters can use to fund their favorite candidates and increased property taxes to pay for the vouchers. The editorial board sees problems in the initiative's spending assumptions that only a small portion of voters would use the vouchers. And, the board suggests, the voucher system will work in the favor of well-organized incumbents.
The editorial board found some redeeming qualities in the initiative, including banning contributions from contractors that do more than $250,000 of work with the city.
