Review your role
What can you do to educate your community about initiatives? Review the most recent Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) guidelines and a dos and don’t list from AWC (also recently approved by the PDC).
For more information, visit here.
Liquor initiatives impact city budgets
Office of Financial Management (by law) assessing the impacts of the initiatives on state and local government. How do the two liquor initiatives compare and what do they mean for cities?
View AWC’s letter to the Office of Financial Management here.
Liquor stores by city
Both initiatives will potentially increase the number of retail outlets selling liquor. See how many liquor stores your city currently has and how many stores may sell liquor if one or both of the initiatives pass here.
Liquor initiatives
Take a close look at how Initiatives 1100 and 1105 affect cities. Both measures close the state liquor stores and license the private sales and distribution of liquor.
How do the two initiatives compare?
For a concise overview of the liquor initiatives, visit here.
For a summary of the dueling liquor initiatives’ effects on liquor taxes and profits, visit here.
To see how much your city received in liquor taxes and profits from 2006 to 2008.
For more information from the Municipal Research and Services Center (MRSC), visit here.
Latest King 5 poll shows liquor initiatives to pass
OFM releases fiscal impact statements on initiatives
Pursuant to RCW 29A.72.025, the Office of Financial Management has prepared the fiscal impact statements for the six initiatives and one referendum certified by the Secretary of State as qualified to appear on the November 2010 ballot.
Campaign websites
I-1100
- Support – www.modernizewa.com
- Oppose – www.ufcw21.org and www.keepourchildrensafe.org
I-1105
- Support – www.liquorreform.org
- Oppose – www.wasavp.org and www.keepourchildrensafe.org
Four other initiatives qualified for the November ballot