My last blog entry dealt with the recent decision of Federal Judge Anna Diggs Taylor who claims that President GW Bush's efforts to monitor phone calls of terrorists is illegal. King County Superior Court Judge Mary Roberts in Washington State is yet another example of a judge who has taken it upon herself to create havoc by voicing opinions that are contrary to the best interests and desires of American citizens. Ms Roberts recently repealed a law (I-747) limiting local government property tax levy increases to one percent, saying the wording of the initiative was unclear. How about the intent, Ms Roberts? Was that unclear as well? The intent was pretty simple. LIMIT PROPERTY TAX LEVY INCREASES TO ONE PERCENT! That may be hard for YOU to understand, Ms Roberts, but it was apparently not hard for the 57.56 percent of the voters who passed I-747 to understand.

Where is the disconnect here? Why do judges feel they have the right to go against the tide of public opinion and turn the law into the enemy of the people? Is this a democracy or not? The initiative process is the purest form of democracy in action. Initiatives come directly from the people themselves so they should be considered the true will of the people, not merely the will of legislators and lobbyists.

As I said in my previous blog, the solution is to identify those individuals who are not on the side of the people and remove them from public office. Mary Roberts and Anna Diggs Taylor are two fine examples of where we can start. Remember these names and put them on your list of individuals to remove from positions of power.

These are my opinions, for what they are worth. Do you agree, or disagree?

-Michael James Jaquish