Tim Eyman has filed a new initiative. He’s demanding…can you guess… flat $30 car tabs. He’s going after the weight fees that nudge car tab fees over $30. And, mostly, judging from his sound bites— “It is contemptible that state and local governments, especially Sound Transit, are spitting in the face of voters and forcing a third $30 tabs initiative to be sponsored” —he’s going after Sound Transit.

Here’s the basic:

* Reestablish tabs at a fair, reasonable $30 fee for vehicles such as cars, light trucks, vans, SUV’s, motorcycles, motor homes, RV’s, and other vehicles; * Repeal numerous motor vehicle taxes and fees (weight fees on vehicles and motor homes and license plate fees, for example) imposed by the Legislature in 2005; * Repeal motor vehicle taxes and fees that counties want to impose in 2006; * Require any government (now and in the future) that imposes vehicle taxes (Seattle monorail, for example) to calculate the taxes using vehicle market value, not the artificially inflated manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP); and * Require Sound Transit to stop collecting the vehicle tax repealed by the voters with I-776 in 2002.