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Having just read The Help (yeah yeah, I know), I immediately thought that this was about segregated toilets.
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Another theory:

I-1163 is a replay of another initiative, I-1029, that passed by the largest margin in state history - 72.53 percent.

Meanwhile, the Costco initiative is a replay of an initiative that lost and the Eyman initiative is... well, an Eyman initiative.
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Or maybe, despite what the old shiny retirees posting on the Suburban Times and Seattle PI say, Washington is actually pro-union.

Which it is.
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Ok Stranger: what exactly are the No Camp saying on this one? What's the downside or other insidious effect of this? No one sponsors something like this unless they're going to make money. I'm just curious.
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It's not only old people and their families who are in favor of this, it's the families of people with disabilities. They're cared for in their homes by the same workers.
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Why would people oppose 1163? Well, because the state ALREADY REQUIRES BACKGROUND CHECKS on all long term care workers. And because mandatory training is ALREADY REQUIRED IN STATE LAW for long term care workers.

Why would people oppose 1163? Well, because there is no funding source -- and this thing costs ANOTHER $30 million, ON TOP OF THE PREVIOUS $50 million for I-1029.

Why would people oppose 1163? Well, because the state legislature CUT MORE THAN $500 million last winter/spring from direct services for people with disabilities and seniors, including dental, hearing and vision care, and prescription drugs. That's in addition to the tens of thousands of hours cut from in-home care -- for the people who help seniors and the disabled with their daily living and care nees.

Why would people oppose 1163? Well, perhaps because they will see that this is just another in a long line of self-serving special interest initiatives that benefit only one party, while pretending to be something altogether different.
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I think this one has high support because, obviously: nobody wants a sex offender taking care of Grandma. And if you are Grandma, you want it even less. It seems like an obvious, common-sense measure to protect vulnerable people.

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