Big money for ballot initiatives

Plus a winner in the Lands Commissioner recount, a pile of recommended reading, and come see Paul talk initiatives in Seattle

Early September marks the real opening of ballot initiative season. If you’re part of of a campaign, there’s typically an acrimonious conference call in which the campaign manager accuses all the consultants of wasting the funders’ money and f**king off all summer. The bottom line: voters have only just begun to pay attention, and there are just two mon…