The No on 522 campaign, at $22 million, was the most lavish initiative effort — and likely the most brazen — in the history of Washington State. It saw an unprecedented laundering of campaign contributions. Supporters raised a little less than $8 million, a big enough war chest, but were overwhelmed. The campaign to defeat food labeling eclipsed the $16.9 million spent by the American Beverage Association in 2010 to roll back a modest tax on soda pop, enacted by the Legislature to stave off deep cuts in education. In both cases, the motive was the same: Stop a movement, opposed by big business, in Washington: Don’t let it spread to other states. Money is no object.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 06:39:52 +0000
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