‘Millionaires tax’ becomes law in WA

OLYMPIA – Gov. Bob Ferguson’s confidence that supporters of the new tax on incomes over $1 million will prevail – first in the Legislature and soon at the ballot box and in the court system – is perhaps best exemplified in a seven-word note he wrote shortly after signing the legislation Monday.

“Tim – See you in court! Bob Ferguson,” the governor wrote in a note he gave longtime anti-tax activist Tim Eyman after Eyman asked for an autograph following the governor’s signing of the income tax bill into law Monday.