Check out Sightline‘s clever new ad against Washington’s odious initiative 933:

Contrast it to the somewhat less clever ad from the official No On I-933 folks:

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This one doesn’t exactly knock my socks off either. It looks like they found the one farmer who opposed the thing (though I know that’s not the case):

Certain Grist staffers keep hassling me to write about 933 and related “takings” initiatives in other states. I just can’t seem to find anything in particular to say about them.

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Here: they suuuck. Passing them would be disastrous — financially, environmentally, socially. Don’t vote for them. OK?

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More later. Promise.