Group submits 857,000 signatures to repeal capital gains tax and ban new income tax in Washington

It wasn’t Santa Claus delivering Christmas presents, but on Thursday afternoon, voter advocacy group Let’s Go Washington turned in 419,699 signatures for Initiative 2109, which would repeal the capital gains tax, and 437,960 signatures for Initiative 2111, which would prohibit income taxes at the city and county level.

“It’s a lot,” deadpanned Glen Morgan, founder of the “We The Governed” website, when asked to comment on the turn-in of signatures at the Secretary of State’s office in Tumwater.

Let’s Go Washington founder Brian Heywood of Redmond spoke about his motivation for the two initiatives.

“Why am I doing this?” he asked. “Because I grew up poor. I grew up poor in Arizona, and I believe…that the ‘American Dream’ is real and it’s the coolest freakin’ thing on Earth. It doesn’t matter where you’re born or how poor you are or what station in life or what your status is, if you want to, you can find opportunities in this fantastic country to do things that no one else can do and you can change your station.”