Most people who check this blog out will already know that Washington State’s referendum (I-1000) to legalize assisted suicide passed. There are lots of reasons that this happened – a popular ex-governor with lots of money adopted passage as a personal cause, out-of-state money from PACs and individual supporters came in staggering amounts.
The key to figuring out how to prevent this playing out in other states, IMO, is to avoid whining about perceived unfairness in press coverage, financial resources, etc.
The real work lies in figuring out what coalitions have done right in other states (e.g. Hawaii, California, Maine, Michigan, etc.) and what went wrong with efforts in this state.
Hopefully, I’ll have some insights from members of the coalition soon. I thought I’d be able to share something today that was posted on another blog, but is appears to have vanished.
More later… –Stephen Drake