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1. 1. komo news | More Local News : Eyman Backer Has Deep Pockets

   www.komotv.com/news/story_m.as - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/23/2005   Last Visited: 4/23/2005

   Public Disclosure Commission records show that Eyman's committee, Voters Want More Choices, has collected $334,661 so far, including the $239,494 from Michael and Phyllis Dunmire.
   ...
   Dunmire said he has admired Eyman's work ever since he pushed through I-695, the car tab measure, in 1999, and has been contributing modest sums to some of the efforts.
   
   "I'm 60 years old and have been very successful in business and wanted to do something to give back to the community," Dunmire said in an interview.
   ...
   The Legislature this week passed a performance audit bill, but Eyman and Dunmire said the initiative would be considerably stronger.
   ...
   Dunmire said he's committed to seeing the measure on the ballot and is willing to consider even more donations.
   
   He said he hopes to line up a dozen other well-heeled conservatives who can write big checks for Eyman initiatives and other public policy efforts.
   
   "With 3,000 millionaires at Microsoft and people at various other firms, there have to be people who are willing to make a difference," he said. "This is a very liberal state, and this would be a kind of counterbalance to the way things get railroaded through."
   
   Dunmire, who has degrees in engineering and business, is principal of the Tacoma-based Benchmark Plus Partners, which manages investments, including "super-enhanced" index funds, for institutional and individual wealthy investors.
   
   Eyman critic David Goldstein, a Seattle software designer and blogger, said Dunmire is "basically propping up Eyman.

2. 2. Voters Want More Choices

   www.permanent-offense.org/News - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/22/2005   Last Visited: 11/28/2005

   Public Disclosure Commission records show that Eyman's committee, Voters Want More Choices, has collected $334,661 so far, including the $239,494 from Michael and Phyllis Dunmire.
   ...
   Dunmire said he has admired Eyman's work ever since he pushed through I-695, the car tab measure, in 1999, and has been contributing modest sums to some of the efforts.
   
   "I'm 60 years old and have been very successful in business and wanted to do something to give back to the community," Dunmire said in an interview.
   ...
   The Legislature this week passed a performance audit bill, but Eyman and Dunmire said the initiative would be considerably stronger.
   ...
   Dunmire said he's committed to seeing the measure on the ballot and is willing to consider even more donations.
   
   He said he hopes to line up a dozen other well-heeled conservatives who can write big checks for Eyman initiatives and other public policy efforts.
   
   "With 3,000 millionaires at Microsoft and people at various other firms, there have to be people who are willing to make a difference," he said. "This is a very liberal state, and this would be a kind of counterbalance to the way things get railroaded through."
   
   Dunmire, who has degrees in engineering and business, is principal of the Tacoma-based Benchmark Plus Partners, which manages investments, including "super-enhanced" index funds, for institutional and individual wealthy investors.
   
   Eyman critic David Goldstein, a Seattle software designer and blogger, said Dunmire is "basically propping up Eyman.

3. 3. komo news | Eyman Backer Has Deep Pockets

   www.komotv.com/stories/36447.h - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/22/2005   Last Visited: 4/22/2005

   Public Disclosure Commission records show that Eyman's committee, Voters Want More Choices, has collected $334,661 so far, including the $239,494 from Michael and Phyllis Dunmire.
   ...
   Dunmire said he has admired Eyman's work ever since he pushed through I-695, the car tab measure, in 1999, and has been contributing modest sums to some of the efforts.
   
   "I'm 60 years old and have been very successful in business and wanted to do something to give back to the community," Dunmire said in an interview.
   ...
   The Legislature this week passed a performance audit bill, but Eyman and Dunmire said the initiative would be considerably stronger.
   ...
   Dunmire said he's committed to seeing the measure on the ballot and is willing to consider even more donations.
   
   He said he hopes to line up a dozen other well-heeled conservatives who can write big checks for Eyman initiatives and other public policy efforts.
   
   "With 3,000 millionaires at Microsoft and people at various other firms, there have to be people who are willing to make a difference," he said. "This is a very liberal state, and this would be a kind of counterbalance to the way things get railroaded through."
   
   Dunmire, who has degrees in engineering and business, is principal of the Tacoma-based Benchmark Plus Partners, which manages investments, including "super-enhanced" index funds, for institutional and individual wealthy investors.
   
   Eyman critic David Goldstein, a Seattle software designer and blogger, said Dunmire is "basically propping up Eyman.