For a brief moment, Eyman was ready to settle with the state

OLYMPIA — There was a moment earlier this month when initiative promoter Tim Eyman said he had reached the breaking point in his legal brawl with Attorney General Bob Ferguson.

Bankrupt, lawyerless and bound for divorce, he wanted it to end.

He was ready to settle.

On Jan. 8, attorney Joel Ard conveyed this in an email to Assistant Attorney General Linda Dalton. He asked that she send a settlement demand to Eyman right away in hopes of resolving matters “on the State’s terms” before the next hearing, which is set for Friday morning, according to court documents.

Eyman waited. The Mukilteo resident figured Ferguson would at least demand that he pay a huge fine and accept a lifetime ban on involvement in any political action committee. That was the punishment Ferguson wanted when he filed the suit.

“I’ve got to be open to that,” Eyman recalled thinking. “I was desperate to have it over with.”

Dalton didn’t respond with an offer.

She did file a motion explaining why the state will be in court Friday trying to bolster its lawsuit with additional allegations against Eyman for failing to report contributions received for his political activities. The allegations are based on documents collected in the course of the case, she wrote.

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Sure you were Eyman.