Voters should reject Initiative 1098

he first of two planned Fisher Investments office towers has started rising out of the ground in west Camas. But executive Ken Fisher said Friday he would not move his company of 1,155 employees to Clark County unless Washington’s voters soundly reject Initiative 1098, a state ballot measure that would tax the incomes of people who earn $200,000 or more.

Fisher, 59, has hinted for three years that the $30 million Camas complex could be his company’s next corporate headquarters. Camas is in the running against sites in income-tax-free states Texas and Florida. But Washington will be out of the mix if Initiative 1098 is enacted, said Fisher, chairman and chief executive officer of Woodside, Calif.-based Fisher Investments, which manages assets and accounts for high-net-worth individuals and institutions — those with at least $500,000 in investments.

“If 1098 gets within 5 percent of passing there is no way under God’s little green apples Washington will ever be our corporate headquarters and likely (Camas) will never see another building,” Fisher, 59, said in an e-mail.

by Cami Joner
see full article in The Columbian http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/oct/16/fisher-complex-hangs-on-vote/