Sean Hansen

Imagine your roof is leaking. You hire a contractor to fix it. He tells you what it will cost. You pay him. The next day? Drip. Drip. Drip. 💧 You call him back. He says he needs more money. So you pay him again. Another day passes. Same leak. More money. Another week. Same leak. More money. Your ceiling is falling apart. Your floors are damaged. The buckets are overflowing. And every time you ask why the roof isn't fixed, the contractor tells you: "I just need a little more money." At what point do you stop writing checks? At what point do you ask where all the money went? And at what point do you FIRE THE CONTRACTOR? Now replace the contractor with government. The invoices? Capital gains tax. Estate tax. B&O tax increases. Gas tax increases. Climate-related taxes and charges. And now another invoice: a 9.9% income tax on income over $1 million. Different taxes. Different promises. More revenue. But here's the question nobody should be afraid to ask: WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR OUR MONEY? Washington's operating budget has more than doubled over the past decade. So what did all that MORE money get us? 🧾 Dead last in police officers per capita. 🧾 #1 in retail theft. 🧾 #2 in the nation for chronic homelessness. #1 in the share of homeless who are chronic. 🧾 48th in road quality. 🧾 45th in tax competitiveness. 🧾 Top in the nation in K-12 spending per student. 27th in 4th grade math. 🧾 Mississippi now beats us in 4th grade reading. 🧾 Only 1 in 4 families can afford a median-priced home. That's not a roof getting fixed. That's a ceiling caving in. And the answer we keep hearing? More money. I'm not saying we shouldn't pay to fix the roof. I'm saying we should know where the money went, what repairs were actually made, and why the roof is still leaking BEFORE we approve another invoice. Because when you keep paying for results you aren't seeing, eventually you have to question the management, not just the price. More money. Same problems. Where's the accountability? That's why I believe in AUDIT BEFORE ASK. Before government asks taxpayers for another dollar, show us what happened to the dollars we've already given you. We're not undertaxed. We're underaudited. And remember, November 3rd is your opportunity to evaluate the people managing the repairs. The roof is still leaking. How many more invoices are you willing to approve? Sources: WA LEAP operating budget data; HUD 2024 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report #AuditBeforeAsk #VoicesUp #VoteTonya44 #RestoreWashington

When it was your property taxes, she moved it forward. When it was kids, she voted no. Three times. April 2025: As Finance Chair, April Berg signed off on sending a bill to the House floor that would have tripled the cap on property tax growth, from 1% to 3%. February 2026: Three child safety bills were stuck in committee. One said a child comes first when a parent is using fentanyl or meth. One was co-sponsored by a Democrat. Two never even got a hearing. Lawmakers tried to bring all three to the floor for a vote. April Berg voted no. Every time. In 2025, 22 children in Washington's child welfare system died. 35 more nearly died. A record. About half involved opioids. A tax increase got a path to the floor. Those kids' bills didn't even get a vote. Washington doesn't just have a spending problem. It has a priorities problem. Audit this. My plan. Her record. Your decision. Be heard November 3rd. Sources: WA State Legislature, HB 2049 committee report 4/19/2025; House floor votes 2/16/2026 (HB 1092, HB 2511, HB 2692); DCYF via Washington State Standard, 2/2/2026 #VoicesUp #VoteTonya44 #RestoreWashington

WA's budget: $38B to $80B in 10 years. Yet we're top 5 in America for child care, housing, and gas. Making more isn't the same as keeping more. Source: WA Legislature, Child Care Aware, Zillow, AAA #VoicesUp #VoteTonya44 #RestoreWashington

April Berg talks a lot about affordability. So we went through every vote she's cast since 2021. 35 tax and fee increases. 33 of them reach working families. At the pump: the gas tax went up to 55.4¢ a gallon, with an automatic 2% increase every year. At the DMV: license plates went from $10 to $50. Driver's licenses from $72 to $80. The tire fee from $1 to $5. On your utility bill: the utility regulatory fee doubled. When you buy a home: two new $100 fees on recorded documents. Her own press release calls Washington's tax system "regressive." Then she voted to raise the gas tax, put sales tax on more services, and hike the fees every driver pays. Those are the taxes that take the biggest bite out of working families. A government that keeps making life more expensive and then offers assistance isn't making life more affordable. Affordability is what you vote for. Not what you say. My plan. Her record. Your decision. Be heard November 3rd. Audit this. Source: WA House Roll Call Votes 2021-2026, Rep. Berg (D-44); final bill reports #VoicesUp #VoteTonya44 #RestoreWashington

Appointed vs Elected

April Berg said it herself: "We're getting there." First capital gains. Then an income tax. In 2026, she voted yes, and it passed. So here's my question: Where exactly is "there"? Let's look at the record. In 2025, Berg prime-sponsored HB 2046. It proposed a 0.8% tax on stocks, bonds, and other financial assets above $50 million. Not when you sell them. Not when you make a profit. Every year, just for owning them. It didn't pass. But it tells you exactly what kind of taxes are on the table. She also wrote bills to tax small-business stock sales and higher-value home sales. And as House Finance Chair, she ran a 2025 revenue package through her committee: 💰 Higher B&O taxes and business surcharges. Now law. 💰 A capital gains surcharge. Now law. She voted yes. 💰 Higher estate tax rates. Now law. 💰 Tax exemptions repealed. Now law. 🏠 A property tax cap raised from 1% to 3%. Approved in her committee, stripped on the floor. Bills, sponsorships, and votes are the public record. Together, they show where a lawmaker wants to take our state. Before Olympia asks for one more dollar, Washingtonians deserve answers on spending, accountability, and results. We are not undertaxed. We are underaudited. Raise the bar, not your taxes. Be heard November 3rd. Audit before ask. Source: Washington State Legislature, 2025–26 bill records #VoicesUp #VoteTonya44 #RestoreWashington