Washington Dems Want to Weaken Hard-Won Parental Rights. A Local Businessman Is Fighting Back

The Washington state businessman who spent millions of dollars of his own money last year promoting a slate of conservative ballot initiatives is preparing to go back to the voters if Democratic lawmakers gut the new Parents’ Bill of Rights during this legislative session.

The parental-rights initiative was one of seven ballot measures that Brian Heywood and his Let’s Go Washington political committee proposed and fought for last year. Heywood, the CEO of a Kirkland-based long-term investment fund, spent more than $6 million to gather signatures to qualify the initiatives for the ballot.