The minimum wage initiative demands a 40% increase, from $9.47 to $13.50 an hour, over three years. 
It will pass, because the I-5 corridor has the population to do whatever it wants and for them it’s no big deal. They can afford higher prices because the Median Annual Household Income, in King County is $73,000, 18% more than $60,000 state-wide and 36% more than $47,000 in Clallam County. 
Matthew Rainwater is correct, Van De Wege gets 90% of his campaign funds from unions and lobbyists in the I-5 corridor and out of state, instead of from constituents in his legislative district. He supports the initiative because the people who contribute to him want it. Van De Wege says he’s looking out for you. He’s probably looking back over his shoulder wondering when you are going to get wise and catch up to him.