When the Legislature convenes next week there will be at least some Democrats not ready to go along with the governor's call for them to quickly pass a 1 percent property tax cap. I was exchanging e-mails today with Sen. Craig Pridemore, D-Vancouver. He's a vice chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and one of the committee's most influential members.

Pridemore is a definite no vote on a 1 percent cap. He has been trying to find a compromise. Pridemore told me:

I am hoping to work with some other senators to come up with a more realistic and sustainable cap, something along the lines of population growth + inflation with a maximum of 6%.

The call for a special session makes it very difficult to formulate a responsible alternative and still get time to build support for it.

MORE: Add another no vote, maybe seven more. Sen. Darlene Fairley, D-Lake Forest Park, says she, too, is a definite no. By her count there are eight Democratic senators committed to voting against a 1 percent cap. That's far from enough to stop it, and Fairley concedes there's not much the opponents can do.

"Very few people want to stand in front of a running train, but some of us will because there's a point to make: This hurts local governments."

Fairley said other Democrats oppose it too, but those from swing districts "cannot vote no" because of the certain political fallout.

UPDATE: You can add Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles to the list of no votes. She made that clear in a comment on an earlier thread.