(The Center Square) – In a court battle between two political action committees over a proposed ballot measure to repeal a Whatcom County property tax levy, a superior court judge ruled in favor of the committee working to remove the voter-backed measure. Washingtonians For a Sound Economy successfully gathered enough signatures to place Initiative 2024-01 on the November ballot. The initiative was created in direct response to Proposition 5’s passage in 2022, which funds programs that support child care efforts through a tax levy. Proposition 5 passed by only 20 votes. The measure increased t…