Alexis Krell: WA Supreme Court throws out think tank s attack on union political activity
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 2/23/2021 Alexis Krell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Feb. 23 The Freedom Foundation failed to meet a deadline in several campaign finance lawsuits it brought against unions, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled in a recent 5-4 decision.
The conservative nonprofit think tank alleged to the attorney general and prosecutors that the unions had violated Washington s Fair Campaign Practices Act by not reporting money spent on political activity.
After the government didn t take enforcement action, the Freedom Foundation filed so-called citizen actions, in Superior Court, but not within a deadline required by state law at the time, a majority of the state s high court ruled.
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Tim Eyman had said losing his court case would end his career in politics. Now he proclaims: ‘full steam ahead.’ By David Gutman, The Seattle Times
Published: February 15, 2021, 12:20pm
Share: Initiative activist Tim Eyman, who was also running as an independent for Washington governor, carries a clipboard as he walks next to his expired car registration tabs Jan. 13 before attending a rally on the first day of the 2020 session of the Washington legislature at the Capitol in Olympia. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press)
Tim Eyman has spent years vilifying Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, calling him a “fascist,” complaining of persecution and saying the campaign finance lawsuit Ferguson brought against him would essentially bar him from politics forever.
Humble City Council to take applications for Council Place 3 vacancy Written by Beverly Horner Published: 12 February 2021
On Tuesday, Feb. 9, the Humble City Council held a special meeting to determine how to handle the Council Place 3 vacancy.
Former council member, Norman Funderburk, recently resigned his seat on the council and announced his mayoral candidacy.
The council unanimously decided to accept applications for citizens interested in serving. The council position awardee will serve a term set to end May 2022.
The council can choose to either make an appointment by majority vote or call a special election to fill the vacancy per the guidelines set forth in the City of Humble Home Rule Charter, Section 6, Vacancies on City Council.
Lori Saldaña Calls for Fair Campaign
By Alexandra Mendoza
Mayoral candidate Lori Saldaña has accused her opponent, incumbent Kevin Faulconer, of purportedly trying to obtain her personal information, and is once again asking for him to commit to a race free of personal attacks.
The document the Independent candidate is invoking is the Code of Fair Campaign Practices, which is routinely adopted by candidates in order to “preserve the dignity of the electoral process,” by refraining from the use of “defamation, slander, or rumors against any candidate, their personal life, or their family”.
So far, only Saldaña and Democratic candidate Ed Harris have signed the pledge, and she is asking the incumbent to do the same.
OLYMPIA The state of Washington’s yearslong case against Tim Eyman inched toward its conclusion Thursday, with the state accusing the serial initiative promoter of a decadeslong run of money laundering, soliciting kickbacks and violating campaign finance law in a scheme to enrich himself through political donations.