The rough road ahead – campaign finance reform in Washington State
Yesterday, the Seattle Times published an article about my efforts to expose campaign finance violations in Washington State. I appreciate when the media covers stories like this. Campaign finance reform is often considered boring,...
State of Washington vs. Jay Manning, cult-funded SuperPAC director exposed
On Wednesday, May 10, 2017, another campaign finance lawsuit was filed against Jay
Manning in Thurston County Superior Court (see complaint filed yesterday linked here - Thurston Superior Court #17-2-02568-34). Jay Manning, in his capacity as director...
Spokane Democrats take kid’s cash for secret salary and epic parties
Jim CastroLang, part time pastor and paid executive director of the Spokane Democrats, resigned a few weeks ago. This wasn’t supposed to happen. Unfortunately, recent articles written by this author and multiple investigative articles...
The Devil made them do it – Spokane Democrat Party in serious legal trouble
Last Friday, the Spokane County Democrats received a Public Disclosure Commission complaint about serious campaign finance violations. The initial response by the newly elected Spokane County Democrat Chair Andrew Biviano was to deny any...
Speaker Chopp pays fine, Senator Hunt just whines
Last week, Democrat Speaker of the Washington State House Frank Chopp paid $6,469 in fines and court costs to the state for a variety of campaign finance laws broken mostly during his uncontested election...
Thurston County Democratic Party sued by Attorney General for financial violations
On Monday afternoon at 4:34 pm, the Washington State Attorney General filed a civil lawsuit in Thurston County Superior Court against the Thurston County Democratic Central Committee for a variety of campaign finance violations....
Failed Democrat candidate Purcell fights Washington Attorney General, claims campaign finance laws are illegal
Theresa Purcell failed to win her race for the Washington State Legislature (19th District) in 2016. Her defeat by Representative Jim Walsh, the first Republican to be elected in this district since World War...
Both failed Democrat candidates for county commission violated laws and are sued by Attorney...
Both Democrat candidates for Thurston County Commissioner seats last year are now under formal investigation and litigation by the Washington State Attorney General’s office. Last Friday, at 4:53pm a lawsuit was filed in Thurston...
Attorney General sues Democrat Senator Sam Hunt for violating campaign finance laws
On Friday, at 4:56pm , Washington State’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit in Thurston County Superior Court against Democrat Senator Sam Hunt (22nd Legislative District, Olympia) and his candidate's authorized campaign committee for...
Attorney General sues Democrat House Speaker Frank Chopp for campaign violations
On Friday at 4:53pm, Washington State’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit against Washington State Democrat Speaker of the House Frank Chopp in Thurston County Superior Court for a variety of campaign finance...
