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...
Kittitas County Democrats settle AG campaign finance lawsuit for $28k in fines and penalties
Last week, the Kittitas County Democrats settled a lawsuit filed last July by the Washington State Attorney General’s office for a wide variety of campaign finance violations. The final settlement included payment for $6,740...
Superior Court Judge Stolz fined $13k for failed “stealth” election campaign
Former Pierce County Superior Court Judge Katherine Stolz recently settled a lawsuit in Thurston County Superior Court for $10,000 plus $3,740 attorney fees and costs. Judge Stolz, in her failed 2016 re-election campaign, managed...
Democratic Party attacks campaign transparency in Washington
In a stunning public reversal of their public statements about campaign finance laws, the Washington State Democratic Party is declaring war on the state’s Public Disclosure Commission. Concerns have been raised by conservative and...
Governor Jay Inslee signed “Stop Glen Morgan” campaign finance bill, but will it really...
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A few weeks ago, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed ESHB 2938 “Concerning campaign finance law enforcement and reporting.” Inslee...
Democrats fail in Court as “absurd” effort to dissolve political committees to escape legal...
Friday, February 16th was not a good day for the Island County Democrats. Thurston
County Superior Court Judge Christopher Lanese referred to the legal maneuver by the Island County Democrats to “dissolve” their political committee...
Washington AG forced to sue labor group, keeps $36K settlement very quiet
The Washington & Northern Idaho District Council of Laborers PAC recently settled a campaign finance lawsuit brought by the Washington State Attorney General’s office in Thurston County Superior Court (linked here), based on a...
The Trials and Tribulations of Tina Podlodowski – helping Democrats lose by less
Tina Podlodowski is the State Chair of the Washington State Democratic Party, and she should be celebrating the resistance and eagerly looking forward to the 2018 mid term elections. Podlodowski is a former Microsoft...
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...
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...
