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...
Can political insiders violate campaign finance laws with no consequences?
Jay Manning is the consummate Washington State political insider. He was the former Director of the Department of Ecology before he became Governor Gregoire’s Chief of Staff for two years. Jay currently sits on...
Former Olympia City Manager Steve Hall fined $10k for illegal mailer
On July 23, 2020, the former longtime City of Olympia Manager Steve Hall was officially fined $10,000 by the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission for Washington State’s campaign finance laws last fall in 2019. ...
The Act Blue Money Laundering Scheme – what can you do to help?
This article has been written to support a video I recently launched describing the ActBlue Campaign Finance Money Laundering scheme. In that video I provided a brief reference to how interested activists can help...
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....
Tukwila Firefighters PAC settles campaign finance lawsuit for $23k, promises to do better
The Tukwila Firefighters for Democracy Political Action Committee recently settled a campaign finance lawsuit in Thurston County Superior Court. The final settlement was signed December 8th, and it included a $19,038.25 fine ( $4,759.56 payable...
United Food Commercial Workers Union caught and fined $40k for lawbreaking, concealing political contributions
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Last week the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local...
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,...
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...
Representative Stonier settles lawsuit for $6.2k
Last week, Democratic Washington State Representative Monica Stonier (49th District, Vancouver) settled a campaign finance lawsuit for a settlement of $6,215. Local Vancouver based newspaper- The Columbian reported on this case. There is a...
