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.
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.
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