Thurston County Superior Court Judges have been known to side with the state and Governor Inslee on numerous occasions; it s the same county where Olympia is the state capitol.
For years, the state and Inslee have attempted to pack Thurston with government friendly judges; which is why the state tries to get most of the cases against it heard there.
This news was almost ignored by most media, but March 5th a Thurston County Superior Court judge essentially dismissed another legal challenge to the mask mandate by way of summary judgement.
The Freedom Foundation of WA had assisted in this case, the case of Andrea Sehmel vs. WA State Secretary of Health Dr. Umair A. Shah (in his capacity as the Health Secretary. The case challenges Inslee s (and the WSDOH) mask mandate on a variety of grounds, including un-Constitutional and violations of citizen s rights.
By KIMBERLY CAUVEL | Skagit Valley Herald | Published: March 10, 2021 (Tribune News Service) The Whidbey Environmental Action Network is appealing the State Parks and Recreation Commission s decision to allow Navy SEAL training in 28 state parks including at Deception Pass State Park and others in Skagit and Island counties. The decision would allow naval special operations groups carrying simulated weapons to engage in clandestine military training operations in the water, across beaches, and into the uplands of twenty-eight coastal state parks and to remain hidden for extended lengths of time while surreptitiously surveilling other . park visitors, the appeal, filed Monday in Thurston County Superior Court, states.