Big fine for county withholding of records on Seahawks stadium
From Sunshine Review
January 15, 2009
[edit] Big fine for county withholding of records on Seahawks stadium
"The state Supreme Court on Thursday gave new force to Washington's Public Records Act, ruling that a fine of nearly $124,000 -- the largest ever assessed under the law -- wasn't enough for King County's inexcusable delays in responding to a disclosure request made in 1997.
It's the second time the court has ordered that a bigger penalty be paid to Armen Yousoufian, who asked for documents pertaining to the then-upcoming referendum on the public financing of Qwest Field.
"This is a very strong ruling," Yousoufian said Thursday. "People won't have to go through 12 years of litigation to get a ruling that this kind of foot-dragging and misrepresentation requires fines high enough that lawyers will take their case.""
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