Docket No. 85360-6  Facts: Respondent Jennifer Schwartz filed a petition to recall Coulee City Mayor Rick Heiberg. A sufficiency hearing was held in the Superior Court for Grant County, which ruled that Schwartz’s charges that Heiberg purchased an automobile for the town without obtaining the prior approval of the town council and that Heiberg authorized the destruction of public records relating to the town council’s consideration of a resolution expressing no confidence in Heiberg were legally and factually sufficient. Continue reading →

Docket No. 85460-2  Facts: Robin Farris submitted a petition to recall Pierce County Assessor-Treasurer Dale Washam in the Superior Court for Pierce County, asserting that Washam had committed malfeasance by retaliating against an employee for filing a complaint against him, failing to protect the employee from retaliation, false accusations, and future improper treatment and failing to rectify his retaliatory actions, grossly wasting public funds in pursuing criminal charges against his predecessor, refusing to participate in investigations of whether he had discriminated and retaliated against his employees, and discharging his duties in a biased and unlawful manner. Continue reading →

Docket No. 84039-3  Facts: Petitioner Jonathan Gentry, a prisoner awaiting execution in the Washington State Penitentiary, filed a personal restraint petition in the Supreme Court of Washington, Continue reading →

Docket No. 81865-7  Facts: Petitioner Arthur West submitted a petition to recall Port of Olympia Commissioner Paul Telford to the Superior Court for Thurston County, asserting that Telford had committed malfeasance Continue reading →