Goldmark Opponents Holding McKenna Fundraiser

Well, that’s not tacky or questionable at all.

Now THAT’S a scoop. More of this and less of the tenuous and silly attempts to paint him as a Tea Party Republican in disguise.

Not to mention just dumb. Really, really dumb.

Searching for a word other than “corrupt” to describe this. 

Searching for a word other than “corrupt” to describe this. 

The verb “disbar” springs to mind

I wish. Unfortunately, I just reviewed the ethics rules (http://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/?fa=court_rules.list&group=ga&set=RPC ; see 1.7 et seq.) and none of them seem to apply. Nevertheless, it is a pretty ethically challenged move.

The scoop would be to note this was Chris Gregoire’s old firm, and Hugh Spitzer’s firm.  This is a heavily Democratic law firm.  Also, one of the first to hire Jews, way back in the mid 1980′s.  FAIL. 

If they’re a heavily Democratic law firm, then why are they fundraising for McKenna at this early date?

(Also, Jews? WTF???)

But also developer oriented: Tayloe Washburn and Judith Runstad come to mind. Interesting implications.

Much ado about nothing. Just more histrionics and biased reporting. Lawyers at all the large firms in town, not the firms themselves, will host these kinds of fundraisers, often for both/all candidates. Probably won’t be long before there’s a Jay Inslee fundraiser at the firm.

Has anyone questioned Goldmark’s connections to the property owners in the Methow Valley who lost all their environmental challenges to the underlying project and then donated tons to Goldmark’s campaign? What about the actual strength of Goldmark’s arguments?

It’s also worth noting that the Republican primary challenger to McKenna a few years back came from this firm. It’s not a Democratic stronghold.

Believe it or not Jews were discriminated against. It wasn’t long ago they couldn’t even get into country clubs.

No, having the law firm which directly benefits from this continued litigation by McKenna hosting his fundraisers is notable. It’s not career ending or a legal violation but it is certainly worth noting.

Nice evasion of a clear conflict of interest that provides further evidence that the AG’s office is being managed in an unprofessional way.

How exactly does the law firm benefit from the litigation continuing? At this point, it would have been much quicker for th firm and its client if McKenna had provided Goldmark with special counsel. Goldmark would likely already have gotten the judicial smackdown he’s going to get on appeal and the client would be building its project.

So here I was reading about another “story” about McKenna. I thought, “well what legal donations has Inslee had ? What did those firms represent?”The following are “backwards” from Inslee. For some real enterrtainment, click on some of the “Peter Goldman” donations. The guy has an amzing number of jobs and positions throughout the country. He has an unimaginable number of addresses. There are clicks within clicks of stunning information. Confirm his many identities and donations by going back to the original filings. After you have educated yourself, remember the funds Inslee brought to WA. from his D.C. campaign slush account. Oh yeah ….. its “legal” !!!!!!Now, if you are a “progressive” you should not bother looking at any of this. I’m sure you will come up with a rationale and then a defensive, “well so and so did such and such …” Spare us by not looking into the Inslee donations behind the curtains.The info is a little dated because I wanted the broadest sample and much of the funds from year to year are carried forward and redonated to other candidates. Inslee’s current Fed monies are substantial, but do not contain as much of the revelations of previous years probably due to his intention to run for Gov. He figured the “press” would be lazy and not follow the money.Nuff saidJamesaUBS Americas Inc.AddressC/O PER DYRVIK400 ATLANTIC STREETSTAMFORD, CT  06901
 
Goldman, Peter
Seattle, WA
98116 NW Forest Law Center/Attorney$2,000P02/07/2008
 
Peter GoldmanPolitical Campaign Contributions2008 Election Cycle

http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/peter-goldman.asp?cycle=08

P.S.
I only followed one person’s crap (Peter G.) because his name kept coming up and I thought I was getting mixed up with the name “Goldmark”. Needless to say, it is a convoluted mess of information. With some practice, I bet I could find the direct funding link between Inslee and Stalin 

So, someone gets on line in Connecticut and reveals to us in Washington all the dirty secrets of Peter Goldmark’s campaign? No one around here who is still breathing isn’t aware of the connections between Peter Goldmark and Peter Goldman. And that proves what?

So, someone gets on line in Connecticut and reveals to us in Washington all the dirty secrets of Peter Goldmark’s campaign? No one around here who is still breathing isn’t aware of the connections between Peter Goldmark and Peter Goldman. And that proves what?

Sorry, you’re way off course here. Better check your GPS.
Best you spend an hour or two checking out the filings of Mr Goldman. It is not about any connection with Goldmark, it is about backdoor money shifting to Inslee, et al. It is about a subsidiary of a Swiss Banking / Investment firm (UBS) distributing the majority of their largess to, and through, the anti Wall Street crowd. It is about a “local” attorney who appears to run a fuzzy eco sounding organization in Seattle, who also purports to be located in many other States and be a boss, or executive, of a wide variety of companies in those other States. He documents his various identities in his Federal filings.
In case you forgot, Mr Shiney And Pure brought a good pile of these faux documented funds to the WA governors race. I think it is the most unethical and most tainted pile of funds brought to a State election, in the last 30 years. I think the WA rulers should just toss off the phoney PDC, etc., and just start bringing in the suitcases of cash. At least we could dispense with the illusions of legality and propriety.
Later.

Because the grunt legal work for the case if farmed out this firm. The longer it’s alive the longer they get paid. No?

Folks -

Active Democrat and partner at Foster Pepper chiming in here.  “Curious”, above, has it right.  This event, like all of the political fundraisers held at FP, is hosted by an individual attorney, not the law firm.  The host has nothing to do with the PUD litigation.  No Foster Pepper funds are used for these events – the costs are born by the hosting attorney.  We don’t have a PAC and the firm does not donate to individual candidates.  This is why the invitation doesn’t specificy FP as the host or sponsor of the event, which is pursuant to long-standing, written firm policy.  Several of us hosted an event for Bob Ferguson, candidate for AG a couple of months ago, and I’m sure a group of us will have Congressman Inslee in in the future.  Love Publicola, but you guys missed the mark here and should correct your headline and story.

Getting paid to do what? Everything at the trial court and Court of Appeals is stayed pending the end of Goldmark and McKenna’s pissing match.  McKenna winning against Goldmark would mean LESS work for the firm because the underlying appeal of the decision won by the firm’s public utility client against Goldmark would be dropped.

Not sure what grunt legal work you think would be farmed out to that firm and by who.