http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2008/07/breaking-former-justices-accuse-biaw-of.html A group that includes two prestigious former State Supreme Court justices are prepared to file suit against the Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW) and its affiliates, the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish County (MBA) in forty five days for massive violations of the public disclosure law if Attorney General Rob McKenna and county prosecutors do not act, NPI has learned.
A forty five day notice to the PDC and Attorney General is required by state law before the plaintiffs, who are represented by Seattle attorneys Knoll Lowney and Mike Withey, may take legal action on their own.
The plaintiffs include former State Supreme Court justices: Robert Utter and Faith Ireland, A-1 Builders (a beneficiary of the BIAW trust) and BIAW trust beneficiaries.
Washington's public disclosure law stipulates that any organization soliciting money for the purpose of achieving of influencing electoral goals must register as a political committee with the Public Disclosure Commission, and records such as contributions and expenditures must be made available to the public.
The Building Industry Association of Washington and the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish County (MBA) are not registered as political committees, nor have they disclosed the sources of their campaign money.