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KING COUNTY COUNCIL v. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMM'N

No. 46015.

93 Wn.2d 559 (1980)

611 P.2d 1227

KING COUNTY COUNCIL, ET AL, Appellants, v. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Raymond B. Ferguson, Assistant Chief Deputy, for appellants.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and James R. Tuttle, Assistant, for respondent.

WRIGHT, J.

This is a direct appeal from the Superior Court's affirmance of the Public Disclosure Commission's (commission) decision that four members of the King County Council (council) violated RCW 42.17.130 by voting to endorse a ballot measure. That statute prohibits the use of the facilities of a public office to promote or oppose an individual's candidacy or a ballot proposition. We reverse.

On October 31, 1977, the council held a public hearing at which...

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