IN RE RECALL OF WEST

No. 77300-9.

121 P.3d 1190 (2005)

155 Wash.2d 659

In the Matter of the Recall of James E. WEST, Mayor of the City of Spokane, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided October 26, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Fredrick Etter, Susan Wilder Troppmann, Etter McMahon Lamberson & Clary, Carl Joseph Oreskovich, Spokane, for Appellant.

Robert Blaine Binger, Spokane County Prosecutor, Shannon M. Sullivan, Spokane, for Respondent.

Jerry J. Davis, Attorney at Law, Spokane, for Other Party (Interested Counsel).

Mark D. Hodgson, Attorney at Law, Spokane, for Amicus Curiae (Mark D. Hodgson).

Breean Lawrence Beggs, Center for Justice, Spokane, for Amicus Curiae (Neighborhood Alliance of Spokane County).

Brant Stevens, Stevens & Davis, Spokane, for Amicus Curiae (Brant Stevens).


CHAMBERS, J.

¶ 1 On August 24, 2005, we entered a brief order affirming the superior court decision authorizing a recall effort to proceed against Spokane Mayor James E. West. We now take this opportunity to explain our conclusion.

¶ 2 Shannon Sullivan, pro se, filed a recall petition against Mayor West. Fairly read, she charged, among other things, that Mayor West committed recallable misfeasance by offering an opportunity to obtain an internship...

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