This story from the P-I describes how the City of Seattle has paid one law firm $6.3 million since 2002 to defend police officers accused of misconduct. The city has never put the contract out for competitive bidding.
This information came from public records.
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- Mother Jones on Deleted White House Emails
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- "Eclectic Mix of Indivduals" Shapes Open-Gov't Debate
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- Supreme Court Case on Public Records Penalties
- Open Courts Victory
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- State-Spending Searchable Database--Passes Senate
- Your Party Pick Is Public
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- ! Taping Bill Lives !
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