Sigh.
The best way to exponentially increase the amount of publicity about yourself is to sue to prevent the disclosure of public records. Now, instead of a one-day story about a famous Seattle attorney being arrested for DUI, there is an editorial in the Seattle Times because the attorney is filing a suit to prevent anyone from seeing the police report. The worst strategy ever for making a story go away.
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- Spokesman Review Editorial on Governor's (Latest) ...
- Seattle Times Editorial on Ann Bremner DUI Records...
- Olympian Editorial on Secretive Legislature
- TNT Editorial on Governor Filling Spots on Sunshin...
- Governor Lets Sunshine Committee Drift
- Spokane Locks Doors to City Council Meeting
- Obama Open Gov't Chief Leaves Without Replacement
- City Council Member Devises Code for Communicating...
- Ohio Won't Release Public Employee Pension Records
- How the Story on the $800,000 City Manager Happened
- Article on Impact of Public Records Requests on th...
- Public Records Show ... Surveillance and Infiltrat...
- A Great Example of What's Wrong
- Questions about Tacoma's Settlemenet of Billboard ...
- Editorial on Obama Administration's Open Gov't Record
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