The Seattle Weekly has this blog piece on two recent Public Records Act suits against the City of Medina to obtain a report about the firing of a police chief. The former chief and a city council member are bringing the suits.
NOTE: Greg Overstreet and Chris Roslaniec of Allied Law Group represent one of the requestors, Council member Shawn Whitney.
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