October 28, 2008
Judge in Rossi Case Should Excuse Herself from Case

I am not a lawyer, but one has to wonder what the Cannons of Judicial Ethics have to say about a Judge hearing a case where one of the parties has donated money to his/her campaign?

In this current case, (Robert F. Utter and Faith Ireland in the name of the State of Washington, plaintiffs vs. The building Industry Association of Washington, Defendants); the presiding Judge, Paris Kallas is, in my humble opinion giving the plaintiffs everything they want.

Faith Ireland dontated money to Paris Kallas's campaign, please go to the PDC webiste and look it up (if I could figure out links you would have it here). It is not the amount of money (only $50.00), but the appearance of fairness is still there. Isn't there some other Judge who could hear this case? And shouldn't somebody be raising this issue?

Posted by thedukeof at October 28, 2008 06:25 PM | Email This
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1. This whole court thing is a joke. It's solely a political move to 'dirty up' Dino in the eyes of the voters so Gregoire can have the race tipped her way. I fully expected they'd come up with some fabricated lawsuit against Dino, as they are afraid he might actually clean house in Olympia when he becomes governor. May this whole thing blow up in Christine Gregoire's face and cause her to lose worse than she would have already.

Posted by: Michele on October 28, 2008 07:07 PM
2. It's terrible. I hope it backfires in Gregoire's face and after she loses the election every one of her corrupt cronies is put away.

Posted by: John Bailo on October 30, 2008 03:17 PM
3. When is Kallas up for re-election?

Posted by: Michele on October 31, 2008 09:54 AM
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