Brandi Kruse Blasts Seattle After Supreme Court Rejects Appeal

Independent journalist Brandi Kruse is criticizing the City of Seattle after the Washington Supreme Court declined to review the city's appeal in her public records lawsuit. Kruse said Seattle continued fighting the case despite a unanimous ruling against the city by a three-judge panel of the Washington Court of Appeals. According to Kruse, the appellate court determined that the facts of the case were not in dispute. The Washington Supreme Court declined to take up the appeal and awarded attorney fees related to the Supreme Court proceedings to the Citizen Action Defense Fund, which represented Kruse. Kruse questioned why Seattle continued pursuing the legal fight after losing unanimously at the appellate level. The case raises questions about Washington's Public Records Act, government transparency, taxpayer-funded legal expenses and the public's right to access government records. Subscribe for more Washington state news covering Seattle government, public records, press freedom, taxpayer accountability and government transparency. #BrandiKruse #Seattle #WashingtonSupremeCourt #GovernmentTransparency #PublicRecords #TaxpayerMoney #WashingtonPolitics