Armen Yousoufian's Blog

After 30 years in business/investment real estate, I added "citizen activist" to my resume in 1997 when I requested sports stadium documents of King County Executive Ron Sims. After being "stonewalled", I sued, winning more at every stage, up to the state Supreme Court. Documents disgorged by Sims (after 4 years denying they existed!) revealed rigged studies. Sims misled the public on the stadiums. Other issues found me (e.g. Critical Areas Ordinance). Google “Armen Yousoufian” for more.

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Location: Vashon, Washington, United States

I was born and raised in New York City. I took classical violin lessons for 10 years and studied astronomy. I built telescopes, grinding the mirrors from scratch. I was a nerd! I considered a career in classical violin but chose astrophysics. I majored in Physics at Rutgers University for 2 years, then switched and graduated in mechanical engineering. I moved to Seattle in 1969 to work on missiles for Boeing, got an MBA from Seattle University, and became a business and real estate entrepreneur for over 30 years. In 1997 I became involved in open government activism when I asked King County Executive Ron Sims for sports stadium documents. I was stonewalled. I sued under the Open Records, or Public Disclosure, Act. I won the case in King County Superior Court, but still didn’t get all the documents, nor recovered my legal fees, which the law said I was entitled to be reimbursed. I appealed and won more in the Court of Appeals and the court of public opinion. But I still didn’t get all the documents! I appealed again and won yet more in the Washington State Supreme Court. But I still don’t have all the documents! While that fight goes on I have become involved in new issues.

Thursday, July 28, 2005

4/26/2003 radio interview on FM 90.3 KEXP Mike McCormick's program

For those who might find it of interest, below is a link to one of many radio appearances I've made, trying to spread the word about how the revelations of my PDA lawsuit over sports stadium documents are just one example of King County's ongoing anti-citizen, anti-taxpayer, anti-small business actions. This was a live interview back on April 26, 2003 on Mike McCormick's Saturday morning program on KEXP 90.3 FM - "Mind over Matters". See:

http://www.kexp.org/programming/djpage.asp?DJID=308&1413=38557.25-1&96=38557.25-1&20=38557.25-1&256=38557.25-2

"Interview with Armen Yousoufian on his court case to obtain documents with the SeahawkStadium scandal and about fee increase schemes that will ruin local small businesses"
04/26/03 Length: 29 minutes, 18 seconds

http://www.hotpotatomedia.com/mpgs/051803ay.mp3

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posted by Armen Yousoufian | 8:39 AM

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