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, August 11, 2005

They Picked on the Wrong Armenian! - Parts I & II

Since the latest article in the Seattle Weekly by Rick Anderson and Chuck Taylor about my Washington State Public Disclosure Act lawsuit against Ron Sims and King County, the case has been written about at a good half dozen national and international websites and blogs, some in a humorous vein; all interesting on their own merits. One example is below.

See the following two posts in the national blog ( http://www.acton.org/blog ) , which is assocated with the website http://www.acton.org - an organization that keeps an eye out on government activity:


'They picked on the wrong Armenian!' Friday, August 5. 2005

and,

"They Picked on the Wrong Armenian!" Part II Wednesday, August 10. 2005

posted by Armen Yousoufian | 9:41 AM

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