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.

Sunday, January 08, 2006

Appellate Brief now at www.ArmenYousoufian.com

The latest brief, filed with the Court of Appeals, Division I in Seattle, on the issue of why I am appealing the penalty award of $15 a day on remand as too low, is now posted at my website: www.ArmenYousoufian.com . It is very nearly at the very bottom of the page.

It is easy reading, and very few passages get into any foreign "legalese".

The three attachments include the original 31 page opinion from the first trial court judge in 2001, along with the decision on remand from this past summer, previously not available at my website. The attachments make for interesting reading as well.

Consider this an ongoing "anatomy of a lawsuit" on a subject anyone should be able to relate to that concerns the public's interest in the workings of our government - or how it worked to withhold information from a citizen, in my case.

Armen Yousoufian

posted by Armen Yousoufian | 10:55 PM

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