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, January 31, 2008

Supreme Court Petition for Review Briefs now posted at www.ArmenYousoufian.com

This post is a supplement to the January 18, 2008 post below re: how my case is now to be heard - for a second time - by the Washington State Supreme Court, on February 26, 2008 (morning session).

For those who wish to learn more about the legal issues and arguments now before the Washington State Supreme Court (for the second time that the Supreme Court is hearing this case), you can read King County's April 18, 2007 Petition for Review, our May 18, 2007 Reply, and King County's May 31, 2007 Response. Simply go to http://www.ArmenYousoufian.com/ , read the top paragraph about the upcoming February 26, 2008 oral argument, and click on the appropriate links to take you to the bottom of that webpage, where you can download the various legal briefs.



For those planning to attend the February 26, 2008 oral argument, I especially recommend you read the briefs - they don't take long to read, they are readily understandable to a non-lawyer, and will help immeasuably in your following what happens at oral argument.



There will be more "supplemental" briefs posted as they become available - within the next few days to two weeks, as we get closer to oral argument. These may include "Amicus" briefs, so please check back to this blog occasionally for updates.

posted by Armen Yousoufian | 5:08 PM

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