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.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

April 23, 2009 KIRO Radio interview

Subject: April 23, 2009 KIRO radio interview - Dori Monson's program




I was on Dori Monson's show on KIRO radio (the #1 most listened to program currently in the Seattle market on the largest wattage station) to discuss King County Executive Ron Sims' denials that very morning, to a reporter in Washington, DC, that he had been personally involved in the failure to produce documents to me in 1997, and denying his office had been fined. The fines had been widely reported for years, and the court records showed Sims had been personally involved. I read, over the air, relevant excerpts directly from the court record.




You can see the short interview of Sims, posted on You Tube, and listen to the 8 minute interview of me that followed a few hours later, at:




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