State ex rel. Public Disclosure Commission v. Permanent Offense

¶1 Suzanne Karr challenges the decision of the Snohomish County Superior Court determining that she violated the Washington public disclosure act (PDA), chapter 42.17 RCW. We hold that the portions of the PDA that she challenges do not unconstitutionally infringe on her First Amendment rights. We also hold that the superior court had subject matter jurisdiction to decide this case, that there was no violation of Karr’s right to due process, and that the findings of fact and conclusions of law were proper. We affirm.1

Cox, J.

¶2 At the end of 1999, Suzanne Karr and Tim Eyman formed a political…