Legal Opinion
In re the Recall of Boldt
Washington Supreme Court
Decided January 12, 2017No. 93522-0PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
González, J.
¶1 Clark County Councilor Thomas Mielke filed recall charges essentially alleging that three fellow council members improperly held a vote in executive session, improperly designated the Columbian as the newspaper of record, and did not prevent the county executive from dissolving a county department. The superior court judge dismissed the charges as legally and factually insufficient, which Mielke appealed. We affirm the trial court.
Background
¶2 Clark County’s Board of County Councilors (Board) operates under a home rule charter. A “home rule charter” *545is a municipality’s…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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