This Noble Cause Corruption report is large – 196 pages.
It is loaded here in three different PDF files since the files were cumbersome to email and download. There are many items of evidence and graphics inside the three Red, White and Yellow flaggeds Addendums 1-2-3. This report was compiled and written by Joy Gilfilen, the President of the Restorative Community Coalition.
Her goal was to provide a compendium of evidence to the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission and the WA State Attorney General’s Office to back up the original complaint filed by the 15 different people in the 2015 PDC Case #1122 related to Whatcom County Jail Tax on the ballot.
This was a complex case that had civil rights and ethics issues included together with specific complaints about the misuse of facilities by the elected officials who were running the campaign and violations related to the illegal mailer sent out by the Whatcom County corporation to taxpayers.
That mailer was delivered the same weekend that the ballots were delivered, and the mailer was sent to specific lists of select voters. PDC Case #1122 was filed against the Whatcom County Prosecutor, the Whatcom County Executive and the Whatcom County Sheriff alleging that the way that these top three elected law enforcement officials were operating the jail tax campaign in violation of election law.
Ultimately, this was took a good year to investigate by the State, and County Executive Jack Louws was found to be responsible and in violation of State Campaign Laws. He was fined $1000 personally, with $500 held for a probationary period of five years from the finding.
The determination is still available on the PDC website, and is downloadable as a PDF with 1031 pages.
This Noble Cause Corruption still stands as a taxpayer’s report of facts about how these top 3 officials worked together to go around the taxpayer’s who were simply asking for transparency and for their concerns to be addressed during the campaign to pass the tax.
Subsequently that 2015 tax failed; and the Executive Branch teamed up again, to try to compel the taxpayers to pass a tax in 2017 – for the same plan. That tax, was rejected by the taxpayers.
The taxpayers have clearly spoken that they was justice system reform and a reduction in incarceration rates.
https://therestorativecommunity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PDC-Addendum1-0417-2016.pdf
Addendum 2
https://therestorativecommunity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PDC-Addendum-2-.pdf
Addendum 3
https://therestorativecommunity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PDC-Addendum-3-0427-2016-Final.pdf
