Christine Gregoire Meltdown

Washington Attorney General Christine Gregoire's gubernatorial campaign melted a little bit more this week with yet another serious allegation that her office has been withholding public documents:

A federal court judge yesterday scolded lawyers for the Attorney General's Office for apparently failing to ensure that it complied with his April deadline to produce records in a lawsuit by a former employee.

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U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly said in court yesterday that he was so "shocked" by the most recent allegation that he may punish the state by denying its request for a quick resolution to a long-running court battle.

Of course, "punish the state" can only mean "punish the people of the state". And if the people are going to be punished for Gregoire's corruption and/or incompetence, shouldn't the people punish Gregoire by choosing somebody else for governor?

The P-I reminds us that Gregoire has an impressive track record of withholding public records:

A South King County community group, originally formed to block now-shelved sex-offender housing from their neighborhoods, has a pending case against Gregoire's office, alleging it improperly withheld public records. In the past, the Building Industry of Washington has filed several such suits against Gregoire.

Gregoire is not fit to be governor.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at May 21, 2004 09:28 AM