Did Patty Murray’s campaign ask a state worker to use gov’t resources for political organizing?

By: Bryan Myrick (Diary)  |  September 27th at 06:15 PM  | 

WorkSource employee felt that veterans blew her political email “way out of proportion” Eighteen pages of emails obtained from the Washington Employment Security Department contain communication suggesting that Sen. Patty Murray’s re-election campaign met with a state worker with the purpose of asking for campaign work to be done using state resources. On August 12th of this year, WorkSource employee Sally Garcia sent an email | Read More »

State worker’s email asking vets to support Patty Murray prompts ethics investigation

By: Bryan Myrick (Diary)  |  September 15th at 01:16 PM  | 

An email sent by a Washington State employee to veterans that urged support for Sen. Patty Murray’s (D-Wash.) re-election effort are now the focus of an official complaint before the Washington State Executive Ethics Board, the five-person nonpartisan commission charged with investigating accusations of unethical behavior by state employees and officials. According to a source close to the Ethics Board, a complaint was referred by | Read More »