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1998 PRESS RELEASES/ADVISORIES
Thurston County Judge dismisses WEA charges
November 20, 1998
On Friday, Nov. 20, Judge William T. McPhee dismissed 11 of 12 charges filed by Washington Education Association against the Evergreen Freedom Foundation, an Olympia-based public policy research group...
Court fines Attorney General $33,000
November 13, 1998
Today in Thurston County Superior Court, Judge Hicks fined the Attorney General’s office $33,000 for failing to disclose public records in a timely fashion...
Election results no surprise for EFF
November 4, 1998
We at Evergreen Freedom Foundation predicted in early 1998 that Republicans would lose -- and big -- in the fall elections, thanks to a Washington state Attorney General decision to allow union bosses virtually unbridled access to workers’ general union dues monies...
NEA hides illegal activity behind bogus claims
September 30, 1998
The National Education Association has announced that it will on Wednesday, Oct. 1, issue a 100-plus page report entitled "The Real Story Behind Paycheck Protection—The Hidden Link Between Anti-Public Education Initiatives and the Far Right." What the NEA report fails to address, interestingly, is the coercion that propelled paycheck protection to the political frontlines of many states in recent years...
AG, PDC in contempt of court order
September 8, 1998
The Washington state Attorney General’s Office and the Public Disclosure Commission failed to meet a Sept. 4 court-ordered deadline to turn over documents to Evergreen Freedom Foundation...
Labor gathering ignores workers’ rights
September 2, 1998
When organized labor sits down on Labor Day (Monday) for its annual political picnic, union leadership will not address a key issue of workers’ rights: paycheck protection...
AG, PDC refuse court order to release public documents
August 12, 1998
Three weeks have passed since Thurston County Superior Court Judge Richard D. Hicks ordered the Washington state Attorney General’s Office and the Public Disclosure Commission to release documents to Evergreen Freedom Foundation regarding the AG’s settlement of campaign-finance violations with the Washington Education Association...
Court hands public greater access to documents
July 24, 1998
Thurston County Superior Court Judge Richard Hicks ruled on Friday to allow Evergreen Freedom Foundation access to documents relating to settlement negotiations between the Washington state Attorney General’s Office and the Washington Education Association...
Is WEA a Political Action Committee?
July 8, 1998
The right of Washington voters to know who contributes to political campaigns has been threatened by a recent court decision, according to officials at the Evergreen Freedom Foundation, an Olympia-based public policy research group...
Press Conference with Robert Woodson
June 22, 1998
Robert Woodson, founding champion of "enterprise zones" and president of the Washington, D.C.-based National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise (NCNE), will be speaking to legislators and urban church and community leaders in Washington state...
May 13th: Washington’s Tax Freedom Day
May 12, 1998
Washington’s Tax Freedom Day arrives May 13th, meaning Washington residents must work three more days than the national average before they are free from national, state, and local tax collectors. This ranks Washington eighth on the national tax burden dishonor roll...
School Teachers Denied Right To Intervene
May 5, 1998
Olympia—In a ruling that diminishes the rights of citizens and increases the authority of state agencies, Thurston County Superior Court rejected teachers’ request to intervene in the recent settlement Attorney General Gregoire negotiated with their union, the Washington Education Association...
Fine Print of WEA Settlement Gives Unions "Nod of Approval" to Violate State Law
March 5, 1998
In an out-of-court settlement with the WEA and its national affiliate announced last Friday, the state effectively gutted I-134, though under the cover of a seemingly muscular fine...
More than 1 Million Reports on the WEA's Illegal Campaign Activities Inserted in State Papers
January 14, 1998
Tomorrow, January 15, more than 1 million copies of a report on the scandal involving the Washington Education Association's illegal taking of teachers' dues for political activities will be inserted in all the major newspapers across the state...
"Citizen's Action" Rights in Jeopardy: Dangerous Precedent Set in EFF vs. WEA Case
January 9, 1998
In a ruling that diminishes the rights of citizens and increases the authority of state agencies over citizen's actions, Thurston County Superior Court Judge William McPhee declined to allow the Evergreen Freedom Foundation (EFF) to include additional claims against the National Education Association (NEA) in its lawsuit against the Washington Education Association (WEA)...
New Evidence in Cases Against the WEA and the NEA
January 8, 1998
As the Friday, January 9th court date between the Evergreen Freedom Foundation (EFF), the Public Disclosure Commission (PDC), the Attorney General's office, and the Washington Education Association (WEA) approaches, new documents obtained by EFF heavily damage the credibility of the WEA...
EFF to Hold Press Conference
January 7, 1998
The Evergreen Freedom Foundation will hold a press conference this Thursday, January 8th, at 9:30 a.m. in the John L. O'Brien building, hearing room C, at the Capitol Campus in Olympia...
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