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Exposed: Gregoire's special deal with Indian tribes
A breaking story in the June 13, 2008 Seattle PI confirms questions BIAW has raised for years about Governor Gregoire’s relationship with Indian tribes. BIAW urged reporters to begin investigating the Gregoire-tribe connection immediately after Gregoire’s 2007 announcement that she had cut a deal with the Spokane Indian tribe expanding gambling to unprecedented levels with no revenue sharing agreement giving the state any money.
BIAW’s suspicions were aroused because just months prior to the agreement, tribes responded to Gregoire’s fundraising request on behalf of Washington Supreme Court Justice Gerry Alexander with hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions. BIAW was curious why tribes would care enough about the state Supreme Court to write such generous checks. As sovereign nations, tribes have their own court system for deciding cases involving tribal members, and any legal wrangling over tribes’ treaty rights is handled by federal courts.
BIAW theorized some sort of deal had been cut. The question was what? BIAW even issued a press release September 7, 2006 urging reporters to explore what deal Gregoire cut with the tribes in exchange for their contributions to Alexander's campaign.
Fast forward to 2008: PI reporter Chris McGann’s in-depth investigation in today’s paper has exposed Indian tribes’ campaign contributions totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars to the state Democrat Party, which then passed the money to Gregoire’s campaign.
Since 1996 BIAW has awarded nearly $460,000 in scholarships to hundreds of students pursuing careers in the building industry. Pictured are 5 of the 2008 recipients (from left):
Michael Dovey of Seattle; Garrett Lumens of Port Angeles, Parker Johns of Sequim, Samuel Thornton of Olympia and Dale Hylton of Bothell.
To learn more about the BIAW Scholarship Program and a complete list of winners click here...
BIAW congratulates all the winners of this year's Excellence in Remodeling Awards progam click here...
BIAW Executive Vice President Tom McCabe interviewed on national radio show on vote fraud in Washington State.
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BIAW beats back worst of heat stress rule click here...
BIAW Renews $100,000 reward for capture of Eco-Terrorists
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Vote Fraud Finally Being Prosecuted
On June 26, BIAW's two year odyssey of working tirelessly to uncover vote fraud in Washington State finally paid off when the King County Prosecutor announced seven employees of the union-backed organization know as ACORN would be prosecuted for vote fraud for submitting thousands of fake and forged voter registrations last year. read more here BIAW first began calling for an investigation into possible vote fraud by ACORN workers back in November 2006, one month after ACORN workers attempted to dump thousands of last minute voter registration cards in King and Pierce Counties. Given ACORN's history of submitting piles of fraudulent registrations at the eleventh hour in other states BIAW correctly surmised that ACORN's dropping of stacks of voter registration forms in King and Pierce Counties on the last day of the registration deadline was suspect. King County's announcement that it would prosecute what Secretary of State Sam Reed dubbed the worst case of vote fraud in Washington State history, was followed by an outstanding editorial on vote fraud by Wall Street Journal columist John Fund. The editorial acknowledged the role BIAW played in uncovering the rampant vote fraud in Washington State, as well as validated BIAW's long-standing contention that former U.S. Attorney John McKay should have investigated vote fraud in the 2004 election. Fund noted other U.S. attorneys have successfully prosecuted vote fraud based on much less evidence than has been uncovered in Washington State read WSJ column. The Olympian also issued an editorial praising BIAW's role in uncovering vote fraud. read the Olympian editorial While initially dismissive of BIAW's allegations of possible vote fraud by ACORN, Pierce County has announced it is now investigating registration cards submitted by ACORN.
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Recently Obtained E-mails Show Secretary of State's Office is Very Concerned about Voter Registration Fraud
Attached are documents and e-mails BIAW received recently from the Secretary of State's Office regarding vote fraud perpetrated by the labor union organization ACORN.
The documents show that in October Secretary of State Sam Reed urged King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng to investigate. Six months later and nothing has happened.
BIAW encourages Sam Reed to publicly call for a full investigation from both the U.S. Attorney and the local Prosecutor. That’s what BIAW has called for.
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VOTE FRAUD FINALLY BEING INVESTIGATED
Here are the latest developments in the vote fraud perpetrated by the union-shill group ACORN. BIAW has worked for two years to convince someone, anyone, to investigate and prosecute voter fraud in this state. After intensive research BIAW finally uncovered evidence that officials could not ignore. It is no coincidence these stories appeared in Friday and Saturday’s papers, on the heels of BIAW’s relentless coverage of the issue—in the Building Insight, on our website and several press releases issued by BIAW.
Seattle Times states "King County looks into claims of '06 voter-registration fraud". click here...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports "Investigation into possible King Co. voter registration fraud urged". click here...
Copy of March 14, 2007 Letter from BIAW to U.S. Attorney, Jeff Sullivan, providing evidence that fraud occurred in the election process in King County.. click here...
Vote Fraud Uncovered
Seattle Times report says hundreds of voter registration cards may have been forged. click here...
The following documents were obtained by BIAW from a public records request filed at the King County Elections Division submitted to U.S. Attorney, Jeff Sullivan, on March 14, 2007. click here...
 BIAW Veteran Appreciation Day click here...
Gregoire Pays Back Tribes
After months of wondering why Indian tribes contributed so heavily to re-elect Gov. Gregorire's pet Washington Supreme Court Justice, we finally know the answer. click here...
Read how BIAW warned the media of a money-for-gambling-expansion deal between Gregoire and tribes back in September 2006
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Construction Stormwater General Permit: Get the latest on BIAW’s lawsuit against Ecology and learn how to apply and comply with the new state stormwater permit. click here...
Certified Erosion and Sediment Control Lead: If your project disturbs over an acre of land or is in a subdivision, you probably need a Construction Stormwater General Permit AND a Certified Erosion and Sediment Control Lead (CESCL). click here for more information
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Wall Street Journal Priases BIAW's Efforts to Reform Supreme Court click here...
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