A. L. Rutherford
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- Nov 21, 1885The Battle for the Snoqualmie RoadA fiery exchange in the Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer reveals the tense intersection of local commerce, red tape, and the precarious state of rural King County infrastructure in 1885.Snoqualmie, WA
- Nov 17, 1893The Unauthorized County Hospital ScandalTaxpayers sue King County officials for constructing a hospital on the county farm without voter approval or budget authority.Seattle, WA
- Dec 5, 1893Battle Over the Poorhouse BudgetTaxpayers sue to halt the construction of a new county almshouse, challenging whether public funds can be spent without a direct vote.Seattle, WA
- Aug 31, 1894King County's Almshouse 'Vindication' Came With a Taxpayer BillA committee appointed to investigate charges against King County commissioners billed the public for its own defense—including $10-a-day duty and a detective sent after a newspaper leak.Seattle, WA
- Sep 1, 1894A 'Close Combination' at the Courthouse: Surveyor Accuses King County's Ring of Self-DealingKing County's surveyor says commissioners paid the prosecuting attorney's rent to their own chairman's Union Block while refusing to cover his office — and he names the men he says run the courthouse for themselves.Seattle, WA