City Attorney payments

The City of Edmonds Finance Department explains the duplicate payments to Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC. The Council approved payments were voided

How to Neutralize Dissenters


Make the whistleblowers, instead of their message, the issue: Discredit the dissent by attacking the dissenter's professional competence or virtually anything else that will work to cloud the issue.products and expanded co-op principles

-Courage Without Martyrdom: A Survival Guide for Whistleblowers,
by the Government Accountability Project

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