The Legislative Ethics Board has rejected a complaint against state Rep. Derek Stanford that he unlawfully used state resources to aid a Bothell City Council campaign co-managed by his wife. In a dismissal signed by chairman David Draper, the board said:
We have been presented with no evidence that Representative Stanford, as a state officer, used the facilities of the Legislature to assist complainant’s opponent in the local election.
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