Judge Upholds Washington Privatization

Dear Client: Just two weeks ago Cowlitz County Judge Stephen Warning made a ruling that left the fate of Initiative 1183 in question. But in a surprising move yesterday he reversed his March 2 judgment that Washington's privatization initiative addressed two different subjects, liquor and public safety, and sided with the defendants by ruling that I-1183 is constitutional. Attorneys for the defendants in the case, including Costco and the state, argued that public safety is tied to alcohol, so they