Efforts to recall Seattle Councilwoman Kshama Sawant can move forward, a judge ruled Wednesday. Four of the six charges filed against Sawant are legally sufficient, King County Superior Court judge James Rogers ruled. The two dismissed charges alleged that Sawant used her official position to encourage demonstrators to occupy a Seattle police precinct, and to help create the so-called autonomous zone that was broken up after several deadly shootings. Of the remaining charges, one is that Sawant, a member of Socialist Alternative, outsourced decisions regarding the hiring and firing of city employees to her party's executive committee. Another is that Sawant misused city rRead More From Source
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