Open Letter to Acting King County Executive

5/10/25 By Cindy Alia

This open letter to acting King County Executive Shannon Braddock is to the point for the citizens of King County!

Dear Executive Shannon Braddock, 

I am writing as a deeply concerned Washington State resident and business owner in King County to formally object to your recent announcement that King County will be filing suit against the Trump administration over alleged unlawful conditions attached to previously approved federal grant funding.

This action—taken under the pretense of defending constitutional order—is both hypocritical and reckless. It is especially troubling coming from an administration in one of the most fiscally irresponsible counties in the United States. King County has systematically violated the rights of its constituents, demonstrated blatant administrative overreach, and weaponized every level of government—from mass appraisal property tax fraud to the use of outside legal counsel to suppress dissent and crush small businesses.

Let me be clear: King County has no moral or legal high ground to stand on.

• You and this State's polices ultimately created the homeless crisis.  And then your homelessness “solutions” have exacerbated it further, despite millions in taxpayer funding—much of it unaccounted for.
• Your Department of Assessments is running a fraudulent mass appraisal system that violates USPAP standards and results in unconstitutional property seizures under the guise of taxation.
• You have engaged in takings without compensation by forcibly shutting down businesses during COVID-19—effectively destroying livelihoods while enriching government payrolls.
• Your transit governance structure is a textbook example of conflict of interest and cronyism—appointing your own to boards that then reward you with executive control.
• Your office continues to allow voter registration for non-citizens in violation of federal election law, further undermining any claim to be defending democracy.

Your invocation of constitutional violations by federal agencies is not only selective but grotesquely ironic. King County has trampled on personal liberty, personal security, and private property—the very rights that government exists to protect. Instead of standing as servants of the people, your administration has become an instrument of oppression, unaccountable power, and fiscal self-interest.

You should be warned: continued abuse of power, suppression of constitutional rights, fiscal malfeasance, and blatant disregard for the public will not go unanswered. Legal actions citing maladministration, misfeasance, and malfeasance are actively being explored by residents and advocacy groups. This includes the consideration of both civil and criminal filings against officials and departments involved.

If your office truly seeks to protect “critical services,” I recommend redirecting attention inward—to your budget waste, your unlawful overreach, and your failure to serve the people of King County with integrity. The President of the United States has full legal authority to enforce conditions on federal grants. King County has no legal authority to subvert the Constitution, ignore statutory eligibility requirements, or insulate itself from accountability.

This email shall serve as formal notice of public opposition and a reservation of rights to pursue legal redress against King County and its officers for violations of federal and constitutional law.

Respectfully,
Dominique Scarimbolo 
Kent, WA