Ex-state lawmaker's latest fight is against British mining giant
Monday, July 6, 2009 | 11:27 am
Paul Stocker served the people of Snohomish County in the state Legislature for four terms in the 1950s.
Now, the 85-year-old Mill Creek attorney is helping the indigenous people of Bougainville Island in the South Pacific in their court battle against a British mining company, Rio Tinto.
What's the connection? He has family living on the island and he owns property on a neighboring island.
You can find out all the details here in a story by Herald writer Chris Fyall.
Now, the 85-year-old Mill Creek attorney is helping the indigenous people of Bougainville Island in the South Pacific in their court battle against a British mining company, Rio Tinto.
What's the connection? He has family living on the island and he owns property on a neighboring island.
You can find out all the details here in a story by Herald writer Chris Fyall.
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