Being one of those poor saps who actually cares whether Dino Rossi and the BIAW violated campaign laws (and who doesn’t see the whole question as moot just because they lost), I phoned up attorney Knoll Lowney to find out what’s next with his King County lawsuit against the builders.”We’re continuing to do discovery,” he says. But it’s clear the urgency is gone. “There’s nothing scheduled” in terms of additional depositions. Just a few weeks ago, the attorneys argued there was an urgent need to do the depositions and Rossi was brought in to testify. “We were trying to get a certain amount of information out before the election,” says Lowney. Now that there’s no need for negative publicity, the pace has slowed. “It’s always better to get as many documents as you can before you depose,” Lowney says. Still, the lawsuit will go ahead and Lowney plans to continue his effort to get the entire BIAW declared a political action committee. As for the lawsuit filed against the builders by Attorney General Rob McKenna, and that got all kinds of press attention, Lowney now concurs with what I wrote at the time–that it won’t amount to much. The Republican AG “will try to negotiate a slap on the wrist,” Lowney says.Then again, the act of blowing $7 million of its members’ money–for nothing–will probably hurt the BIAW more than anything Lowney could do at this point.