Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — 341038_pub.pdf

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personally believe that Mr. Martin was sharing information with a reporter
from The Bulletin?
A. Not necessarily.
Q. What do you mean "not necessarily?"
A. That I don't believe that.
Q. Did you have any thoughts that he might have shared this
information with The Bulletin and the reporter?
A. Well, I can tell you this: One of the reporters told me that, in a
group, he overheard Mr. Martin talking about it.
Q. So did that cause you to believe that maybe Mr. Martin was the
person who was sharing information with the reporter?.
A. Not necessarily.
Q. Did you ever share this conversation with Mr. Standiford or talk
to him about Mr. Martin being the person giving information to the
reporter?
A. Not exactly. I mean, why would I say something that I personally
didn't know?

CP at 76-77 (alteration in original).

On March 5, 2012, David Martin called Julia Bjordahl, the executive assistant to

Thayne McCulloh, president of Gonzaga University. Martin requested a meeting with

McCulloh to present a proposal. Bjordahl, at the direction of McCulloh, told Martin to

follow the chain of command within the Athletics Department.

A persistent David Martin followed his conversation with Julia Bjordahl with an e-

mail message on March 6. Because David Martin asserts that Gonzaga University

terminated his employment for raising safety concerns over the lack of wall padding, we

recite the entire e-mail that Martin wrote to Bjordahl:

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Martin v. Gonzaga University

Julia:
Here is the proposal for Dr. McCulloh. I should first be clear that I