Regrets, they've had a few

In my new state, a few more regrettable acts by public officials, from the P-I:

Hague has habit of blaming others - Records show actions in DUI case, bus crash

King County Councilwoman Jane Hague's recent arrest on a drunken - driving charge wasn't the first time she has blamed others after finding herself in trouble... (O)n June 2 - in an incident that wasn't publicly known until Aug. 21, - an obscenity - spewing Hague reportedly blamed the arrest on her husband, Ed Springman. He was a passenger in her Mercedes convertible.

A state trooper said in a written report that Hague, 61, "became irate and (used) expletives" and "said it was her husband's fault that she was in the back of a patrol car and being treated like a criminal, and her husband would have to find the best attorney" for her. When the officer suggested she could speak to a public defender if her husband - a wealthy Eastside developer - couldn't find her one, Hague reportedly "stated she would not talk to any second-rate attorney..."

King County judge faces ethics charges

A King County judge accused of trading sexual taunts with a defendant in his courtroom and making unusual references to the ethnicity of two others now faces ethics charges.

District Court Judge Mark Chow was presiding in a courtroom inside the King County Jail building on Jan. 23, when a male defendant snapped at him with a vulgar sexual demand. According to charges filed Tuesday by the Commission on Judicial Conduct, Chow replied, "I would if you pulled it out, but you can't find it."

Chow also allegedly asked a female defendant, "What flavor are you?" -- a question about her ethnic background -- and told another, "I think I know what flavor you are, so I'm not even going to ask..."