Columnist Doug Clark/SR, the mastermind behind the Street Music Week in the Inland NW, comments:

The 15th annual Street Music Week kicked off Monday in downtown Spokane with warm weather, cool jazz and a felonious punk.

The male rider on a green BMX-style bike snatched the red collection bucket that a group of gospel bluegrass musicians was using to collect money for Second Harvest food bank.

Jared Wyrick, who was playing banjo in his family band, figured the thief made off with about $100 that he yanked out of the bucket before tossing it and speeding off east along Main Avenue.

This is the first time a thing like this has happened in the event’s history and I’m sick about it.

I know the City Council has made an effort in recent years to accommodate more bicycles in the downtown business core, but I’m certain this was not the idea.

More on this jerk later.

Everything else about opening day was golden. More here.

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