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And Forbes magazine, apparently unimpressed with the official “Near nature, near perfect” city slogan in Spokane, today pronounced the Lilac City the “Scam Capital of America.”
From writer William Barrett’s story:
Welcome to Spokane, Wash., a metropolitan object lesson in what can befall the unwary when rugged individualism is revered and consumers unsuspecting.
The story paints the city as a sort of freewheeling frontier town. And I suspect it has city leaders doubling up on their blood-pressure medication this morning.
Richard Roesler covers Washington state news from The Spokesman-Review's bureau in Olympia.
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Ron_the_Cop on May 07 at 8:10 p.m.
The door is slowly creaking open. The frauds Mr. Barrett cite are small potatoes compared with the Cowles' led $100M RPS bond fraud et al:
‘Fraud: Scam Capital of America’ vs. an ‘Army of Davids’
http://friendsofmarkfuhrman.org/blog/…
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Zelda Krup on May 08 at 12:39 p.m.
It's all part of being a “business friendly” community.
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Gary Crooks on May 08 at 1:48 p.m.
Met Mortgage. What town was that again?
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Ron_the_Cop on May 08 at 3:15 p.m.
Mr. Crooks,
For once we can agree, Mr. Barrett indeed did miss the Met mortgage meltdown. He also missed International Broadcasting too. I guess too many things to cover in such a short space:-)
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