On the heels of a state auditor's report that they owe money for law enforcement services, the City of Spokane Valley City Council is holding a special meeting Thursday morning "to discuss dispute resolution regarding billing."The city and the county have been arguing over who…
In response to Sunday's column on e-mails that pass along stuff that just ain't true, Reader Tina Wynecoop sent a copy of a missive she's received several times about Nancy Pelosi's luxury jet.The e-mai carries a subject line of "FW: Queen Nancy's 757" and includes…
If you were otherwise occupied Tuesday, the biggest news item of the day remained the election protests in Iran. The question arose: Is President Obama doing enough?
While some political races in the city of Spokane are pretty crowded, other positions around the county are not. Some are even candidate-less.In an effort to get candidates for posts that have none, Spokane County Elections Manager Mike McLaughlin has scheduled a special filing period…
David Letterman apologized Monday night to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family. For those keeping track at home, this is apology No. 2, and it's for the line about going to Yankee Stadium, not for the Top 10 list.So today's discussion questions are:Was this…
From Columbia Legal Services, Corporation for Enterprise Development and the Low-Income Housing Alliance comes word that this is -- ta da! -- Manufactured Housing Week.While there are no Manufactured Home carols to sing or Manufactured Home cards to mail, they want you to know certain…
All eyes on Iran Monday as protesters filled the streets of Tehran, and the supreme ruler called for an investigation into the election. Here's a quick update from TalkingPointsMemo.
For a great photo montage of the post-election protests in Iran, click here for a site called The Big Picture.And yes, the headline comes from an old '60s protest song. Do you remember what the next line is?
There's nothing political or governmental about this, from a posting called 10 animals in teacups. Just a way to brighten your Monday morning, from buzzfeed.
If you slept in or went to church on Sunday morning, here's what they were talking about, courtesy of TalkingPointsMemo.
About once a week, some reader is kind enough to forward something from the Internet that shows what an absolutely abysmal job the news media is doing on some topic or another. Sometimes the complaint involves not telling them that Barack Obama was really born…
What was up Friday? Well, everyone seemed excited about elections in Iran.But by now, you know how they turned out.Oh, you don't? Go to the newspaper's main page.
Yes.At least well enough to sing "Proud Mary" with Doug Clark during the newspaper columnist's annual street music fundraiser for the Food Bank. Expect him to tell you much more about that Sunday in his column.An even more important question: Is Mary Verner quick enough…
TalkingPointsMemo is all over the Holocaust Museum shooting (for the second day.)
David Letterman had to apologize for No. 2 on his top 10 list of things Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin did in New York ... to Palin and flight attendants.You may have seen that clip a few (or a few dozen) times on television Wednesday. Did…
The big story of Wednesday was the shooting at the Holocaust museum. Here's the TalkingPointsMemo clip.For more on the shooting and the suspect, including his tie to North Idaho, go here for coverage in The Spokesman-Review.
Referendum 71 supporters have a new challenge. The size of the petitions they need to distribute for signatures.The proposed ballot measure, which if passed in November would repeal aspects of domestic partnership passed this year by the Legislatulre, must contain all the sections of the…
If the folks at TalkingPointsMemo are to be believed, Tuesday was all about the GOP and who is its next leader.Who do you think is the future of the GOP? Click comment, and hold forth.
The music in this one's not bad, but the stand-ins for the Obamas, Biden and Palin could have used a bit more work.
Here's what you missied if you stayed under the covers to avoid the rain yesterday, courtesy of TalkingPointsMemo.
When President Obama was in Egypt last week, he came across this hieroglyphic that looked like, well, like him.Uh oh. If the folks trying to prove Obama can't be president because isn't a U.S. citizen because he doesn't have a real birth certificate find out…
If you slept in or went to church on Sunday, and missed the talking head news shows, here's a chance to catch up from TalkingPointsMemo.
A gay rights group’s plan to post the names of everyone who signs Referendum 71 petitions has some people outraged and others insisting that folks shouldn’t sign petitions unless they have the guts to defend their decision. In other words, it’s your standard dichotomy in…
Legislative District 9 (Adams, Asotin, Franklin*, Garfield, Spokane*, Whitman) State Representative Pos. 1 Partisan office (1-year unexpired term) Susan Fagan(Prefers Republican Party) PO Box 1471 Pullman WA 99163 (509) 979-3083 susan@susanfagan.com 6/1/200910:59 PM Pat Hailey(Prefers Republican Party) 691 Hailey Rd Mesa WA 99343 (509) 265-4282…
As the deadline draws near, another candidate has entered the race for South Spokane's District 2 council district.David Elton, who is currently banned from City Council meetings because of verbal exchanges with Council President Joe Shogan, filed at 4:28 p.m.Elton has a history that can…
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