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Spin Control archive for May 27, 2009

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2009

Police ombudsman forums this weekend 

The City of Spokane will hold public forums for its police ombudsman finalists on Friday and Saturday.There are three prospects:Anthony Betz, of College Station, Tex., a retired FBI agent working as an adjunct professor at Texas A&M University.Timothy Burns, of Visalia, Calif., a retired police…

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Allen makes it official

Spokane City Councilman Mike Allen has formally entered the race he had formerly said he would enter.Or is that Allen has formerly entered the race he had formally said he would enter...hmmmm.Whatever. Allen, who was appointed to the seat that opened on the council when…

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