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Prosecutor Steve Tucker and Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich made their best pitches for some wiggle room on budget cuts Tuesday night. Maybe dip into the budget reserve, or borrow from money set aside for streets. After all, what good are streets if they aren’t safe to drive on. How much rainier does it have to get before you use the rainy day fund?
County commissioners responded with praise for the work that they and their staff do.
And no to any give on the budget cuts, or using the budget reserve, which would lower the bond rating and up the cost of borrowing money.
Sounded like a No? Tucker was asked outside the hearing room as TV cameras were set up.
“Sounded like a no — and a lecture on tax policy” Tucker replied.
Jim Camden is a veteran political reporter for The Spokesman-Review.
Jonathan Brunt covers Spokane City Hall for The Spokesman-Review.
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Ron_the_Cop on October 28 at 10:20 p.m.
I don’t know about anyone else but I will actively campaign against Steve Tucker in next year’s election. Read more here:
http://friendsofmarkfuhrman.org/blog/?p=176
Rifleman__Dodd on October 28 at 11:23 p.m.
Tucker who?
I heard that Tucker’s chair at the Globe wasn’t even cool by the time he returned from the meeting. Anyone know his next tee time at the Downriver Golf Course bar?
Ron_the_Cop on October 29 at 12:24 a.m.
LOL - You mean the 19th hole:-)
ChefGus/ John Olsen on October 29 at 5:06 a.m.
Tucker must have a credible opponent in the next run for office or we are all screwed.. He is the primary reason the police force gets to do what it gets to do…. Mr Weber the local Ombudsman Candidate last fall would be an excellent choice.. and he has the cojones for the position… john
Rifleman__Dodd on October 29 at 2:39 p.m.
Does one actually have to be an Attorney to run for the Prosecuting Attorneys office?
Ron_the_Cop on October 29 at 3:17 p.m.
Unfortunately you have to have a bar shingle to be qualified to run. I would run but don’t want to take the time and money to go to Gonzaga to get one:-)