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Spin Control archive for Nov. 4, 2011

FRIDAY, NOV. 4, 2011



The politics of 'It totally sucks' 

Police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer DeRuwe declined to comment this week about her "totally sucks" comment becoming a major highlight of the David Condon campaign for mayor. DeRuwe made the comment last month soon after sending a news release announcing that the department eliminated its property…

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Fall colors on the Capitol Campus in Olympia, Nov. 3, 2011 (Jim Camden)

Not to rub it in, but... 

Fall colors on the Capitol Campus. OLYMPIA -- November is a month when the weather in Western and Eastern Washington shift, and at some point it's nicer over here than it is in Spokane. I think that happened on Thursday, when the snow fell, as…

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