August 20, 2009 in City

Primary election results

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Results from the Aug. 18, 2009, primary election. Last updated at 12:33 p.m. Sept. 2, 2009.

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  steveeugster on August 19 at 9:59 a.m.

  The most significant aspect of this primary election is this: 72% of the electorate did not bother to vote. What might be in the mass mind of this large segment of the electorate? Are these non-voters happy with things as they are? Are they on a religious retreat? Are they afraid? Or, maybe they do not have stamps. It’s a lot of work getting those stamps. Takes planning and some physical initiative.

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  spokelooneh on August 19 at 12:01 p.m.

  Spoken like a true statesman, Steve.
  NOT.

  What a crank.

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  CalJones on August 19 at 2:23 p.m.

  I’m volunteering with Save Our Spokane (saveourspokane.com) to keep our City on it’s feet and Envision Spokane as far away from our pocketbooks as possible. Everyone needs to help them fight Proposition4. I really respect Steve Eugster for being so vocal in his opposition these people.

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  skeugster on August 19 at 6:21 p.m.

  The loon person is right, I should have been more gracious about and toward the extraordinary number of people who failed to vote in the primary yesterday. After all why bother to vote? The notion “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country” comes to mind. Why bother to care? Why bother to think that maybe your country, your city, your town needs you?

  By the way, if more people voted I would have lost by an even larger margin. The point is and was that people should care, should be involved — and they were not. That is a real problem for all of us. It may be trite, but each voter is needed in a democracy.

  Despite arrogance and name-calling that is the way of things, voters are needed, they have to be involved, no matter what the outcome,

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  mdriftmeyer on August 20 at 12:29 a.m.

  Ahh the good ol’ Spokesman Review: Don’t like dissension so we keep comments from being published.

  Truly speaks volumes for the notion of The Free Press.

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  George_Sands on August 20 at 8:11 a.m.

  While I dont always agree with Mr. Eugster, I always agree with his right to say what he wants. Ironically he is often more right than he is wrong. I respect Mr. Eugster, because if he didn’t exercise his rights, the rest of us would soon lose ours.

  I concur with his observation of voter apathy, however if one has ever dealt with an elected official (are there elected unofficials?) that itself generates enough bad taste in anyones mouth to avoid the electorate process.

  It is time we move the election process to the same day as the Income Tax deadline. I’m sure we will have more participants and they will vote for the government we pay for.

  spokelooneh’s comment is inappropriate. I shouldn’t have to describe why.

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  spokelooneh on August 20 at 9:11 a.m.

  Let’s see, an attorney currently under suspension by the State Bar for unethical behavior who specialized in filing frivolous lawsuits against the City, even while “serving” as a Councilmember, who attempted to stop the legal recall of the perv Jim West, who idiotically debated back and forth another candidate crackpot, David Elton, an attorney(Eugster) who is a VERY public figure is complaining about name calling under the ruse of complaining about election turnout.

  The Primary election turnout in 1999 when Steve Eugster (perennial crank) was elected to office in the General was 23% and that was in Sept, not the dog days of Aug.

  With an electorate literally pointing and laughing at a couple of the candidates in this race, perhaps that’s why they didn’t bother to vote.

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  Rifleman_Dodd on August 21 at 12:23 a.m.

  spokelooneh: I’d be worried the “crack pots” and “cranks” might take you to court. Mr. Eugster is sensitive to your slander/libel and while he cant practice law. i.e. represent a client. He can surely represent himself. I’d be putting all your assets in your wife’s name so they cant be attached.

  http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/08/19/2009-08-19_court_tells_model_liskula_cohen_identity_of_blogger_that_called_her_a_skank_she_.html