Police say man threatened to kill City Council president

Former Spokane Valley City Council candidate David Elton was booked into the Spokane County Jail on Tuesday on charges that he threatened to kill Spokane City Council President Joe Shogan and one other person, whom police declined to identify. Elton was arrested at the Public Safety Building after he was interviewed by detectives, said Spokane Police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer DeRuwe. Elton has been a prominent presence at some Spokane City Council meetings in recent weeks. On his Web site, he says he is leading an effort to recall Shogan. In an e-mail to various media representatives on Monday, Elton appeared to address the harassment accusations. “I have never harmed anyone and never will,” Elton wrote. “The creative writing experiment was ill advised … but I am simply a hyperactive political activist.” Elton has said that he has bipolar disorder. He was booked on two felony counts of harassment.