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June 10, 2010 in City
Police guild endorses Tucker rival
The Spokane Police Guild has endorsed attorney Chris Bugbee in his bid to unseat his former boss, Spokane County Prosecutor Steve Tucker.
Bugbee learned of the endorsement by a letter sent by the guild’s president, Ernie Wuthrich, according to a campaign news release.
The Spokane County Republican Party has endorsed David Stevens. Also in the race are Democrat Frank Malone and Deputy Kootenai County Prosecutor Jim Reierson, who according to campaign documents is running on what he called the Law & Order party.
The police guild endorsement gives Bugbee’s campaign a big boost, Bugbee said. Bugbee is expected to file by Friday’s deadline for the Aug. 17 primary election.
“The support of a police guild for a criminal defense lawyer shows that my judgment is very well respected,” Bugbee said.
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horse_feathers on June 10 at 10:01 a.m.
This is the kiss of death for Bugbee, if anyone has been paying attention.
lewis8457 on June 10 at 2:11 p.m.
Bugbee just lost. No one will vote for anyone the guild backs. Boy I bet tucker feels the fool, he looks the other way since 98 and now they back someone else? The guild must know Tucker doesn’t have a chance in hell of winning.
Recently it was reported Ernie Wuthrich made statement that he know of no dissatisfaction the public might have with the guild and its members,
He should have been in Kay’s today at lunch time, there were about 8 cops having lunch there and if he saw the looks on the faces of the public as they came in to eat he would have noticed they all look upset and they all sat as far to other side of the area as they could. These folks have 10 bucks for lunch so they are working people paying taxes and such. All different ages, all had the same look, disgust.
Dazzeetrader11 on June 11 at 1:55 a.m.
The Guild is lacking in honesty and competence. Anyone who has watched the lies generated in the campaign to out the police Chief would run from the Guild’s endorsement.
Don’t know about “Kay’s” Lewis but it’s painfully obvious the police aren’t trusted to be honest and the Guild has been nailed in so many misrepresentations that they have outlived their usefullness. Seems like they’ve become a bunch of thugs and it’s rubbed off on the police force as well. The Police themselves have done nothing to quell the distrust.
I met Mr Malone the last time in town at Easter. Seems like a nice man but Dave Stevens looks you right in the eye and speaks directly. I can see why Tucker didn’t want him around. Tucker has been hand in hand with the police investigations which are usually stopped and nobody knows why. He need to see the exit sign and use it.