Opinion

Wired for shame

With amazement I watched Avista’s installation of power poles and an array of wiring along the upper part of Southeast Boulevard, an installation worthy of a Third World country. The entire electric grid on the South Hill is hideous, and we all should be ashamed of it.

On Grand Boulevard big trees are cut because they interfere with the wires instead of the other way around. I realize that most people are not too concerned about these things, and that is, of course, part of the problem.

Moritz Kundig

Spokane

 
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Rowland Thompson, right, executive director of Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington, testifies during a joint work session of the Senate and House State Government Committees, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The session was held to discuss a bill filed Wednesday by lawmakers who want to circumvent a recent court ruling finding them fully subject to the state's public disclosure laws. (Ted S. Warren / AP)

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