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Spin Control
By Jonathan Brunt
June 29 – We may have found a spokesman for a Spokane Transit Authority ad campaign.
Former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerry Alexander has been flying to Spokane every couple weeks to serve as one of the Spokane’s five Use of Force commissioners.
After he disembarks from his plane at Spokane International Airport, he takes a Spokane Transit Authority bus downtown.
“I really enjoy that bus ride,” Alexander said. “It’s really a handy way to get in from the airport.”
(This praise for the bus was unsolicited when I asked him a few questions after Thursday’s Use of Force Commission meeting.)
Alexander is reimbursed for his plane trip and often a meal when he’s in Spokane. He usually flies in in the morning and flies out after the meeting. He does not bother getting reimbursed for the $1.50 bus ride.
Sirens & Gavels
By Meghann M. Cuniff
June 28 – Two young people briefly mistaken for accomplices of cop shooter Charles Robert Wallace on June 19 had methamphetamine and hydrocodone in their car, police say.
Brittnei J. Fawver, 21, and Joshua A. Berg, 24, were arrested after refusing to stop for police, then crashing their SUV at West Second Avenue and Walnut Street and running from officers.
The two were lucky they weren’t shot.
The Slice
By Paul Turner
June 27 – There is ample evidence that regarding pro athletes as role models is a risky proposition.
With the exception of basketball player Jack Twyman, who died this spring, and a handful of others, great ballplayers don’t always possess great character.
But there’s one way we can learn from athletes.
You know that moment in baseball after a batter has hit a single and he and the opposing team’s first baseman exchange a few quips? Sure. Once in a while they even laugh and smile. I love that.
Of course, they are going to play hard and try to win. But it doesn’t mean they hate the other guy. It doesn’t mean they feel the need to demonize him or question his loyalty to the game.
Community Comment
By Dave Laird
June 25 – I wasn’t born with the sports gene, but I love swimming. Last week, when I went to the pool I saw that a letter had fallen off the sign on the wall. Instead of “NO DIVING,” now it said “O DIVING.” As I swam laps the thought came to me that the sign still made sense. It simply said there’s to be zero diving.