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Spokane Valley councilman quits, cites Far Right ideology

Dean Grafos delivers the 2015 State of the City address, May 6, 2015, at the Spokane Valley Mall. Grafos was the city’s mayor at the time. (Dan Pelle /SR photo)
Dean Grafos delivers the 2015 State of the City address, May 6, 2015, at the Spokane Valley Mall. Grafos was the city’s mayor at the time. (Dan Pelle /SR photo)

Spokane Valley City Councilman Dean Grafos is resigning effective Monday. Grafos, who won a second term on the council when he ran unopposed in November, made the announcement Wednesday afternoon. He said he’s leaving because it’s become impossible to have a rational and meaningful conversation with the majority on the council. “These people are blinded by their ideology and surrounding themselves with militia-type people and anti-Ozzie Knezovich deputies and their supporters,” Grafos said about Mayor Rod Higgins, Deputy Mayor Arne Woodard and Councilmen Ed Pace and Sam Wood/Pia Hallenberg, SR. More here..



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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