Tue., Nov. 15, 2011
The race between incumbent Councilman Richard Rush and former Councilman Mike Allen for Rush's south Spokane City Council seat was sent within recount margins by counting on Tuesday. Only 92 votes now separate the two, and if the race remains within a half percentage point,…
Mon., Nov. 14, 2011
A race for Spokane City Council inched closer to an automatic recount on Monday in the fourth day of ballot counting from the Nov. 8 election. Former Councilman Mike Allen’s lead over incumbent Richard Rush for a seat representing south Spokane fell by 17 votes…
Mon., Nov. 14, 2011
Mayor-elect David Condon’s lead over Spokane Mayor Mary Verner grew slightly in counting on Monday. He now leads by 2,777 votes. Coincidentally, that’s the same number of votes left to count in the race.
Thu., Nov. 10, 2011
City Council President Joe Shogan reversed the order of this week’s council meeting to publicly call for the resignation of the executive director of the state Republican Party. Four council members, Bob Apple, Steve Corker, Nancy McLaughlin and Richard Rush, walked off the dais in…
Wed., Nov. 9, 2011
Mayor Mary Verner's interview last night with Mike Fitzsimmons on KXLY 920 AM has been making the rounds on Twitter today. And it's worth a listen. Here's some of what was said. The entire interview is in the link above. Verner: …I do know that…
Wed., Nov. 9, 2011
Here's are Verner's statements to her supporters and repoters last night. The Spokane County Elections Office has reported that it received nearly 23,000 ballots in the mail today. There are 22,200 ballots left to count in the City of Spokane. For Verner to make a…
Tue., Nov. 8, 2011
Spokane County Auditor Vicky Dalton said she expects only one count of votes tonight. Results should be released about 8:15 p.m. She said including today's mail, the county has received about 100,000 ballots. About 90,000 of those will be counted in the numbers released tonight.…
Sun., Nov. 6, 2011
When David Condon began to publicly criticize Mary Verner's handling of the Otto Zehm case, Verner said Condon's critique was further victimizing the Zehm family "by attempting to elevate himself." The Inland Northwest Leadership Political Action Committee, which has spent about $25,000 on the mayoral…
Sat., Nov. 5, 2011
The Spokane County Republican Party, which has previously declined to endorse candidates running as Republicans against Democrats when they declined to sign the county party's platform, has sent out recommendations for how to vote in Tuesday's nonparitsan city elections. The picks include: David Condon for…
Sat., Nov. 5, 2011
It was clear on the evening of Aug. 16 that the race for mayor was Mary Verner's to lose. But a lot has happened since then, including the conviction of Officer Karl Thompson. So will she hold on? As far as we at Spin Control…
Fri., Nov. 4, 2011
Only one of the 10 candidates on the ballot next week for Spokane city office agreed to sign a pledge promising to oppose any Spokane Police Guild contract unless the union agrees to stronger police oversight, the Center for Justice reported this week. A coalition…
Fri., Nov. 4, 2011
Police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer DeRuwe declined to comment this week about her "totally sucks" comment becoming a major highlight of the David Condon campaign for mayor. DeRuwe made the comment last month soon after sending a news release announcing that the department eliminated its property…
Mon., Oct. 31, 2011
Spokane mayoral candidate David Condon advertises himself as "nonpartisan" on his signs, but that didn't stop the former aide to Republican U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers from getting a $25,000 contribution from the state Republican Party. The contribution, the largest so far in a Spokane…
Thu., Oct. 27, 2011
The results are in and they're somewhat shocking. Spokane's utility billing department has compiled the data from water bills that were received in August and September, and 53 percent of them were less than they would have been under the 2010 rate structure. Other stats…
Tue., Oct. 25, 2011
A coalition of organizations including the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane is asking Spokane mayoral and City Council candidates to pledge not to vote for a Spokane Police Guild contract unless it includes stronger oversight. The guild's contract expires at the end of…
Tue., Oct. 25, 2011
Here's the latest of election video. Condon: "To find out that the city started to know some of the facts in 2009 and here we are nearly two years later not dealing with those facts, that's what was troubling me." Verner: "We can not critique…
Mon., Oct. 24, 2011
Following the lead of the state Legislature, the Spokane City Council voted unanimously to allow council members to take a 3 percent pay cut to help balance the budget. Council members earn $30,000 a year. The council president earns $55,000. Spokane resident Gretchen McDevitt told…
Mon., Oct. 24, 2011
The Spokane City Council took another chance on Monday to critique Proposition 1, the Community Bill of Rights. Council members voted 6-1 to formally oppose the initiative, which appears on the November ballot. The rejection is no surprise. All the members of City Council already…
Fri., Oct. 21, 2011
Not surprisingly, the campaign of David Condon is taking full advantage of the endorsement he got from former Spokane County Democratic Chairman Tom Keefe. Keefe is featured in the Condon TV ad above and is the first endorsement listed on a Condon mailer that arrived…
Thu., Oct. 20, 2011
A new campaign ad that’s been posted on YouTube by the campaign of Dennis Hession starts with him making the following statement: “Abraham Lincoln once said, ‘You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.’ I believe that. My opponent does not.”…
Wed., Oct. 19, 2011
Here is what likely will be the last of the videos featuring the City Council race between Richard Rush and Mike Allen. They debate if the city should go for a new 10-year street bond and if the city should consider creating fees for streets…
Tue., Oct. 18, 2011
NOTE: This post has been corrected from an earlier version to accurately reflect the number of times Allen was recorded absent during Spokane Employees' Retirement System board meeting. An earlier version was incorrect because of a reporter error. Before tonight's KSPS candidates debate was filmed…
Tue., Oct. 18, 2011
The second video on the mayoral race features one of the hottest topics: water rates. Since this was filmed, Verner announced that she would float a new water rate proposal to City Council before the end of the year. City Council President Joe Shogan already…
Thu., Oct. 13, 2011
Here's part three of our election video series.
Wed., Oct. 12, 2011
Here's part two of our video series on race between Richard Rush and Mike Allen.
