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Former Spokane Mayor Jim West, Thursday 2-16-06, responding to the FBI investigation released today. BRIAN PLONKA The Spokesman-Review
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Mayor Jim West responds to e-mail in his office Thursday Dec. 15, 2005, in Spokane, Wash. West says he doesn't plan to show up Friday on his last day in office. He was recalled from office on Dec. 6 based on an allegation that he offered city jobs and perks to young men in exchange for sex. (AP Photo/Amy Sinisterra) ORG XMIT: WAAS102
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Spokane County Auditor Vicky Dalton writes the results of a special recall election of Spokane Mayor Jim West Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005, in Spokane, Wash. Mayor James E. West was recalled from office Tuesday in a special election over allegations he offered jobs and perks to young men he met in a gay Internet chat room. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ORG XMIT: WAET804
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** FILE ** In this Dec. 23, 2003 file picture, Spokane's new mayor Jim West takes the oath of office as he is sworn in during a ceremony at Grant Elementary School in Spokane, Wash. West selected the location to be sworn in because he went to the school as a child, and it was a life long dream to become mayor of Spokane. West said he wanted to take Spokane from being a good city to a great city. West, a former Boy Scout executive and sheriff's deputy, says he no longer engages in gay sex and has stopped visiting Internet chat rooms. "I wish there was a rewind button," he told The Associated Press. "Basically, that's what I'm asking the public for: a second chance." However, polls indicate a second chance isn't likely when voters decide Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005 whether to recall West from office. (AP Photo/Jeff T. Green) ORG XMIT: NY113
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Spokane Mayor Jim West leaves the podium after delivering the annual statement of the condition and affairs of the city to the Spokane City Council Monday evening, October 10, 2005. Holly Pickett/The Spokesman-Review
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Spokane Mayor Jim West faced the press for questioning Friday afternoon in downtown Spokane for the first time since allegations surfaced about his misconduct in office. Brian Plonka/The Spokesman-Review
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Shannon Sullivan celebrates the judgement to start the mayoral recall process Monday 6-13-05 in Spokane. Sullivan a non-attorney had to battle several prominant attorneys representing Mayor Jim West Monday afternoon in Spokane. Brian Plonka/The Spokesman-Review
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Attorney Bill Etter (right) objects to the questioning by a reporter to Mayor Jim West during a press conference Friday afternoon in downtown Spokane. The mayor faced the press for questioning for the first time since allegations of alleged misconduct. Brian Plonka/The Spokesman-Review
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Jim West as a deputy in a Spokane Sheriffs department photo
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Chanting, "West must go, West must go," about 50 protestors rallied outside of Spokane City Hall Friday morning demanding Mayor Jim West resign. Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review
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Spokane Mayor Jim West back at his desk behind closed doors at his City Hall office Monday afternoon, May 23, 2005 shortly after a press conference announcing he will not resign from office. Earlier in the day reepresentatives of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce, and the Convention and Visitors Bureau called for West to resign in the wake of allegations of abuse of the power of his office. Brian Plonka/The Spokesman-Review
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Spokane Mayor Jim West leaves city council chambers Monday afternoon after stating he will take a leave of absence in the wake of sexual misconduct charges and his misuse of power. Brian Plonka/The Spokesman-Review
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Mayor Jim West walks to the 18th green at Esmeralda Golf Course on Saturday after new alegtions arose on Saturday morning. Jed Conklin/The Spokesman-Review
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Spokane Mayor Jim West walks from his office to a podium to issue a statement to the media apologizing for his lack of judgement and denouncing any involvement in child molestation Thursday morning at City Hall in downtown Spokane. Brian Plonka/The Spokesman-Review
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James E West in a 1978 file photo.
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Mayor Jim West, right, congratulates Louis Livingston at his 104th birthday party at Rockwood Manor Friday. Livingston is a well-known philanthropist, Lewis and Clark high School teacher and vice principal and a former Cheney Cowles Museum director. Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review
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Spokane Mayor Jim West uses the new municipal Wi-Fi network called the SpokaneHotZone launched in a joint venture Wednesday, June, 23, 2004, in Spokane, Wash., by the City of Spokane, Vivato, OneEighty Networks, Itronix, the Downtown Spokane Partnership, and Purcell Systems. SpokaneHotZone covers a 100-block downtown area and is part of Spokane's dual-purpose wireless network, considered to be the largest urban wi-fi zone in the nation. The new technologies were developed as an economic development tool to enhance Spokane's $1.1 billion downtown revitalization projects, which began in 1999. (AP Photo/Rockey Hill & Knowlton, Jeff T. Green) ORG XMIT: WAJG102
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At a news conference Thursday, Spokane Mayor Jim West unveiled a truck poster campaign called Near nature, Near Perfect," Friday at the DoubleTree Hotel. The Spokane Convention and Visitors Bureau has partnered with a number of trucking firms to wrap their truck trailers with visuals relating to the Inland Northwest as well as highlighting the Spokane major events like Hoopfest. Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review
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City of Spokane Mayor Jim West collects his thoughts as he remembers those who helped him along the way during his career during his swearing-in ceremony, Tuesday, at Grant Ele. School in Spokane. Brian Plonka/The Spokesman-Review
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Mayor elect Jim West is congratulated by his friend Diana Wilhite after he gave his victory speech Tuesday 11/4/03 at the Davenport Hotel in downtown Spokane. Brian Plonka/The Spokesman-Review.
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Only one star will rise to the top of Spokane's government as Tom Grant, left, and Senator Jim West face off in the Mayoral Election next month. This photo was taken at the sculpture of the American Flag at Riverfront Park near the Loff Carousel. Brian Plonka/The Spokesman-Review
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Senate Majority Leader Jim West, R-Spokane, who is battling colon cancer and undergoing chemotherapy, returned to the Senate in the final hours of a special session Tuesday June 10, 2003. Richard Roesler/The Spokesman-Review.
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Senate leaders, Jim West, R-Spokane, left, majority leader, and minority leader Lisa Brown, D-Spokane, right, talk to editors and reporters at the annual Legislative Preview hosted by the Associated Press in Olympia, Wash., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003. Legislative leaders offered their predictions for the upcoming session. (AP Photo/Louie Balukoff)
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Spokane Strong Mayor Candidate Jim West. Jason Millstein/Spokesman-Review
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Strong Mayor candidates Jim West and John Powers(right) answer questions during a forum sponsored by the Downtown Spokane Partnership Wednesday afternoon. Mayor John Talbot was unavoidably detained and did not attend. Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review
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Strong Mayor candidate Jim West greets early morning commuters along the north 2800 of Division. West has been waving to drivers since spring. Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review
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Candidate for Spokane Mayor Jim West stands in his downtown headquarters listening to the early reports showing him running third. This is his 11th political campaign and the second time he has run for Mayor, also trying to win but failing in 1981. Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review.
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Sen. Jim West, R-Spokane, talks with reporters at the press desk on the Senate floor in Olympia, Wash., Friday, Jan. 24, 1997. West is explaining his amendment to property tax legislation that would ask voters to make a temporary tax cut permanent.(AP Photo/Louie Balukoff)
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Sen. Jim West, R-Spokane, looks over amendments to the Senate budget Wednesday while waiting for an afternoon hearing to begin in Olympia. Wa. 3/31/1993. The committee planned to run the budget through committee and send it to the Senate floor this week. (AP Photo/Louie Balukoff) .
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Senate Ways and Means Committee chair Nita Rinehart, D-Seattle, left, talks with the ranking minority member of the committee, Sen. Jim West, R-Spokane, Thursday, Feb. 15, 1996, in Olympia, Wash. The panel met to begin work on the budget. (AP Photo/Louie Balukoff)
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