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Doug Clark

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News >  Spokane

Jail sell might go over better if commissioners tap The Truth

So I’m reading the newspaper and I pause when I see what those geniuses on the Spokane County Commission have been up to lately. All three voted Tuesday to give a public relations firm $62K to “craft” a message designed to sell us dopey voters on building a new jail and upping the sales tax to pay for running it.
News >  Spokane

Panhandler’s dubious plea sparks one-man protest

We all like to think that we’re in control of our destinies, but are we really? Take John C. Fisher, for example. The 49-year-old Spokane Valley man swears he never planned on launching a one-man crusade against the panhandlers that prowl his hometown.
Doug Clark
Opinion >  Column

Doug Clark: Guild tape would tell different tale

(The following may or may not be a transcript from an emergency meeting of the Spokane Police Guild’s Dirty Tricks Committee that may or may not exist. Either way, no names are being used in order to protect the 276 members who have the poor luck to belong to such a shabby organization as the Police Guild.) PRESIDENT – “All right, you guys. Put down your doughnuts and pay attention. We have serious Police Guild business to discuss.”
News >  Spokane

Wood salvage team nails niche

And now for the rest of the story. Thirty-thousand board feet worth of story, to be exact. That’s the amount of wood that Spokane’s Bruce Johnson figures came out of dismantling the 100-year-old grain elevator I wrote about back in November 2008.
News >  Spokane

Maybe she’ll be our first cereal mayor

On Thursday, Mary Verner demonstrated her complete lack of understanding of the dark forces that rule this city by launching her campaign for a second term as mayor of Spokane. You’d think she would know by now.
News >  Spokane

We love nature, but we know the limits

(COLUMNIST’S WARNING: Today’s commentary contains shocking phrases, like: “The mice had their tails cut off and were smothered in Vaseline.” Therefore, the following should NOT be read by anyone with high moral fiber, door-to-door evangelists or elderly people with weak hearts who will call my editor and scream: “He’s not funny and you should fire that jerk.”) Well, I’ll be a monkey’s mistress!
News >  Spokane

Spokane lends handy rhyme to grisly tale

On the surface, gallivanting across the vast US of A to watch a play about a guy searching for his lost left hand sounds like a pretty dimwitted thing to do. But this is no ordinary missing-hand tale, my friends.
News >  Spokane

3-D TV will flesh out viewing experience

One day last summer my lovely wife, Sherry, turned to me and uttered the most shocking words of our then-36 years of marriage. “Why don’t you go down to Huppin’s and get us a new TV?”
News >  Spokane

Everything slips past city’s finest

Cpl. Clark returns to address your concerns about cops, courts and crime. Q: Every time I pick up the newspaper I see something about excited delirium. What the heck is it?
News >  Spokane

Soldier’s final mission: Find lost comrade

Jerry Dellwo returned home last week from his first visit to Southeast Asia since his adventures as a Green Beret sergeant during the Vietnam War. But this was no vacation. This was a 41-year trip back in time.
Doug Clark
Opinion >  Column

Doug Clark: The ants go dying, two by two

The attack at Clark Manor began like most Stephen King novels: innocently. I was sitting on my couch enjoying some mindless TV one night last week when I felt a strange tickling sensation on my right hand.
News >  Spokane

He’s living his dream and sharing his talents

A cold Monday night not long ago found me inside Ichiban Sushi Lounge on Third Avenue. I was there to meet a friend who wanted me to hear some band that was supposed to be pretty good. But the guy wasn’t there. And the group hadn’t even set up yet.
News >  Spokane

No potshots here – just space-wasting reader comments

Welcome to yet another installment of Reeeader’s Windbaaag. This is the forum that allows my readers to purge their inner demons without fear of being identified, verified or mortified by being forced to wear that purple monstrosity Zoe Saldana wore to the Academy Awards.
News >  Spokane

Find your readers: It’s time to take boomer test

Tonight veteran news mumbler Tom Brokaw will present “BOOMER$,” a two-hour TV documentary on my generation, the vast and venerable baby boomers. Fortunately for our time zone, the show will be broadcast on CNBC at 6 p.m. That’s good because the repeat airs at 9 p.m., which is way past most baby boomer bedtimes.
News >  Idaho

Otter should just let the chips fall at retirement center

A few months ago Butch Otter, the governor of Idaho, was soliciting ideas to help his state in these times of economic duress. Now it’s been years since I called Idaho home. But I still feel enough Spud State attachment to want to help when I can.