Bottom Lines Columnist Jim Kersher’s Take On The News

Clank, clank, clank goes the trolley

Those trolleys started rolling in downtown Spokane, thus providing a mass transportation alternative for that grueling commute from the Flour Mill to Cucina! Cucina! <

Spokane character

Actually, I think the trolley is a good idea. It’ll give this downtown some character beyond: Lots o’ skywalks.

Hey, birds, keep it clean

And what’s all this complaining about oil stains on the Wall Street brickwork? This is a street, for crying out loud, not a parlor room floor. We’ll have to expect worse things than oil stains. Pigeons frequent the area.

This’ll turn the country around

I think all Americans join me in saying, “Thank God we are finally doing something about the biggest social problem facing America today: too much arts funding.”

The free market speaks

There is no reason to subsidize symphony orchestras. I trust the free market to reward music of taste and quality, which is why Madonna tops the charts.

Concern is rampant in the locker room

The “glass ceiling” for women and minorities still exists, and it’s just a darn shame, said a panel of 500 white male executives who golf.

I farm crabgrass

The USDA has sent $72.7 million in farm subsidy checks to people living inside the city limits of Spokane. I can use some of that. I farm marigolds and petunias over on my South Hill spread.

At least one Cuban got a full meal last week

Fidel Castro was seen sucking down the white Burgundy and coq au vin on his trip to France last week. He was there to address a summit on poverty.

Sir, you must wear a tie with those fatigues

Fidel will go down in history as the Chablis Revolutionary.

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