Jeff Colliton

Fri., Sept. 10, 1999

Personal: 58 … Retired U.S. Army colonel, served 26 years … Owned Park Inn Tavern until 1993 … Former sales representative for Spokane Pulltab … City Council member … serves on Parks and Recreation and Cable Advisory boards.

Education: B.A. from Gonzaga University, 1962 … Master of Science from Florida Institute of Technology … post-graduate studies at Industrial College of Armed Forces, Washington, D.C.

Finances: About $20,000 as of Sept. 7, including $1,000 from Build East, $500 from Central Pre-Mix and $500 from Laborers International, Local 230.

Campaign advisors: Dan Murphy, Carol Lawton and Karl Speltz.

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