re: Here’s an expanded view of the “Wild Goose Chase” from a Huckleberries print column that I wrote two days later, on April 16, 2007. It spotlights the role Gookin’s followers had in the fiasco.
The posse that’s been tracking Lake City Development Corp. activity for months stubbed its toe badly last week. It all started with a
tip to LCDCritic
Dan Gookin
from someone with concerns about a Black Rock Development project. Seems the tipster had heard that developer
Marshall Chesrown
had illegally diverted the Spokane River in front of the Bellerive neighborhood along the shore next to Riverstone. To Gookin’s credit, he decided to check things out before spreading rumors. To the discredit of his associates, the local media was called, along with
Beth Reinhart
, an Army Corps of Engineers rep. Everyone met at Riverstone Starbucks – Gookin,
Duane Rasmussen, Matt Roetter
and
Ron Johnson
representing, ahem, concerned citizens; reporters and photographers from both local papers; and biologist Reinhart. Gookin led the group along the shoreline, where crews are building condos.
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