Arrow-right Camera
Subscribe now

Don’t reward assessor

Our Spokane County assessor really needs some help. Our county assessor failed us. Our assessor took an oath of office to abide by our laws. Instead, our assessor was negligent and broke the law.

Our assessor, either defiantly or ignorantly, failed to fulfill a simple public records request. This is unacceptable. As a result, our assessor was fined over $26,000. The problem is this is only the first fine. There are other fines pending. But who really pays? We do, not the assessor.

The $88,000-a-year question is: “Do we now reward or punish this failure?” How many more fines are we willing to withstand under the current administration? The honorable action would be for the assessor to resign or pay the fine from personal funds. But I highly doubt these are even being considered.

Please pay attention; our tax dollars are being spent on fines because of negligence. Support a new assessor who will actually abide by the law.

Kevin Best

Spokane



Letters policy

The Spokesman-Review invites original letters on local topics of public interest. Your letter must adhere to the following rules:

  • No more than 250 words
  • We reserve the right to reject letters that are not factually correct, racist or are written with malice.
  • We cannot accept more than one letter a month from the same writer.
  • With each letter, include your daytime phone number and street address.
  • The Spokesman-Review retains the nonexclusive right to archive and re-publish any material submitted for publication.

Unfortunately, we don’t have space to publish all letters received, nor are we able to acknowledge their receipt. (Learn more.)

Submit letters using any of the following:

Our online form
Submit your letter here
Mail
Letters to the Editor
The Spokesman-Review
999 W. Riverside Ave.
Spokane, WA 99201
Fax
(509) 459-3815

Read more about how we crafted our Letters to the Editor policy