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Declining to write

Wed., Dec. 7, 2016

The Review has an article in the paper asking if anyone wants to be Doug Clark for a day and write an opinion column in the paper.

I thought maybe I could give it a try but since reading Doug’s columns all these years, I’ve realized most of his columns are about his musical attributes or his opinions on how bad the Spokane Police Department operates.

I’m not a musician so I cannot write about music. I also happen to know that the Spokane Police Department is one of the best departments in the country and therefore I cannot write anything negative about it how functions.

Therefore at this time, I have to decline writing an article as Doug Clark for a day.

Joseph Machala

Kettle Falls

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