Arrow-right Camera
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Community Comment archive for Jan. 28, 2009

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28, 2009

Black Hole of Depression 62 

Unemployment.Layoffs upon Layoffs. I've never seen anything like it. First, yesterday's paper's headline shouted "One day, 40,000 job cuts" for household names like Caterpillar, Home Depot and Sprint Nextel. Then the news bulletin alert on my email stated that Mayor Vernor was planning nine layoffs…

Continue reading this post »


Seattle Post-Intelligencer, davidhorsey.com David Horsey  (The Spokesman-Review)

Where did the money go? 

Good morning, Netizens... I think perhaps this is one of the David Horsey cartoons upon which we will all agree, when he asks the unspoken question, “Just where the dickens did all that money the government gave the banks go?” It seems each time I…

Continue reading this post »


Spokesman-Review readers blog about news and issues in Spokane written by Dave Laird.