Good evening, Netizens...

Reference http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/16/spokanes-first-police-ombudsman-selected/

We have a candidate for police ombudsman. His name is Timothy Burns of Visalia, California, a retired police officer now working as a neighborhood preservation advocate.

“I am excited to be able to move this process closer to conclusion,” Verner said in a prepared statement. “I believe Mr. Burns is the right selection for our community.”

Did you notice something was missing? There was no explanation why she chose Burns over the other two candidates, the FBI official and Texas A&M instructor, or Greg Weber, a Spokane attorney and former deputy director of the Washington State Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Tony Betz.

I gave Queen Mary her moniker because of her yakkety-yak-don't-talk-back attitude, with the exception of when she is singing “Proud Mary” with Doug Clark for grins and giggles. Did we have a snow emergency? Her immediate response took fifteen lines of print to deny it. Most anytime she has something to say she is chattier than a Chatty Cathy doll stuck in overdrive.

Who muzzled Queen Mary on her choice of ombudsman and why? Is there an unseen hand keeping her from explaining why she chose Burns?

Now it goes before the City Council for ratification. Maybe we'll learn the reason(s) for her choice, but probably not.

Dave

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