If you've been telling everyone you know that your local electeds are A.) clueless; B.) wasting your money; C.) spending their waking hours with the heads in small, lightless places or D.) all of the above, it's put up or shut up time. Filing week…
The Washington State Patrol is hiring. The woman’s voice on the radio ad seems to be offering an interesting job opportunity, but the line at the end of her pitch is a bit surprising. “If you’re between the ages of 18-and-a-half and 65. . .”…
Finally, an update that's not all Sotomayor all the time. This one, from TalkingPointsMemo, is just Sotomayor about half the time. Plus a bit of Burris and Blogojevich.
AP Photo by David GuttenfelderSometimes it seems there's a Spokane connection to almost anything, if you look hard enough.Here's one that was overlooked, however. The above picture set off a bit of a media tidal wave earlier this month when a soldier in Afghanistan rolled…
Groups who think the city isn't going far enough to provide oversight of its Police Department will be protesting Friday in advance of a series of "meet the ombudsman candidates" forums.And they have a special guest protester: Shonto Pete, the Spokane man who was shot…
Initiative entrepreneur Tim Eyman must have a bit of time on his hands. He's filed yet another initiative with the Secretary of State's office.This one attempts to cast in even harder concrete a Washington car owner's God-given right to cheap car tabs. Anything over $30…
Washington residents who are thinking about running for some local office this year had better make up their minds quickly. It's almost time to spit or get off the spot.Next week is filing week. From the time the county courthouse doors open Monday morning until…
A summertime diversion from heavy political discussions of Sonia Sotomayor, North Korean nukes and who runs the GOP: the list of the 10 worst renditions of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".At No. 10 is Mr. T, who sang recently in Chicago to some pitiful…
Wednesday national newscasts, as expected, were full of Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor. The folks from TalkingPointsMemo boil it down for you.
The City of Spokane will hold public forums for its police ombudsman finalists on Friday and Saturday.There are three prospects:Anthony Betz, of College Station, Tex., a retired FBI agent working as an adjunct professor at Texas A&M University.Timothy Burns, of Visalia, Calif., a retired police…
Spokane City Councilman Mike Allen has formally entered the race he had formerly said he would enter.Or is that Allen has formerly entered the race he had formally said he would enter...hmmmm.Whatever. Allen, who was appointed to the seat that opened on the council when…
All of Tuesday's 100 seconds from TalkingPointsMemo were taken up with President Obama's Supreme Court pick, Sonya Sotomayor:Wednesday's question: When will Fox News anchors get the memo telling them how to pronounce her name?
Most of Spokane County may be thinking about such warm weather concerns as whether we fit into a bathing suit, whether the legs are so white they'll blind bystanders or how to get a decent campground site. But not the elected officials of Spokane Valley…
The Oregon Legislature voted this week to ban automatic dishwasher detergent with phosphorus, to which we in Spokane can say "Welcome to the 21st Century." And, "Good luck with that."Based on local experience, Spin Control can also predict what's ahead: Assuming the governor doesnt' veto…
Hard to say where all this attention to Fatso the Keyboard Cat will go, after he showed up on The Daily Show this week. Here, he's a parody (or possibly a double parody?)And no, this isn't political, it's just your typical Spokane vortex weirdness, because…
Friday, quickly, from the folks at TalkingPointsMemo.
Ed King, chairman of the Spokane County Democratic Party, is stepping down for health reasons and the party's first vice president, Amy Biviano, is moving into the top spot on an interim basis with hopes of taking it on permanently.Biviano said Friday she expects a…
Barack Obama and Dick Cheney debate anti-terrorism policy in separate venues, courtesy of TalkingPointsMemo.For John Stewart's take on this, (which is, a bit longer but much funnier) go inside the blog
Some proposed changes in rural housing developments known as clusters will have to be decided by Spokane County commissioners. The county planning commission, with only four of its seven members present, deadlocked Thursday on some of the more controversial changes, including whether to ban the…
Spokane County has finished its annual reevaluation of property, and is about to mail each property the assessments for the coming year. They'll hit the post office on June 1, and should be in mailboxes within a few days of that.But if you can't wait…
What you missed in the news if you played hooky on Wednesday, from the folks at TalkingPointsMemo.
Initiative entrepreneur Tim Eyman is loathe to pass up an opportunity to get publicity for whatever ballot measure he's hawking, so it was no surprise he showed up Tuesday at the signing and vetoing of the last bills from the late, great legislative session.Gov. Chris…
Pittsbugh Steelers linebacker James Harrison RSVPs with a resounding "Nope" to an invitation from President Obama to come to the White House with the other members of the team. His reason...because Obama would have invited the Arizona Cardinals if they had won the Super Bowl.Duh?…
Spokane County will offer an incentive to county employees who are eligible to retire but not yet 65 – help with medical insurance they’d have to pay until Medicare kicks in. It’s one way the county will try to convince some higher paid employees to…
Readers of Doug Clark's column will recognize the Spokane connection to Monday night's Daily Show closer. (The video comes direct from Comedy Central, which means it has a 30 minute commercial before the 1-minute bit. Sorry about that).The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th…
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