OLYMPIA -- Rep. Susan Fagan and Spokane City Councilman Mike Fagan don't share any constituents, but both do have voters in the Spokane area.

And the Pullman legislator wants them to know that she is not the Fagan who called Gov. Jay Inslee a "lying whore" in a recent fund-raising letter.

Councilman Mike Fagan, who signed onto an appeal with initiative partners Tim Eyman and his father Jack Fagan, is coming under criticism from his council colleagues for the use of that language. (See posts below.) The governor, who is in Washington, D.C., and has a few other things to worry about like additional tanks leaking at Hanford, has declined comment.

But headlines tend to stick with last names, which is causing Rep. Susan Fagan some heartburn. She's a Republican legislator from the Palouse who is likely to disagree with Inslee on any number of issues over the course of the session, and agree with Eyman and Co., on some.

But that kind of language "would never cross her lips," an aide said.

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