Snyder on signature: I’m left-handed
![Signature of Spokane City Councilman Jon Snyder. This one comes from a letter he signed on Nov. 26, 2013 to the CEO of Deaconess and Valley hospitals.](https://thumb.spokesman.com/gDyLhYCF2WIICHOppUGMJVWzQf8=/810x0/media.spokesman.com/photos/2014/01/09/Signature.jpg)
Yesterday, I asked readers to guess which Spokane leader uses this signature.
It belongs to City Councilman Jon Snyder. The above example comes from this letter.
Snyder claims the signature is simply a big J.
Me: "Is it a backward J?"
Snyder: "I'm left-handed."
He says the simplified signature is the result of laziness, not an attempt to make a statement. It's illegibility came in handy about 15 years ago, he said, when he was the target of identity thieves who forged his signature in a way that was legible.
Since it isn't likely to affixed to dollar bills any time soon, don't expect it to change.