In 2013 Spokane’s electorate voted overwhelmingly to change the city’s charter to require independence for in civilian oversight of the police. On Monday, the city council voted for the third time not to enforce that mandate. Police reform is difficult everywhere but in Spokane there was, in the early years of Mayor David Condon’s first … Continue reading Strike Three
Kendall Feeney dazzled audiences with her passion for eclectic music. Off stage she was just as inspiring. My favorite memory of Kendall Feeney is from a bowling outing, one that now seems like a lifetime ago. It had to have been in the early 90s and the three of us—she and I and my then-spouse, … Continue reading Life in the Key of K
From the story When Murray Met Helen Helen was so moved by the faded photograph of Murray and Claire, and Claire’s resemblance to Helen in her childhood, that she could go no further into the collection. After staring at the picture for another half-minute she gently placed the album on top of the weathered leather … Continue reading Echinacea
The savage campaign to delegitimize Barack Obama is a stain on our history. But it offers no excuses for him, nor us, to not pursue justice in one of the darkest chapters of our history. By Tim Connor Seven years ago I set aside a platter of cynicism to caucus in my community for the … Continue reading A Tortured Presidency
