Spokane makes the national news!

surfinmuse · 05-05-2005, 09:58 PM

Aw... warm & fuzzy stories about integrity....!

Thanks for posting the story, WendyBeth!

wendybeth · 05-05-2005, 10:31 PM

Ugh, I just finished reading his IM's with a couple of kids- what a freaking perv. (Well, one was a kid, who actually ends up telling West off for being such a hypocrite, and the other was a reporter posing as a 17 year old). This guy is truly freaky-weird.

To add a twist to the story, the newspaper, who has been investigating this for three years, actually endorsed this guy over his opponent, Tom Grant, last fall. Tom Grant is an award winning journalist who exposed the corrupt city council and the the newspaper's owners daughter for fraudulently obtaining federal HUD funding to assist in her developement company's quest to build a high end shopping center on the Cowles (owners of the Spokesman Review) downtown property. The Cowles pretty much run this town, and have ties to the New York publishing world as well. (Stepdad is the owner of the New York Times, or something like that). Anyway, things are tied up in very messy and expensive litigation, the IRS is investigating, our city bond rates are imperiled over this, and suddenly last week Mayor West settles with the Cowles, to our financial detriment. Now, this week, they lay this on him. (I'm sure they have their own man waiting in the wings to take his place). I'm also sure he'll have some interesting things to say about the Cowles in the time to come.....

wendybeth · 05-09-2005, 10:41 PM

An update:
Mayor takes leave

It's really hard to convey just what a sleazeball this jack-off is. He has made life a living hell for many of our state's gay community, particularily here in conservative Eastern Washington. He's the worst sort of hypocrite- the kind who can actually set policy and law, and he gets off on his double life.

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surfinmuse Mind the Gap Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 123	Aw... warm & fuzzy stories about integrity....! Thanks for posting the story, WendyBeth!
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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Ugh, I just finished reading his IM's with a couple of kids- what a freaking perv. (Well, one was a kid, who actually ends up telling West off for being such a hypocrite, and the other was a reporter posing as a 17 year old). This guy is truly freaky-weird. To add a twist to the story, the newspaper, who has been investigating this for three years, actually endorsed this guy over his opponent, Tom Grant, last fall. Tom Grant is an award winning journalist who exposed the corrupt city council and the the newspaper's owners daughter for fraudulently obtaining federal HUD funding to assist in her developement company's quest to build a high end shopping center on the Cowles (owners of the Spokesman Review) downtown property. The Cowles pretty much run this town, and have ties to the New York publishing world as well. (Stepdad is the owner of the New York Times, or something like that). Anyway, things are tied up in very messy and expensive litigation, the IRS is investigating, our city bond rates are imperiled over this, and suddenly last week Mayor West settles with the Cowles, to our financial detriment. Now, this week, they lay this on him. (I'm sure they have their own man waiting in the wings to take his place). I'm also sure he'll have some interesting things to say about the Cowles in the time to come..... __________________
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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	An update: Mayor takes leave It's really hard to convey just what a sleazeball this jack-off is. He has made life a living hell for many of our state's gay community, particularily here in conservative Eastern Washington. He's the worst sort of hypocrite- the kind who can actually set policy and law, and he gets off on his double life. __________________
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