Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Here
For those of you who managed to vote, here is what you get (SR)
Car prowlers roost in Moscow (KREM)
Why is media helping police give out red light footage? (KHQ)
There
Feds drag activists into court for reading books (The Stranger)
Hottest goddamn month ever in U.S. (WashPo)
Hipsters are moving into bingo (Colo. Springs Indy)
Bear rescue
Tags: morning briefing , elections , spokane , morning brief , prowlers , moscow , seattle , activists , grand jury , bear rescue , election , hipster bingo , News , Video
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Inland Northwest
Jensen-Byrd demolisher backs out (SR)
Was a cop ambushed? (KXLY)
Disc golf in Sandpoint! (Bonner Co. Daily Bee)
Elsewhere
Fighting grows in Syria (NYT)
Seattle homes prices go ever upward (ST)
Mars
Images from Curiosity (NPR)
Curiosity on Twitter
Are they just playing video games?
Tags: morning briefing , spokane , idaho , mars curiosity , npr , morning brief , sandpoint , cop ambush , jensen byrd , News , Video
Friday, August 3, 2012
Here
Panhandlers may get the shaft by city council (KXLY)
The rest of us may get the shaft by Mayor Condon (KREM)
Somebody shot up North Spokane (KHQ)
Elsewhere
Oakland: last refuge of Occupy movement? (NYT)
U.S. adds 163k jobs in July (WashPo)
Tough times for China's shipbuilders (LA Times)
Supersuckers Tuesday at The Hop!
Tags: morning briefing , supersuckers , pandhandling , north spokane shooter , morning brief , weights and measures , occupy oakland , News , Video
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Hereabouts
More booze restrictions on poor people (SR)
Three convictions on Post Falls man overturned (CdA Press)
Wildfire rages near Patero (KXLY)
The Great Beyond
Oregon crews wrestle with Japanese tsunami dock (Oregonian)
Portland woman becomes mermaid (KREM)
Wall Street trading glitch costs $440 million (NYT)
Syrians using video against their government
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Spokane Mayor David Condon proposed today to eliminate 100 city jobs - through 35 layoffs and the darkening of 65 vacant positions - as part of his 2013 budget proposal.
And while Condon stressed at a press conference that public safety was his highest priority, the plan includes cutting 19 vacant police officer positions and nine relief firefighter positions.
When asked whether he thought the department's current number of police officers were sufficient to keep people in Spokane safe, Condon didn't directly answer.
"I'm a data person, we're looking at a couple initiatives out there right now with hotspots police that are showing some promise," Condon said.
[Read Chris Stein's story here on whether these patrols are reducing crime or simply shifting it around.]
"Some of the other numbers I have still have some concern over," Condon added, referring to the city's woes over property crimes.
Condon added that he is not calling for a hiring freeze, so officers who leave next year could be replaced.
The budget proposal now goes to the Spokane City Council for debate. Council President Ben Stuckart expressed disappointment over the cuts in police department positions.
"I don't think that's really good for the citizens of Spokane," he says. "I've been talking to officers all year long about the need to fill those positions.
More City Hall Eyeball here.
Tags: city hall eyeball , david condon , politics , spokane police department , ben stuckart , city of spokane , News , Image
Inland Northwest
Mayor Condon to unleash his budget (KREM)
125-year sentence for gun thief (SR)
Crop circles in Wilbur (KXLY)
Wherever Else Remains
Tea Party candidate wins TX senate primary (NYT)
Putting the 'bad' in Olympic badminton (WashPo)
Gore Vidal dies, the world gets more boring (NYT)
This is how aristocratic white dudes rage
Tags: morning briefing , spokane , idaho , morning brief , inlander , gore vidal , mayor condon , budget , crop circles , tea party , News , Video
Monday, July 30, 2012
Here
Woman pepper-sprays senior citizen (KREM)
Spokane fails to control its booze hounds (SR)
Ferguson's to reopen (KXLY)
Idaho's young are screwed (Boise Weekly)
Elsewhere
Colorado shooter charged with 24 counts of murder (WashPo)
Tale of a shrinking lake (NYT)
A trip to the My Little Pony Convention (Orlando Weekly)
Tonight at the Bing
Tags: morning brief , spokane , idaho , colorado shooter , pepper spray , booze crackdown , my little pony , idaho youth , unemployment , News , Video
Friday, July 27, 2012
Here
Convicted murder granted a new trial
Search for long-missing woman goes on (KXLY)
Tries say gov't should regulate online gaming (CdA Press)
Wherever
Will China destroy the environment? (LA Times)
Economy continues to suck (NYT)
Essay: American movies, for richer or poorer (WashPo)
Tonight at Mootsy's
Tags: morning brief , spokane , idaho , flee the century , online gaming , jeramie davis , china , morning briefing , News , Video
Thursday, July 26, 2012
We wrote this week about Jeramie R. Davis, a man sent to prison for the 2007 murder of an adult book store owner. Davis has always proclaimed his innocence, and it seems like the world has begun listening.
A jury earlier this month found another man guilty of the same murder. And at a hearing today in Spokane, a judge granted Davis a new trial, according to Anna Tolin, Davis's lawyer. Tolin added that no trial date has been set, and state prosecutors could still appeal the decision.
Will Davis be redeemed? Stay tuned . . .
Tags: crime , jeramie davis , julio davila , john allen , spokane , murder , News , Image
Here
First date for Spokane and its PD chief candidates (SR)
List of what your neighbors want to with red light money (KXLY)
Burglars ravage the Gem state (Cda Press)
Wherever
Garbage workers strike in Seattle (ST)
Big-box stores scale down to reach urbanites (NYT)
Skype makes your data and chats available to police (WashPo)
Romney songsmith has bitchin' back catalogue
Tags: morning briefing , spokane , idaho , morning brief , spokane police chief , coeur d'alene burglary , seattle , waste management , third eagle of the apocalypse , News , Video
