
The NEWs at On the Ball 509
Advocate Arrested: She did the time, still doing the crime
Amber Letchworth sits on the board of a criminal rights nonprofit. She now sits in a Kootenai County, Idaho jail for moving meth & fentanyl armed with a saw-off shotgun.
Happy New Year! Betsy’s bad math gives citizens the “bird”
Under Betsy’s convoluted plan, a citizen may have to wait more than six months to speak again.
Wilkerson calls citizens’ volunteer ethics commission “broken”
Stay tuned Spokane. Much more about Wilkerson’s dealings don’t pass the smell test. We’re watching (and filing public records requests).
Stuckart: Spokane’s 3-minute man loose with truth
Stuckart misfires in Spokesman-Review letter to the editor. We request an explanation from the three-minute-man.
Sign the petition: Keep democracy on the ballot!
Zack Zappone is adamant that he never voted on his own district map. Now he wants to take your right to vote away.
Zackrabbit “Zippy” Zappone trying to pull another fast one
Zack Zappone has had 4 months to express any concerns about the unanimous resolution passed by his own colleagues giving the voters control over political district decision-making.
2023 People’s Poll, plus year’s top 4 stories
READERS - Thanks so much for keeping the 509 “On the Ball” Together, we have brought important stories forward, helped shape the debates, and created a community that is unafraid to speak truth to power. Please take our 2023 People’s Poll and check out our top four stories from our first five months!
Dems hire a pornographer to produce this year’s sleaziest political ad
The Democratic Party wouldn’t have to go producer shopping in the porn studios of Los Angeles if they would put out messages that Washington State talent could stomach.
A closing case made for Measure One
Spokane County Measure One supporter Jennifer Thomas makes a compelling closing argument for all of us to get out the vote.
High stakes geopolitics on her plate: what will Wilkerson do?
Forced by Sherazi to resolve the Israel-Hamas war, Wilkerson is presented an opportunity to demonstrate Solomonic wisdom today.
Shining a light on “Red Light Status” at Spokane County Jail
On Wednesday evening, SPD made two arrests following a string of car thefts from a dealership in North Spokane. Because the jail was in a red-light status, the suspects could not be booked.
does state law prevent Lisa Brown from Connecting with Commerce?
In 1994, Lisa Brown voted for the “Ethics in Public Service” Bill. Thirty years later, that law may prevent her from fulfilling her biggest campaign promise
Knezovich Video: Lisa Brown will decimate Spokane Police
Former Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich in his own words … “The rank-and-file police officers in the City of Spokane are very frightened of having Lisa Brown elected Mayor.”
An Inconvenient Donation: Riccelli passes the ga$
CALL TO ACTION - Will Spokane environmental activists rise up in protest against their own?
Brown budget #GOTuitionHikes!
Yet Brown claiming that she didn't vote raise tuition is a little like if Hillary Clinton had claimed she didn't vote for a war in Iraq, because she simply voted to give President George W. Bush the authority to go to war in Iraq.
STRONG SAFETY: not just a football position
As we get ready for another Sunday full of family, friends, fun and football, lets take a look at what those who know about strong safety policies have to say about Spokane’s future.
Lisa Brown’s pint-sized debate performance
Mayor Woodward looks on as too-little too-late Lisa Brown attempts to explain her neighborhood homeless parking program. Photo: Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review.
Commerce Connection: How Lisa Brown breached the safety of homeless children
Any one of Lisa Brown’s scandals would have sunk the campaign of an honest politician. Is the Spokane news media under the spell of Galfridus? Or, are they immune to the decades-old body of work BS that is Brown’s continued crazy train campaign?
Commerce Connection: Meet “Galfridus,” Lisa Brown’s cosplaying plant at Commerce
What is for sure is that Geoffrey Bracken, an employee of the State of Washington, is more than moonlighting as a volunteer political Treasurer.
Lisa Brown pledges to dismantle justice system
Lisa Brown has a long history of protecting the “rights” of criminals. Serving time in the State House in 1996, Lisa Brown was a leading member of the “Anti-Safety Six.”