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Center for Justice A couple suggestions. Read Bill Morlin's piece in this morning's S-R about the death of Beverly Saruwatari. Come to tomorrow's city council meeting at 6 p.m.
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It hasn't been pretty, but this time it
looks like the Spokane Council will adopt substantive changes to the
city's police ombudsman office.
Center for Justice A Hoopfest homage, from last year. Gotta run, got the early game this morning.
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Spokane Hoopfest story about the agonies
of defeat in three on three basketball.
Center for Justice In addition to the police accountability saga, another important reason to attend this Monday's council meeting is to support passage of the city's Sustainability Action Plan. It's a big deal.
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With the added context of the Gulf oil
disaster, Spokane's initiatives to plan for a clean energy future return
to the City Council this coming Monday for a vote.
Center for Justice Lindsay Arnold brings some order to the confusion sown Monday night during the Spokane council's debate over shoreline rules.
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Wedged into Monday night's marathon city
council meeting was a tempestuous debate and an important vote on the
city's shorelines rules. Lindsay Arnold returns to the scene to try to
set the facts straight.
Center for Justice A federal judge has issued an injunction blocking President Obama's six month moratorium on deep sea drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
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A federal judge in New Orleans has
blocked a six-month moratorium on new deep-water drilling projects that
was imposed in response to the oil spill.
Center for Justice The Spokane City Council celebrates the longest day of the year with the most agonizing council meeting in recent memory.
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Monday night's council meeting spilled
well into Tuesday morning without a vote on a new police oversight
ordinance. But the city's new draft may actually deliver a measure of
independence for the police department's watchdog agency.
Center for Justice If there's one thing you do this year to show your support for police reform in Spokane, make it be your mere presence at this Monday's (June 21st) council meeting. Public comment is extra credit. Being there will matter by itself.
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The campaign to give teeth to the city's
police watchdog may be entering a new phase.
Center for Justice Now, here's some great news. The state Supreme Court grants our request for review in the Neighborhood Alliance v. Spokane County records case. Political soap opera meets legal thriller.
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The Neighborhood Alliance v. Spokane
County is just one of those cases that takes a licking, and keeps on
ticking. Next stop, the Washington Supreme Court.
Center for Justice E.J. Dionne sees a terrific fight brewing between David Souter and Antonin Scalia over "originalism." Definitely worth a read given where the Roberts Court is today.
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The retired Supreme Court justice's
well-aimed shot at Scalia and the "originalists."
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