Archive for 'Spokane County Commission'

Got Todd Mielke, Got Trouble on the Spokane County Commission

Sunday, October 28th, 2012 at 4:30 am  
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According to the YouTube video and its corresponding website, Spokane County Commissioner, Todd Mielke, has used his position to pass unlawful land use amendments to the county code.  He has helped buy property for Spokane County to the lucrative benefit of his friends that own the land and at the cost of tax payers in Spokane County.

Todd Mielke under fire

Just before dishing out political favors to people, Todd Mielke has been caught asking these same people for campaign contributions. The Spokesman Review wrote about him doing just that. Read the rest of this entry

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Was Todd Mielke Asking Developer Douglass for a Bribe?

Wednesday, October 10th, 2012 at 6:19 pm  
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The Spokane County Commissioners voted to accept a settlement with a developer that now appears to be fraudulent.  When  Commissioner Todd Mielke was asked by Lancze Douglass to look into the matter, Republican Todd Mielke turned around and asked the guy for a campaign contribution.

I don’t know about you, but to me that smells like a request for a bribe.

The Douglass Brothers

Photo Credit to Accountable  To Spokane. Read the rest of this entry

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Todd Mielke Website

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 at 6:43 am  
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Todd Mielke is running for re-election for Spokane County Commission, and his past may be catching up with him. The site details his history as an aid for Jim West, as a tobacco lobbyist, and as a politician. In 1995 Republican Todd Mielke resigned from the Washington State Legislature to become a high paid lobbyist for big pharmaceutical companies and the tobacco industry. A few years  later the Republican ran for the Spokane County Commission. Read the rest of this entry

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New Jail? No Deal!

Sunday, October 24th, 2010 at 3:14 am  
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By Stillwalkn

A new jail will not make us safer. But it will make us poorer. It will cost every resident of the county nearly $3,000 over the course of the project. I don’t know about you, but I can’t afford an increase in my taxes unless it’s absolutely essential.

What would make a new jail absolutely essential? Would it be an overflow of dangerous violent offenders, so many we would be renting beds in other jails because we had no room for them in our existing jail? Even if this was the case, and it is NOT, we could still explore more cost-effective options, like remodeling existing buildings. If the state can do that, why can’t the county?

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Bonnie Mager and Steve Salvatori laugh it up

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 3:08 am  
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MAger and Salvatori
Photo Credit: www.BelleAnnePhotography.com

Bonnie Mager has a knack for turning opponents into friends. At Unity in the Community, primary candidate Steve Salvatori and incumbent Bonnie Mager laugh it up. By the time this photo was taken, Salvatori had already conceded defeat and was taking down his signs.

This photo is to the credit of both Steve and Bonnie. Too many politicians and people in general take themselves too seriously. Sure . . . the problems that our community and society face are serious, but as individuals we need to be humble about our own role in solving them.

According to Bart Haggin, Bonnie and Phil Harris are now getting along well also.

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Mager was the true winner last Tuesday

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 at 1:22 am  
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Bonnie Mager gave Al French, Steve Salvatori, Jeff Holy, and David Elton a whooping in the County Commissioner race for Ward #3.  She pulled 46.7% of the vote compared to 17.47% for French, 16.87% for Holy, 15.35% Salvatori, and 3.6% Elton as of Sunday, August 22.

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