Nov02 | Our view: Endorsement recapFollowing is a summary of The Spokesman-Review editorial board's endorsements in Tuesday's general election. |
Oct31 | Our View: Districts 1, 2, 4 picksSeven state legislative seats are at stake in Tuesday's election in Idaho's northernmost counties. Here are The Spokesman-Review editorial board's endorsements. |
Oct30 | Our View: Stay with CurrieKootenai County Commissioner Rick Currie, a Republican, has the job now. Independent candidate Bob MacDonald had it once before. Democrat Stephen Caires has been waiting for the right time to run for it. |
Oct30 | Our View: Re-elect TondeeIncumbent Republican Todd Tondee and his chief challenger, Bruce Noble, largely agree on the substantive issues facing Kootenai County. Tondee says he has the experience advantage for the position. Noble says he would be a more forceful advocate. |
Oct29 | Our View: Sheriff choice clearIn May, Kootenai County Sheriff Rocky Watson faced a vigorous challenge in the Republican primary from an ex-deputy who accused him of poor leadership and blamed him for a number of deputies leaving the department for higher pay in Spokane. |
Oct24 | Our view: Minnick best choiceThe 1st Congressional District of Idaho has had its share of iconoclastic characters: Helen Chenoweth-Hage, Butch Otter and Bill Sali. But Sali stands apart for his inability to gain respect and encouragement from a wide range of fellow Republicans. |
Oct23 | Our View: Risch best for IdahoAs Larry Craig departs the U.S. Senate, five candidates seek the open seat. Two of them are seasoned and capable politicians, and at least two are not. |
Oct19 | Our view: Re-elect GregoireRound 2 of Rossi vs. Gregoire differs from Round 1 in a conspicuous way. This year, one candidate has a gubernatorial record to run on – and defend. |
Oct17 | Our view: Jail project neededKootenai County officials have an unenviable sales job in trying to get a supermajority of voters to approve two ballot measures to pay for jail expansion and the construction of related public safety buildings. The price tag went from $50 million in 2005 to $147 million. The economy is tanking. And this time, the passage of a local-option sales tax increase would not be offset by a reduction in property taxes. |
Oct15 | Our View: Experience mattersAttorney general |
Oct14 | Our View: Experience countsThe Spokesman-Review editorial board has reached the following endorsement positions. |
Oct13 | Our View: They make differenceThe editorial board of The Spokesman-Review has reached the following endorsement positions. |
Oct12 | Our View: Commissioner leads on mental health, crime issuesThe race between Republican Spokane County Commissioner Mark Richard and Democrat Brian Sayrs pits two knowledgeable candidates with a passion for public service. |
Oct12 | Our View: Incumbent builds bipartisan cooperationWhen Todd Mielke was elected to the Spokane County Commission four years ago, some worried the Republican would always favor developers over citizens interested in neighborhood preservation and rural land conservation. The region's housing boom coincided with Mielke's first two years in office, and trees on the hillsides around Spokane seemed to disappear underneath the weight of McMansion developments. |
Oct10 | Our view: Brown skilled leaderThe editorial board of The Spokesman-Review has reached the following endorsement decisions. |
Oct09 | Our view: A keeper in CongressCathy McMorris Rodgers will turn 40 next spring, possibly as a third-term member of Congress. |
Oct07 | Our View: McCain is our choiceThe 2008 presidential election is historical on several levels, the most familiar being that no matter who wins, a social barrier will fall. The nation will have either its first African-American president or its first female vice president. |
Oct05 | Just vote noThree initiatives will appear on the general election ballot in Washington state. Following are Spokesman-Review endorsements on those measures. |
Aug08 | Our View: Madsen's a good pickNo matter what, the vast 7th Legislative District will get a pro-business, social conservative to replace Rep. Bob Sump, who decided not to seek re-election. Voters just have to decide which of the five Republicans is the best. |
Aug03 | Our View: It's Schmick's timeIn 2006, when Joe Schmick ran for the state House of Representatives from District 9, he lost in a squeaker to Steve Hailey. The Colfax farmer and vending company owner thought he was done with politics. Schmick didn't know whether he possessed the time, energy or inclination to try again for state office. |
Aug01 | Our view: Parker for HouseUntil two years ago, no legislative district in Washington had a longer run of Republican dominance than the 6th, which hadn't elected a Democrat to the House or Senate since 1938. Sen. Chris Marr and Rep. Don Barlow pierced the partisan barrier in 2006. |
Jul31 | Our view: It's Wilhite's timeIn the Aug. 19 primary election, for the first time since 1996, Lynn Schindler's name will not be on the ballot in the 4th Legislative District. Three Republicans and two Democrats are competing to succeed her. |
Jul30 | Our view: Best choice is WaiteVoters who live in the 3rd Legislative District should envy Goldilocks of fairy tale fame. At least she found a bowl of porridge that tasted just right. None of the district's legislative candidates – including incumbent Alex Wood – is "just right" for the job. |
Jul29 | Our view: Re-elect TompkinsAs a deputy prosecuting attorney, David Stevens has seen Spokane County Superior Court Judge Linda Tompkins in action. He doesn't think she's up to the job, and he wants to take it away from her. |
Jul28 | Our view: Plese gets the nodThe race for the Spokane County Superior Court seat, Position 1, being vacated by retiring Judge Robert D. Austin, presents voters with two well-known candidates and a Spokane native who has returned home. |
Jul27 | Our view: Korsmo a clear choicePeering into judicial races can be a difficult task for voters. Which of the candidates with the requisite law degrees and expertise in highly technical matters is the best choice? |
Jul27 | Our view: Retain JohnsonCharles Johnson has been a Washington state Supreme Court Justice for 18 years, but some people still wonder how an unknown Gig Harbor lawyer unseated Chief Justice Keith Callow in 1990. |
Jul26 | Our view: Re-elect FairhurstThe scales of justice are supposed to be balanced.In politics it's a different story, and the contest for Position 3 on the Washington Supreme Court is clearly weighted in one candidate's favor. |
Jul25 | Our view: Stick with BergesonThe race for superintendent for public instruction presents a high-stakes test for Washington voters. Do they want to re-elect Terry Bergeson for a fourth term or choose one of her five opponents, all of whom would put the state on a different course? |
Jul24 | Our view: Martin for treasurerTo understand what happens at the state treasurer's office, think what happens at your bank or credit union. You deposit your money. The bank "holds" it for you until you use it to pay bills. Banks grow their funds by loaning customers' savings to others. The state treasurer acts as the state's banker, paying the state's bills from money collected in taxes. The treasurer also grows state funds through investments. |
Nov04 | Our view: Election Day recapThe growing practice of voting by mail means many Inland Northwest citizens have already cast their ballots in the Nov. 6 general election. |
Oct21 | Our view: Yes on Prop. 2Last month a county riot control team was called to Geiger Corrections Center to deal with drunken inmates. At the command post, an officer tried to communicate with those at the prison, but his radio wouldn't work. |
Oct20 | Our View: Support park bondSpokane opened its first municipal swimming pool in 1914 on Mission Avenue, close to where Witter Pool is today. There were two pools actually – one for boys and one for girls, though this gender segregation didn't last. |
Oct17 | Our View: Choosing experienceCoeur d'Alene's and Post Falls' city councils both have three contested races on the Nov. 6 ballot. Here are The Spokesman-Review editorial board's endorsements in those contests. |
Oct09 | Endorsements: Hession for mayorIt won't be long before Spokane County voters receive their general election ballots in the mail. Knowing that many will mark and return them right away, we begin printing our endorsements today. |
Aug19 | Our View: It's ballot timeNo, the summer isn't passing any faster than usual this year. Labor Day is still two weeks and a day away, and school won't resume in Spokane until a day after that. |
Aug10 | Our view: Hession for mayorLess than two years ago, Spokane residents breathed a collective sigh of relief when Dennis Hession took over as mayor. After the upheaval of former Mayor Jim West's scandals, Hession's stability, discipline and honesty provided a reassuring contrast. |
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