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Tom's avatar
Jul 2Edited

“Bad politicians are elected by good people who don’t vote.” We’re here today because 2/3 of eligible Longview voters couldn’t complete a ballot mailed to their home with return postage paid. Voters, in large numbers, can reduce the Gang of Four to the Disgruntled Three in November. Let’s do this!

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Michael R.'s avatar

Maybe we can ALL be above the law just like our “leaders.” Spencer Bodreau is the ring leader. Vote him out in November.

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Edward L. Phillips's avatar

It seems to me the defendants are just trying to drain the finances of the plaintiffs. The public will eventually pay a price for this effort, even if the voters speak.

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Gina's avatar

Is there a way to prevent delays? Getting a new attorney will probably cause another one since he has to take time to get up to speed on the case. It seems like a judge could set a date for something and use fines or jail if it isn’t done.

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Michael Grubbs's avatar

Are the amounts paid for the legal bills, public record? Where can that be found? Thanks for keeping attention on this.

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Michael R.'s avatar

Michael, this is where you can request public records: https://longviewwa.mycusthelp.com/WEBAPP/_rs/(S(srm0g2evltrgdsxe4fcehpdk))/supporthome.aspx

And yes, amounts paid for legal bills are public records just like email and texts exchanged between council members and staff are public records.

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Andre Stepankowsky's avatar

I have the records and used them to total up the charges to the city. I have all the invoices except for one submitted this spring. The number of hours billed is disclosed, but the nature of the work in those hours is blacked out.

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Britney Bish's avatar

Cowlitz - we need to also work on replacing Joel, Jim and Jim too! The corruption runs deep

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Britney Bish's avatar

They all think they are above the law don’t they?! Bye Lafave 👋🏻 bye Spence 👋🏻 bye all you corrupt cronies

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