As many of you have read, I met with Mary Verner shortly after I started the endeavor that is Spokompton. I did so because I had it from a source close to her, that she had filed a police report in regards to harassing email she had received. I met her at the Starbucks on 14th and Grand, and had a witness present with me for a large part of our conversation. During the course of this meeting she repeatedly insisted that she had filed a police report because she felt threatened by an emails she had received from someone other then myself, and that my blog was violating Washington States new Anti-Cyber Stalking laws, wrong Ms. Verner, it does not. I was reporting first had information of an event that you even admitted occurred.
I asked Mary repeatedly for the case number for her police report so that I could call and speak to the detective in charge of the investigation personally and set matters straight. She outright refused to provide me the case number, claiming that it was a private number and that I would be contacted (I gave her my phone number) by the detective. I was suspicious of this and gave her the benefit of the doubt, I even offered her the opportunity for an on the issues interview and that I would post information regarding her campaign, she stated that she would appreciate that. It has now been more then a month since that meeting, I have never been contacted by a police detective, and I have emailed with Ms.Verner a couple of times, only to be told that she is “to busy” to complete her position papers which she has listed on her website.
To set my suspicions aside I decided to go into the police station and find out for sure. I met with a detective who retrieved the police report. I told him that I was an interested party as Mary Verner had stated that my pseudonym was listed in the report. I gave the detective my real name, my handle, my email address and another email address that could be of interest in the case, he repeatedly told me in crystal clear tones that none of this information was contained in the report and that the report had nothing to do with Mary’s political activities and that further more it was not a criminal report, but merely an informational report.
Other sources outside of the police station told me that the report was related to her children and that she had filed it so that the police department would have record of it.
Mary, it just goes to show, lying to intimidate a poor college student doesn’t pay and that the truth shall will out. You do not deserve to be the mayor of Spokane, much less a city councilwoman, I have no doubt that the people of Spokane will tell you much the same thing in little over a month. Despite what some groups and individuals are saying you are NOT the candidate of the people, you lie and repress everyone who disagrees with you.
Once again I find myself saying this. Shame on you Mary Verner!
Stuck in Spokane
July 27, 2007 at 1:05 am
Wow, crazy situation. Have you contacted the Spokesman Review about this?
Random trivia - I lived in Spokane (15 years).
July 29, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Jim Camden, the Spokesman’s political reporter, has in th past paid at least a little attention to this blog. I wouldn’t be surprised if he still were.
July 31, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Interesting opinion, Stuck In Spokane! However, as a retired insurance claim manager for the Northwest quadrant of the U.S. , as a retired hearings officer, and as retired subrogation manager for a local law firm, I am appalled that you take limited information from a police report and make inferences that may or may not be correct. If you did that while working for me, I’d first try to send you back for additional investigation, and then, barring anything more concrete than what you have, I’d be so concerned about defamation issues and bad faith in the civil arena that we would figure out another means of meeting our goal. Looking forward to seeing how maturity affects your perspective over time!!!
July 31, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Amended reply. My first one left a few critical words out:
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Interesting opinion, Stuck In Spokane! However, as a retired insurance claim manager for the Northwest quadrant of the U.S. , as a retired hearings officer, and as retired subrogation manager for a local law firm, I am appalled that you take limited hearsay information from another’s review of a police report and make inferences that may or may not be correct. If you did that while working for me, I’d first try to send you back for additional investigation, and then, barring anything more concrete than what you have, I’d be so concerned about defamation issues and bad faith in the civil arena that we would figure out another means of meeting our goal. Looking forward to seeing how maturity affects your perspective over time!!!
Bill Tann