Astounding Parallels to the Watergate Scandal

As we watch the seams of the Presidency split away for the second time in my lifetime, the parallels to the Watergate scandal are astounding. Why astounding? Because I would have thought, and did think, that the lessons from Watergate were clear enough to guide any member of a presidential …

Spokane County Treasurer Steps Up for the Residents of his County

The elected Treasurer of Spokane County, Washington, has taken a courageous step on behalf of his constituents. As a single elected official, he has invoked the coordination process created in federal law to challenge the acquisition of a Washington based power company by a Canadian homed and owned power company. …

A Camelot for our Nation

In this month of April, fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated; one of the magnificent voices of America was stilled. Just four months later Robert Francis Kennedy was assassinated; another of the great voices of America stilled. When I graduated from the College of Idaho in 1958 …

Remembering my Mentor in Coordination, Bert Smith

Two years ago, today I wrote a tribute to my good friend and mentor in coordination Bert Smith who passed away on March 31 of that year, 2016. Bert was 96 years young and was still “mentally in it”. I think of him almost daily at one point or another …