https://examplepro.me/2018/08/03/playing-the-bigot-card-during-an-election-cycle/

It sure appears that elected Spokane County Republican State Committeeman Brian Standow thinks it was.

After I published the story linked above I received this message from Brian Standow requesting I add the information he supplied to my previous story, so I will.

I’m not the only one to whom Standow has made the claim that Ozzie was behind it.

What is interesting about the Knezovich, Standow relationship is that it becomes hard to tell what it actually is. In one breath Standow states that Ozzie is his enemy whom he keeps close to him.

Yet in the next breath Standow says Ozzie is his friend.

In politics it is hard to tell which people friends and which people are actually are just using each other to accomplish some political end.

 

Ozzie didn’t always hate the Northwest Grassroots folks there was a time he actually touted and thanked them.

 

The timelines suggest that Ozzie’s battle with the Northwest Grassroots organization and some of its members began near the time his battle with Matt Shea and Rob Chase started. I don’t think anyone can dispute the fact that Ozzie has utter disdain for Shea and Chase, something he has publicly and privately expressed over and over again.

 

Ozzie has even publicly accused some of the people he doesn’t like along with former President Obama of being responsible for assassinating Cops.

 

If Ozzie was behind all this drama he certainly is open for criticism for some of the relationships he himself has and had, including his close relationship with Mark Fuhrman, whom many believe to be a racist.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2006/aug/20/sheriffs-race-grabs-attention/

It seems inevitable with Ozzie Knezovich that when the truth is exposed there ends up being some kind of threat.

 

Another questionable relationship Ozzie had was with somewhat infamous and since passed Militia Leader Ed LaStage.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/apr/02/few-show-up-for-militia-rally-in-montana/

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/jul/14/gritz-finally-arrives-in-heaven-patriot-movement/

I know… kind of weird right given all of Ozzie’s recent rants about Constitutionalist and Militia Members? Ozzie’s explanation to me regarding his friendship with LaStage was that LaStage was Ozzie’s informant to the Joint Terrorism Task Force on the Militia movement, however he had no proof that was true, and it certainly doesn’t make sense he would post something that would draw attention to the relationship.

If as Standow alleges Ozzie was behind all this and it was a set up did Ozzie accomplish anything?

It would seem he did as a result of the large amount of press coverage, and that press coverage may have helped to draw even more people into the net, including another individual Ozzie has nothing but distain for. That individual is Rod Higgins the Mayor of the Spokane City of The Valley and a Progressive Group is in the process of organizing a Protest against Higgins asking for him to resign his position.

 

If this was all an Ozzie plot… it looks like it worked?

 

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I honestly haven’t been sitting idly by and not been working on stories. I’ve been in the typical public records battle with Ozzie, over his well-documented lack of high standards and accountability when it comes to transparency. Even though the battle is ongoing and has to be causing Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell heart-burn, but I felt it important to write this story to provide background which I can refer to as the story plays out because the next stories regarding this issue could get lengthy.

Glenda Nissen’s case against Pierce County was a landmark Washington State Supreme Court decision which allowed me to expose the various aspects of the infamous Cotton/Straub Affair because when I submitted my PRRs in that case I did so consistent with the Washington Supreme Court Decision in Nissen, other media did not.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/aug/24/lawsuit-against-city-alleges-violation-of-the-publ/

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/oct/14/city-settles-public-records-lawsuit/

The Nissen vs Pierce County Case, actually is still ongoing, but only from standpoint of how much money Glenda Nissen is entitled to. As you can see from the media stories linked below Pierce County is still into it for a bunch of money.

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article210814004.html

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article210814004.html

Media throughout the State of Washington heralded the Washington Supreme Court’s decision in Nissen as a victory for open government and accountability. Even the Spokesman Review piped in.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/may/07/editorial-public-work-on-private-devices-must/

https://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/article169807172.html

Even the Washington State Attorney General who had filed a Friend of the Court Brief (Amicus Curiae) applauded the Court’s decision. So yes, Ozzie it would only make sense that I would contact the AG to get a PRA question answered.

http://kbkw.com/wa-attorney-general-applauds-state-supreme-court-ruling-on-access-to-public-records/?aid=2704&wfid=995

https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/7d1a1028-0797-4965-832b-9848edb403b6

With all of the PRRs, City, County, and State, that I have done since the Nissen case this is the first time I have had a government official refuse to provide a Nissen Affidavit. Ozzie Knezovich is refusing to provide one in response to my PRR to the County regarding his allegation that John Christina was cheating taxpayers out of money, and Ozzie’s allegation resulted in a heated confrontation between Christina and Knezovich which was witnessed by Mike Volz. The truth is each and every individual involved has provided me with a Nissen Affidavit EXCEPT OZZIE.

Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney Larry Haskell and the Board of County Commissioners, in the interest of transparency and open government provided me with one…but not Ozzie so go figure?

I of course have considerable evidence that Ozzie uses private electronic devices and email accounts to conduct public business and have only made just a very small portion of that evidence public, perhaps Ozzie’s problem.

https://examplepro.me/2018/06/21/even-curmudgeonists-know-about-hillarys-private-email-problems-but-some-folks-might-not-know-about-ozzies-problems/

And then again I did write these! 😊

https://examplepro.me/2018/05/18/at-least-im-just-delusional-and-not-a-psychopath/

https://examplepro.me/2018/06/12/prr-updateim-still-waiting/

I will continue to keep my readers informed how “HIGH STANDARDS + ACCOUNTABILITY = PROFESSIONALISM”

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!

Even the most naïve political junkies know that during an election cycle if you open the door even just slightly, whether you are one or not, political adversaries will walk right through that door and tag you as a Bigot, even members of the same party will jump on bandwagon to save face.

Such was the case with Cecily Wright former GOP Chair.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/aug/03/republicans-distance-themselves-from-james-allsup/

https://www.inlander.com/spokane/sheriff-ozzie-on-gop-chair-who-hosted-white-supremacist-told-ya/Content?oid=11239048

I doubt anyone given the press coverage of the Allsup debacle would dispute the fact that it was a BIG MISTAKE…but the question of course is whether or not Cecily Wright is a Bigot. Damned if I can tell, I’ve never sat down and spoken with her to get her views, on any issue. I haven’t the slightest idea whether or not Spokane County Treasurer Rob Chase, Spokane Valley Mayor Rod Higgins, state Rep. Matt Shea and Spokane Valley City Council members Arne Woodard, Ed Pace, John Charleston, John Christina and others that have met the wrath of Knezovich are Bigots either, I have never sat down and spoken with any of them either. But what I do know is that it is well documented that Ozzie Knezovich has utter distain for them and has expressed it publicly over and over including blaming them, along with former President Obama for cop and school shootings, so when I read the “I told you so” comments he makes I have to take it with a big grain of salt and wonder if it isn’t a case of him walking through that open door.

Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich has every right to publicly denounce anyone or anything he wants to, just like we all do, but if you really look at his denouncements you have to wonder whether or not there is some politically motivated hypocrisy involved. As an example, Sheriff Knezovich has never denounced the Joey Gibson Rally put together by his political ally’s wife Lesley Haskell. As a matter of fact, Knezovich has never denounced anything Mrs. Haskell has said, so you can’t help but wonder exactly what is motivating Knezovich regarding Wright, Northwest Grass Roots, and all these other folks.

“I’m not going to talk to any media about this event,” says Lesley Haskell, one of the event’s organizers and wife of Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell. “It’s too controversial and politically dangerous. I’m sure you can understand.”

https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2018/03/23/us-senate-candidate-joey-gibson-magnet-for-the-violent-alt-right-is-holding-a-rally-in-spokane-valley-on-sunday

One thing is for sure, Lesley Haskell made the right move in not talking to the press about the Joey Gibson debacle, and of course Ozzie didn’t comment either.

The Joey Gibson Debacle, as one would anticipate, drew a lot of attention from the Progressives and the far left.

https://www.kxly.com/news/us-senate-candidate-joey-gibson-holds-rally-in-spokane-amid-counter-protests/721080224

 

https://www.inlander.com/spokane/i-do-not-trust-muzlims/Content?oid=2418155

One has to wonder why Ozzie didn’t express any outrage with that Debacle or warn us all about any of that stuff?

 

When it comes to friends Ozzie has no problem tagging folks as Bigots as was the case in his Phil Tyler vs Spokane County Deposition, even to the point of tagging his own staff as Bigots.

The problem with tagging folks as Bigots, when they aren’t, will almost always end up with long term distrust, especially if the tagger is in a leadership role.

 

So, who are the winners and who are the losers in this mess?

This woman is without a doubt the winner!

This woman is without a doubt the loser!

The moral of this story is pretty simple, whether it is Cecily Wright or Lesley Haskell you really don’t know what is in someone’s heart by the dumb statements they make or the speakers they set up for political events!

 

I bet I’m a Bigot now?

 

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!! 

 

“He met his match with Laura Renz,” Herberholz said. “She’s very opinionated and she’s burned, so she’s very mad. She was the only one out of all his wives who actually did something about the harm he caused.”

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/jul/22/controversy-conflict-no-strangers-to-sheriff-candi/

 

Sooner or later someone is going to have to go out on strikes and back to the dugout in this long running game.

 

It looks like the next at bat will be on August 8^th, 2018 at 9:00 AM during Elizabeth Porter’s attempt to obtain a Protection Order against Laura Renz.

 

I’m not sure what Ms. Porter’s case entails but Laura Renz laid out her defense in this Facebook Post to me.

 

I REPORT YOU DECIDE!!!