12,000 e-mails to review in probe of mayor,
Spokane panel
Gay chat-room link may have violated city policies
SPOKANE — A panel that will decide whether Mayor Jim West violated city policies in his dealings with young men he met in a gay chat room plans to read tens of thousands of pages of e-mail.Retired Spokane County Superior Court Judge Harold "Pete" Clarke will chair the panel appointed by City Attorney Mike Connelly. The committee, which met for an organizational session yesterday, will report to the City Council and deputy mayor.The panel will seek a...
Spokane's mayor keeps a low profile
SPOKANE In the two months since a sex and abuse-of-office scandal broke, Spokane Mayor Jim West has rarely ventured out in public, leaving to others the ceremonial activities usually associated with his office.After The Spokesman-Review raised allegations of past pedophilia and offering city jobs to young men he met in a gay chat room, West was no longer in demand for ribbon-cuttings and speeches that are normally part of the mayor's job. The city's Web site...
Gay Chat N.J. MAN COPS PLEA IN 'CHAT' ROOM KILLING
An East Windsor man, accused of the 1996 killing of an acquaintance he met through a gay "chat" room on the America Online computer service, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, prosecutors said.George "Chip" Hemenway, 43, had been accused of luring Jesse M. Unger, 38, of Hamilton, into his basement and shooting him three times in the head with a .22-caliber rifle on Jan. 3, 1996. Hemenway admitted the killing to police during his bail...
The Daily Record: JUST JOAN THE AGONY AUNT WITH ALL THE ANSWERS
Q ABOUT a year ago, I signed on to a gay chat line while I was working late. I was bored and there wasn't anything worth watching on TV.I only found it by accident and thought it would be a laugh. I am absolutely 100 per cent straight, by the way. I wasn't taking it at all seriously and I really enjoyed myself winding up all these gay guys.I pretended I was called Alastair and was a Scot who never wore anything under my kilt, which really got them going.A...
Spokane mayor predicts exoneration
Mayor James West said Tuesday he believes he will survive allegations that he acted criminally by trolling gay chat rooms and offering city jobs. PHOTO(S): Mayor James West....