Our local beavers have commenced an ambitious public works project. They are gnawing down some tasty trees along the Spokane River. They have commenced their efforts about 150 yards upstream from the confluence of the Latah Creek and the Spokane River. They are also working on the Latah Creek banks too. Wonder if they are not planning on damming both the creek and the river. D*** these are mighty courageous beavers, and it looks like they are doing their work without a government subsidy!The creek used to be called Hangman Creek as a commemoration of the hanging of some Native Americans by the local settlers who could not wait for a treaty to be forced out of the local tribes.
These optimistic beavers remind me of the lawyer who thought his clients, in bringing public trust and public interest cases to the court, cases which were based upon the constitutions and the laws and simply community good sense, would gain a respectful hearing from the judges on the benches. These were cases where the judges were merely being asked to enforce the law.
Alas, it was not so in most instances.
One of the more recent surprises the optimistic lawyer experienced was when he brought to the attention of the court a situation where a local law firm had attempted (it seemed and what was said was in writing) to bribe some local state specialty district commissioners. What did the judge do? She did nothing and instead threatened to order sanctions against the lawyer who had brought the alleged bribe (the actual document) to the court's attention.
