“Insiders & Naysayers”: A Search for the Headwaters of Spokane’s Modern Politics.
Editor’s Note: As we headed toward this year’s city elections, I asked long-time journalist and Spokane historian Bill Stimson if we could 
re-publish his ten-part series on Spokane’s political history, “Insiders and & Naysayers.” The articles were originally published at Camas Magazine in June, 2000, just when Camas and KXLY-TV were breaking apart the River Park Square scandal that had thrown the city into a tempest of litigation and finger-pointing.
Introduction
(2009) “Insiders & Naysayers”: A Search for the Headwaters of Spokane’s Tempestuous
21st Century Politics.
Insiders & Naysayers, Part 1
Why Spokane?
Insiders and Naysayers, Part 2
Spokane’s Founding Political Idea: “Get it Done.”
Insiders and Naysayers, Part 3
The Election that Changed Spokane’s Politics
Insiders & Naysayers, Part 4
Government by Commission, “Spokaloo.”
Insiders & Naysayers, Part 5
The First Cowles
Insiders & Naysayers, Part 6
Insider Politics and Expo ’74
Insiders & Naysayers, Part 7
Bill Cowles and the Obligations of Power
Insiders & Naysayers, Part 8
“Naysayers” and Government Structure
Insiders & Naysayers, Part 9
Paul Sandifur and the Return of the Pan Tans
Insiders & Naysayers, Part 10
River Park Square