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05/11/2005: "trying to make a federal case of it."

The FBI has opened an inquiry into a possible "public corruption" case involving accusations that Mayor James West offered city jobs to men he met online, a federal prosecutor confirmed today as West began a temporary leave.

The FBI involvement was confirmed by Thomas O. Rice, chief criminal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's Office here, The Spokesman-Review of Spokane reported in a copyright story posted late today on its Web site.

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This story's moral: Don't cross Betsy Cowles. Remember that Cowles and her newspaper strongly supportedJim West for mayor of Spokane, and then West made moves to dismantel the case against Cowles' abuse of Spokane's citizens.

Something must have gone wrong, and now West is taking it in the ass from ole Betsy herself.