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GOP office in downtown Spokane ransacked
If anyone out there knows of other attacks on GOP/Bush headquaters please post this information. The Republican Party campaign office in downtown Spokane was broken into and vandalized by perpetrators who tried to steal a computer, party officials said Monday. State Republican Chairman Chris Vance immediately said the attack on the Victory 2004 office appeared to be politically motivated, coming on the heels of last week's vandalism of the party's office in Bellevue. "One more time, I call on the Democratic Party and the Kerry campaign to urge their supporters to stop," Vance said, although he offered no proof that Democrats were involved. "It is time for the leadership of the Democratic Party to issue a public statement condemning these break-ins," Vance added. State Democratic spokeswoman Kirstin Brost denied that any party staff members would have been involved in a break-in. "We don't need to break into their offices," she said. "That's despicable and we wouldn't do that." Vance said the attack occurred between 6:15 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. Monday. On Sunday, about 4,000 people gathered inside the nearby Spokane Arena for a rally in favor of heterosexual marriage. Scores of protesters gathered outside the arena calling for legalization of gay marriage. Jon Wyss, vice chairman of the Spokane County GOP, said the vandals pried the jamb off a back door of the building and then kicked a hole in a gypsum wallboard wall to get into the GOP office. The vandals dumped contents of desks onto the floor, but did not touch a printer that was the most expensive item in the room, Wyss said. They also left a donation jar holding $103.18, Wyss said. They moved a computer and a television, but left both items, he said. Those are being checked by police for fingerprints, Wyss said. Wyss said the office would be back in action later Monday. There was no message or other communication from the vandals, Wyss said. Wyss declined to speculate on who might have caused the damage. "The thing we say is if they don't agree with our politics, take that to the polls," Wyss said. The downtown office features posters for President Bush, GOP gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi, U.S. Senate candidate George Nethercutt and others. Wyss said it was the first problem the office has had in three months of operation. Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-10-12 |
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