Attorney David Stevens Challenges Steve Tucker for Spokane Prosecuting Attorney
The Spokesman-Review reported this morning that attorney David Stevens was challenging his boss Steve Tucker for the elected position of Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney.
Attorney David Stevens
Attorney David Stevens came out swinging, and was quoted as characterizing his boss as “an absent administrator” and saying that he has seen a “total lack of leadership.” The reporter for the Spokesman-Review, Jonathan Brunt, asked Steve Tucker if David Stevens could be let go, and Tucker reportedly said “all options are on the table.”
It will be interesting to see the fireworks in this campaign. Attorney David Stevens has run for about a zillion elected positions in the past. You have probably heard his name before. Here is the tally if you haven’t been keeping track: In 2004, he ran unsuccessfully against Democrat Alex Wood for, who won the 3rd District legislative race. Part of his campaign was to oppose gay marriage. See source. In 2006, he ran for District Court Judge in Spokane against Harvey Dunham and lost. In 2008, he ran unsuccessfully against Linda Tompkins for Spokane Superior Court Judge, arguing that the bench needed more former prosecuting attorneys.
David Stevens is a 1999 law grad from UW. Although he has lost all his races in the past, he has always been able to garner a fair amount of endorsements. It doesn’t seem that he has a web page yet for his latest race. In 2008, when the Spokane County Bar Association attempted to conduct a poll of lawyers on the potential judicial candidates, David Stevens refused to participate.
I blogged about David Stevens last December on the subject of his questionable decision to send a man to prison for 2 1/2 years for stealing a can of sardines from Rite-Aid. See post. I am a former prosecutor and there is something to be said for being tough on crime, but I really wonder about the wisdom of Stevens’ decision to use a prison bed on a sardine thief. There are just too many other violent criminals that ought to be in there.
What do you think? Is David Stevens the right man for the job? Will any defense lawyers run for prosecutor this year? Was Stevens right to tie up a jail bed for 29 months for the guys who stole sardines?
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I really hope Dave Stevens retires Tucker! I don’t know anything about the case of the stolen sardines, but I do know from Dave Steven’s campaign Facebook page that he only prosecutes career criminals, so my logic tells me, the thief likely had a fair number of felonies under his belt, and deserved the 29months for yet another strike.
David Stevens primarily handles repeat offenders, or career criminals. So maybe Mr. Graham needs to share with us the sardine snatcher’s criminal history PRIOR to his fish heist? If you want to support one candidate, that doesn’t mean you mislead the public by slanting information on someone running against them. Please provide us with more information on this case, if you have it. I would like to know the WHOLE story. I want to make an educated decision for my vote.
Thanks for your comments. I don’t see how you can say I am “trying to support one candidate” by my blog post. The criticism that I wrote about Stevens’ handling of the sardine case was written last year, before David Stevens announced his candidacy.
check out the stevens posting on craigs list
Can’t find it — give us the link
David Stevens lacks the maturity and temperament to be a prosecuting attorney or a judge. The Rite Aid prosecution is a perfect example, but there are many others. Stevens is a self promoter who is selling the worst kind of snake oil– himself.
Stevens has worked for the Prosecuting Attorney’s office for way too long. Why? What is he afraid of? Can’t he get a job in the private sector? It is time to remove Stevens from the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and allow him to work in the private sector, where the marketplace will determine his value as an attorney.
David Stevens lacks the maturity and temperament to be a prosecuting attorney or a judge. The Rite Aid prosecution is a perfect example, but there are many others. Stevens is a self promoter who is selling the worst kind of snake oil– himself.
Stevens has worked for the Prosecuting Attorney’s office for way too long. Why? What is he afraid of? Can’t he get a job in the private sector? It is time to remove Stevens from the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and allow him to work in the private sector, where the marketplace will determine his value as an attorney. thank you
Hey Cal Jones,
You wish Stevens retires Tucker from what you read on Stevens Facebook Page? Huh… seems like your kind of a jackass, sir.