Judge reverses decision on county attorney hire

Superior Court Judge David Frazier late Tuesday night gave Whitman County commissioners the authority to hire an outside attorney to represent the county in the injunction suit filed over the Hawkins shopping center.

Tuesday’s ruling removes Frazier’s rejection of the lawyer proposal last week.

In his reverse decision, Frazier said the question of Prosecutor Denis Tracy’s ability to objectively defend the county was a “complicated and reasonably debatable issue.”

Commissioners also revised their proposed contract to hire Spokane Attorney Milton Rowland of the Foster Pepper firm to address Fraz...