'Nothing new' says Largent: Hawkins to present new deal Monday

Saying he saw “nothing new” to discuss in Whitman County’s development agreement with Hawkins Companies of Boise, Commissioner Michael Largent walked out of a workshop session Tuesday morning.

Commissioners were gathered to discuss anticipated changes in the agreement which has the county paying for $15 million of infrastructure at Hawkins’ long-proposed shopping center.

County Administrator Gary Petrovich presented commissioners with a summarized list of changes Hawkins is proposing to make to the development agreement. The changes were discussed between Milton Rowland, the Spokane attorney h...