Views differ at Palouse mayoral forum

Below are individual pictures of Palouse mayoral candidates Michael Echanove, Brad Pearce and Connie Newman from the candidate forum help last Thursday, July 23.

The three mayoral candidates appeared last Thursday night at the Palouse Community Center to answer questions submitted by the public in a Pullman League of Women Voters-sponsored event.

Incumbent Michael Echanove and challengers Connie Newman, a former Palouse city council member, and Brad Pearce fielded questions in the nearly two-hour forum in front of a crowded hall.

In opening statements, differences were drawn first by Pearce’s...