Talk:Dennis P. Hession

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A couple of immediate ghits show Hession (1) sending a memo as Mayor dated April 30, 2007; (2) acting as attorney in the Washington court of appeals (pdf dated April 20, 2007) with an address in Spokane.

"Agenda sheet for council meeting of April 30, 2007". Spokane WA: City Clerk's Office. April 18, 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
"Court of Appeals, Division III of the State of Washington No. 229319" (PDF). Washington Courts. April 20, 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2010.

They don't make good inline citations as they don't relate directly to the text, so I'll include them just as evidence of notability. Some better sources are needed to support the dates in the text. --RexxS (talk) 11:33, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

More searching turns up this page which indicates that the Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) newspaper carried reports which would substantiate most of the text in the article. Perhaps someone with access to that newspaper's archives can check and create the needed cites? --RexxS (talk) 11:58, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Update: Spokesman-Review has an online archive. A search for Hession yields 883 news articles. There's probably enough material there to expand the article somewhat. --RexxS (talk) 12:08, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]