MEDICAL LAKE- At a press conference Sunday, Spokane County Commissioner, Al French, provided documentation of emails that he, and Medical Lake Mayor, Terri Cooper, believe proves Spokane Mayor, Lisa Brown, was involved in a plan to turn Pine Lodge into a homeless facility.
Pine Lodge is an abandoned prison owned by Washington State located near Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake.
At Sunday’s conference, attended by local and state leaders and a large crowd of Medical Lake residents, French read from the emails.
French gave all members of the press in attendance a copy of the emails.
French told NonStop Local that the emails were forwarded to him by Jonathan Bingle, a Spokane City Councilman.
Monday, Bingle confirmed with NonStop Local that he did send copies of the emails to French.
He said he first learned about Pine Lodge in January 2022.
“I sort of pitched this idea to the …