The deliberate process Mayor Dennis Johnson is using to fill the office is reassuring. The committee recently appointed to evaluate possible candidates is diverse and first-rate. The likelihood the selection process will produce an outcome good for the city and the department is quite high. In all, we need not wait for public confidence in the police department to be restored. The process is under way.
Governors are interested.
State officials are interested. Money may be available. It makes sense for Wenatchee and its representatives to do everything reasonable to see that the games are resurrected. It also makes absolute sense to point out that Wenatchee is, without any doubt, the best place in the state to hold such an event. That was proven in 1989, when we hosted 1,600 athletes for the highly successful state Centennial Winter Games.