Keeler Brothers
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- Jun 11, 1914City Bonds Narrowly Pass by a Single VoteA $23,000 bond issue to retire city warrants narrowly clears the 60% requirement after a sleepy election season.Kennewick, WA
- Oct 22, 1914The European War Ate Kennewick's Bond SaleVoters approved $23,000 in funding bonds in June. By October the paper was still locked in a Denver vault, the city was still paying interest on its old warrants, and Keeler Brothers blamed a war half a world away.Kennewick, WA
- Nov 26, 1914City Finally Clears Its DebtAfter months of bureaucratic limbo and a looming war stalling the markets, Kennewick resolves its warrant crisis.Kennewick, WA
- Dec 7, 1916The Prosser Court House Bond ScandalTwo county commissioners bypassed legal procedure and public objection to rush through a massive $125,000 bond issue, triggering an immediate lawsuit and a firestorm of local outrage.Benton County Courthouse, Prosser, WA
- Dec 14, 1916The Secret Courthouse Bond Deal Benton County Tried to Ram ThroughCommissioners Clements and McNeill authorized $125,000 in bonds for a Prosser courthouse after a closed-door plan their own lawyer admitted was designed to keep taxpayers in the dark. A Kennewick lawsuit put the deal before Judge Grady.Benton County Courthouse, Prosser, WA
- Dec 14, 1916The Dark-Lantern Courthouse Deal That Split Benton CountyTwo defeated commissioners pushed a $125,000 courthouse bond through in thirty minutes, and Kennewick's editor saw a county-seat conspiracy — and a raid on the taxpayers' treasury.Prosser, WA