Article By Amy Fischer, Columbian City Government Reporter

Stephen Kirby, who owns Tikor Consulting, had sought information from multiple governments about how much they were being charged by outside attorneys for their work, said his attorney, Michael Whipple of the Spokane-based Whipple Law Group. Kirby, whose aim was to do a public service to help municipalities shop for private attorneys, requested invoices from the cities.

Whipple said between 90 and 95 percent of the cities responded properly to the public records request — but Woodland was not among them.

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