Creswell not part of letter decrying riot

Local government leaders came together to issue a statement Wednesday, Jan. 6, denouncing the rioting at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. – which included the murder of a Capitol Hill police officer among five deaths – and called for communities to “come together to participate in civil democracy.” 

Signing on to the statement were Steve Moe, the council president functioning as mayor for the City of Springfield and Jeff Gowing, the recently reelected mayor of…