Emails between Dr. Bob Lutz and Spokane Mayor Woodward show tense, but not dysfunctional relationship By Adam Shanks, The Spokesman-Review Published: January 28, 2021, 11:01am Share: SPOKANE — Exchanges between Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward and former Spokane County Health Officer Dr. Bob Lutz were dotted by moments of friction months before Lutz’s ouster in November. But emails between the two that were released last week don’t show an all-out breakdown in their relationship in the months leading to Lutz’s controversial firing. After helming the county’s pandemic response, Lutz’s dismissal and the subsequent change in leadership received Woodward’s ringing endorsement.