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Popular board member Kim Girard was a strong voice against book bans and for library autonomy during prominent controversies. Mayor Pro Tem Chris Cargill said ‘we need new blood’ on the board, which already had two vacant seats.
+ More public defenders, property crime punishment proposals, Spokane School performance metrics and money for fighting a homeless discrimination lawsuit
The body would represent the first time the county has paid formal attention to the PFAS contamination crisis between Airway Heights and Spokane since the chemicals were found in West Plains groundwater more than 7 years ago.
A rundown of the local races we’ve been covering and where they stand today. What’s set in stone, what’s too close to call and what the local landscape will look like heading into next year.
CIVICS: Traffic Calming in Spokane, homelessness contracts, Liberty Lake tackles “the climate element,” and Spokane Public Schools get a new board member.
County Commissioner French said the county had hired an attorney to “draft agreements” to pipe water to residents with forever chemical contamination. Prosecutor Haskell told Commissioner Chris Jordan the county was planning no agreements.
At the heart of the tight race for the seat covering the southwestern-most parts of the county: debate over PFAS contamination and the pace of development.
