One’s a sales tax for a new jail, the other is a law that would criminalize homelessness in most of Spokane. Here’s the context you may need before you fill out your ballot.
Far-right celebrity pastor Sean Feucht, Matt Shea and allies built a massive media campaign claiming to have saved the soul of an unhoused Spokane man. The man tells a different story.
Last winter, communicable disease ran rampant at Spokane’s largest congregate shelter. Almost nothing has changed in a year, and former health officer Bob Lutz is sounding the alarm.
Friends and activists are raising funds to cover medical bills for Spokane water protector Jacob Johns, who was shot in the chest at a New Mexico rally.
As Spokane City Council considers denouncing Mayor Woodward for her participation in a Christian nationalist concert, the worship pastor responsible is casting himself as a martyr and fundraising off the proposal.
Plus, county commissioners want to make it easier for Gray and Oregon fire victims to rebuild and Spokane City Council members are opposing the jail tax measure.
