The mayor had vetoed an almost identical ordinance earlier in the year, and supporters on council lacked the votes to override the veto. For the next month only, they have the votes.
A photo of the mayor posing with a constituent wearing an anti-trans shirt came two days before a heated election and two months after her controversial appearance at a Christian nationalist concert.
Of the $4.1 million special interest groups have spent on elected offices across Washington state this election, almost half has been spent on just 5 races in Spokane. These independent expenditures overwhelmingly benefit conservatives.
