Additional Context: To fill all seats, the city council must appoint one more board member after it ousted popular trustee Kim Girard early this month.
Employees at the local Planned Parenthood are considering unionization over what they characterize as low pay and bad working conditions. The CEO is paying a union-busting firm the equivalent of 17 medical assistants’ hourly wages to persuade them not to.
The TLDR on a night full of surprises. Spokane City Council passed a $2.5 billion budget, extended the nonprofit C.O.P.S. contract, chose their rules and committee assignments and decided what they will push Olympia for.
Second or third or tenth times the charm? A flurry of amendments submitted this morning could change the council rules again. And, keep meetings on Mondays.
