CIVICS: The county cops grant spending priorities may be *little* off, the city’s holding a District 2 Town Hall and the county Planning Commission is talking state compliance.
CIVICS: Plus, exclusive contracts for cop cars with Wendle Ford, perhaps a new opioid advisory committee and is Al Merkel’s social media saga coming to an end?
CIVICS: + Mead is workshopping its illegal transgender students policy and Spokane Valley wants to spend public safety dollars on Merkel-related activities.
CIVICS: As Spokane City prepares to pass protections for queer people, Mead wants to break state law and have “sex-segregated bathrooms” and Central Valley might file a Title IX complaint to the feds over Washington’s transgender-inclusive sports policies.
The city is banning employment discrimination against homeless people and holding a first read on a policy to protect queer people, while the county preps to put aquifer protection before the voters.