Hot Topics

While the initiatives deservedly get a lot of attention, the Washington State Supreme Court races are the most consequential decisions on this year's ballot. Five of the nine seats are up for election. That is over half of a court that has repeatedly ignored the will of the people and the actual text of Washington's Constitution. Here are some of their recent greatest hits: Overturned Spokane's anti-camping ordinance, approved by 75% of the voters to protect our school and

Monday moring, August 21st, I identifed errors in the ballots mailed out by Spokane County. Below is a short summary of the issue, stories on it, as well as maps to identify if you have been affected my the mistake. This is a breaking story and I will post updates on my Facebook account first. Spokane County Elections department head Ryan Doss confirmed over the phone yesterday an error in printing some ballots. The error, coincidentally enough they left STA Prop 1 off for

The debate over renewing Spokane Transit Authority’s (STA) temporary 0.2% sales tax through 2048 in the August 4th primary election is not a question of whether public transit is important. It is a question of whether this additional tax revenue is necessary to maintain current service levels and whether STA responsibly manages the public dollars it already receives. STA asserts on its website “most money would go toward maintaining current service”1 if the ballot measure is