Mike for Spokane responds to questions from the Washington State Council on American-Islamic Relations: 2011 CAIR-Washington Candidate Survey CAIR-Washington is the local Washington state chapter of CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) serving the Northwest. CAIR is the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group. CAIR-Washington is a not-for-profit organization registered in Washington. Though…
New Disposal Rate proposed during S.W.A.C. Meeting By SN&I Staff – 8/26/11 A few months ago the Director of the Spokane Regional Solid Waste System, Russ Menke stated during a Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting that garbage rates in Spokane would need to rise dramatically and could climb to as high as $142.00 per ton…
A strong mayor protects the citizens from excessive government monopolies and taxation. Increasing government at the expense of the poor, while using weak moral and scientific justifications is not representative of strong leadership. That’s a sign of weak or highly conflicted leadership. New Spokane water rates before adding a 20% city utility tax:…
“It would be nice if more people took the need for smaller government, limited in its scope and authority, seriously. It is not just a matter of the need to preserve our individual liberties; the great Leviathan federal government is expensive beyond our means to support it, devours everything in its path, is inefficient and…