Theres a lot of ignorance and disinformation to overcome. And a very vocal section who thinks every single dollar should go to the 1800 homeless people in Spokane County. F the Police. F Parks. F roads. Pour more money into the homeless industry and all will be well
And they espouse and enable that pablum from their luxury condo overlooking the Spokane River or from one of their four places in Hawaii.
But god forbid the rest of us want something nice for the tax dollars. Or want to save $350k per year in recurring maintenance costs. Crazy, I know.
1. Those people are in the MINORITY, not the Majority. If they were Nadine Woodward would not be Mayor as she is a semi right leaning, semi conservative to semi independent to Semi moderate to Semi Centrist.
If the people you reference were the Majority, and in Charge, Mayor Condon, and Mayor Woodward both wouldnt be, have been Mayor of Spokane.
2. The Charities, Churches, etc, of Spokane do such a good job helping the Homeless that the Spokane Government doesnt need to spend a lot on Homeless. In fact in the even the recent past, the Spokane Govt hasnt really helped the homeless a lot, and despite that, the charities, churches, etc, have, and done such a good job doing so, that there is no reason why anybody in Spokane, should go without food, etc, to the point where homeless from other cities, counties, etc, want to go be homeless in Spokane.
3. The City Council, Spokane is divided evenly between the people you talk about and other people.
I agree that this thing either wont go thru or have problems going thru.
Altho I think it would be good.
Part of me doesnt understand why the Spokane Indians Stadium next to the fairgrounds, isnt renovated, upgraded, expanded, etc, and why they dont have HS games, WSU Spring games, etc, in that stadium.
I get why Joe Albi was a lost cause.
But the Spokane Indians Stadium, would have, and probably still is a good option, as far as location, etc.
But that just makes too much logical sense, so of course that doesnt get done, and go with something else.
The newest proposal also makes good sense, so it probably wont get done either.
But hey saving 350k a year, getting revenue from HS sports, Spokane , Indians, A Pro football team, WSU Spring game, Concerts, Graduations, etc, etc, etc, is not worth the cost of either a new stadium, or a renovated Spokane Indians Stadium.
Since thats the case, they shoukd just not have HS sports, not have Pro Football, Not have Spokane Indians, Not have concerts, Not have anything, Not make more money for Spokane, and just save even more money and not do anything with it, except, unless to spend it all on the homeless.
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