Archive | September, 2009

Prop. 4 Via Video

There are so many layers and possible directions for talking about the Community Bill of Rights that no one forum can encompass all the opinions, points and perspectives that concerned citizens care to offer. The issues are so stirring that they have even begun to surface on other Spovangelist threads that have nothing to do [...]

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PARK(ing) Day Post-Op

PARK(ing) Day Post-Op

Reprinted with permission from the Youth Sustainability Council. To subscribe, send email to: taylorw@community-minded.org Last Friday, commuters and downtown dwellers were confronted with an unusual sight on Main Street. Sandwiched between parked cars in front of Starbucks was a miniature park and garden of local produce put there by members of the YSC as part [...]

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It’s Random, It’s Cheesy, It’s Spocaroni!

It’s Random, It’s Cheesy, It’s Spocaroni!

When the casual consumer thinks of prepared food products made in Spokane, delicious Bumble Bars, Brain Freeze ice cream, and Small Planet tofu spring to mind. While cooking up some hand-me-over boxed macaroni from a doting parent last night, our curiosity caused us to examine the fine print. We were shocked to read the following [...]

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Where did we go wrong? *UNEDITED*

Where did we go wrong? *UNEDITED*

You may remember this story from the Inlander. Some people were inspired by it. Others felt it was intellectual self-congratulation. While we are busy surviving the rigors of Sustainable September Spokane, we thought it might be fun to revisit the unedited version of the opening comments made by local environmental advocate Kitty Klitzke. “Kitty Ain’t [...]

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Cheers to Tears

Cheers to Tears

I did not write this ode. It means so much more that somebody else did. Cheers to the person who loved our city enough to so sincerely say goodbye. Cheers To My Spokane By Anonymous on Pg. 58 in the September 3rd Inlander, 2009 Cheers to the mid-size city by the river, my home. To [...]

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