The Spovangelist

6th District Senator, Chris Marr

What, pray tell, have I done to warrant this? While it might be considered flattering to receive such scrutiny from our friends in the valley, what is the point of such a petty accusation? To get me to write more frequently on an ongoing basis? If there is one thing SVI thrives on it is [...]

Tuesday I went through all the rigamarole of signing in for a badge to attend a meeting at City Hall. Wednesday I listened to a fascinating, albeit fanciful, presentation by an architecture student on converting our downtown skywalks into hydroponic juice farms. Today I take these two themes and mash them into one to share [...]

This year Trick or Vote went down in Spokane and enjoyed a respectable showing for such an unconventional first time event. Despite the descriptive title,  most people’s first reaction is “Trick or what?” The idea of adding political engagement into a holiday festivity is just not intuitive for most. Once people grasp the novelty and [...]

Today is worldwide Blog Action Day, an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Blog Action Day 2009 will be one of the largest-ever social change events on the [...]

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 [...]

This is who we are rooting for in the Spokane City Council primary races. Please take a moment to read about and support these excellent candidates. District 1: Amber Waldref http://www.voteamber.org/ Amber Waldref Facebook Politician Page District 2: Jon Snyder http://www.votejonsnyder.com/ Vote Jon Snyder Facebook Group District 3: John Waite http://www.votejohnwaite.com/ Vote John Waite Facebook [...]

Who has the time or endurance to attend City Council meetings? Probably not you. So to help draw you in to the Community Bill of Rights initiative debate, we’ve created an index of the relevant testimony given last Monday night. The first step is to go here: http://www.spokanecity.org/services/citycable5/streamingmedia/ And select the July 13th proceedings. Please [...]

Spokane seems to have something of a crush on President Lincoln. Be it our beloved Lincoln Statue, the Symphony performing Letters from Lincoln, the Chase gallery exhibiting “A House Divided: The Legacy of Lincoln,” or even just the swank new Lincoln Center on Lincoln Ave., there are an awful lot of Lincolns in the local [...]

Spokane has issues with police public relations that go back for decades.  Unusual names like Otto Zhem and Shonto Pete enjoy household recognition around here, with the litany of incidents touching peoples’ lives in profoundly personal ways. There is the neighbor who witnessed the fatal taser-induced standoff between Spokane police and suicidal Josh Levy on [...]