The Spovangelist

Sustainable September went out with a bang last week. The feature event for the Energy Security Track was called “Shift to Green: Spokane’s Transition to Clean Energy” and was basically a wrap-up celebration with food by New Leaf Bakery, music by the Angela Marie Project, and speeches by Bonnie Mager and Sierra Club organizer Brad [...]

By The Apostate This week both The Inlander and the Spokesman were  kind enough to remind us about Washington’s disengaged youth. In “Geriatrics vote. The youth don’t care.” Nick Deshais cited some data released by Secretary of State Sam Reed. In the last primary about 4,000 people below the age of 25 cast their ballot, making [...]

By The Apostate On a night like tonight is it easy to be concerned about air quality in Spokane. Yet irritants and toxins are often lurking in other unsuspecting parts of nature, such as our soil and water, as a direct result of human activity. With all of this valid concern about dangerous chemicals in the environment, it [...]

The place was once a rickety old shell of a house, perched on the riverbank down in Peaceful Valley. The cause was revolutionizing a political environment that was stymied by the same old people giving the same old money to all the usual suspects. The house received a new lease on life with a geothermal exchange [...]

It is official. After a trip to the Spokane County Elections Office last week I am now registered as a write-in candidate for “PCO” in Precinct 3153. A “Precinct Committee Officer” is the lowest possible office anyone can run for – it is even more obscure than running for neighborhood council given that precincts are [...]