The Spovangelist

By The Apostate Tuesday’s election results left something to be desired as a person valuing women’s health, access to health care, education, small businesses, and other vital supports and economic drivers. This election was heavily influenced by big corporate money, negative campaign ads, misleading messages and a whole lot of dirt. The special interests who [...]

I-1098 is a tax reform measure devised by a broad-based coalition of respected business, labor, religious, and civic leaders to make our state tax code more fair. I-1098 would cut taxes for middle-class families and provide critical revenue to protect education and health care priorities like K-12 class-size reduction and Basic Health. It also includes [...]

Everyone knows that “Video Killed the Radio Star,” but sometimes I wonder if all the drive-thru chains on 3rd are part of what is strangling a more vibrant food cart culture in Downtown Spokane. McDonald’s should change its slogan to “Killing Customers and the Competition since 1955.” At first it might seem a little lofty to [...]

Too often I feel like I’m in a room full of the most amazing creative people and the majority of them are sitting around with these awful, suffocating blindfolds on. They feel isolated and assume that no one else is in the room, so they don’t have any incentive to get up, walk around, bump [...]

I detested the history of local discrimination that prompted the creation of the Spokane Human Rights Commission way back in the day. I was disheartened to learn of the Mayoral smackdown that occurred within the last decade when certain commissioners were too outspoken on the issue of gay rights. I was discouraged upon volunteering for [...]