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Home My WebLink About2025, 11-05 Special MeetingMINUTES City of Spokane Valley City Council Meeting Special Meeting Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Mayor Haley called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. The meeting was held in person in Council Chambers, and also remotely via Zoom meeting. Attendance: Councilmembers Staff Pam Haley, Mayor John Hohman, City Manager Tim Hattenburg, Deputy Mayor Erik Lamb, Deputy City Manager Rod Higgins, Councilmember Gloria Mantz, City Services Administrator Laura Padden, Councilmember Kelly Konkright, City Attorney Jessica Yaeger, Councilmember Robert Blegen, Public Works Director Al Merkel, Councilmember John Bottelli, Parks & Rec Director Dave Ellis, Police Chief Chelsie Walls, Finance Director Tony Beattie, Senior Deputy City Attorney Absent: John Whitehead, HR Director Ben Wick, Councilmember Jill Smith, Communications Manager Virgina Clough, Legislative Policy Coordinator Lesh Brassfield, Tourism & Marketing Manager Chad Knodel, IT Manager Marci Patterson, City Clerk Councilmembers Wick and Merkel were not present prior to moving into Executive Session. EXECUTIVE SESSION Review of a Public Employee [RCW 42.3 0.11 0(l)(g)]. It was moved by Deputy Mayor Hattenburg, seconded and unanimously approved to adjourn into executive session for approximately one hour to discuss the review of a public employee, and that no action will be taken upon return to open session. Council adjourned into executive session at 5:02 p.m. Councilmember Merkel arrived at 5:54 p.m. and did not take part in the executive session. Council reconvened from Executive Session at 6:00 p.m. INVOCATION: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Council, staff and the audience stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL: City Clerk Patterson called roll; all Councilmembers were present except Councilmember Wick. It was moved by Deputy Mayor Hattenburg, seconded and unanimously agreed to excuse Councilmember Wick. APPROVAL OF AGENDA It was moved by Deputy Mayor Hattenburg, seconded and unanimously agreed to approve the agenda. SPECIAL GUESTS/PRESENTATIONS: PROCLAMATIONS: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY: After Mayor Haley explained the process, she invited public comments. Ben Lund, Spokane Valley provided comments. Council Meeting Minutes, Special Meeting: 11-05-2025 Page 1 of 4 Approved by Council: 11-25-2025 ACTION ITEMS: 1. Ordinance 25-016: First Read Property Tax Ordinance — Chelsie Walls After City Clerk Patterson read the Ordinance title, it was moved by Deputy Mayor Hattenburg, seconded to advance Ordinance No. 25-016 related to levying property taxes for 2026 to a second reading. Ms. Walls provided details on the ordinance and noted that it must be submitted to Spokane County by the end of November to be effective. She noted that the current property tax amount does not include the 1 % increase that is available to be taken. She will return on November 181" with the second reading of the ordinance. Vote by acclamation: in favor: Unanimous. Opposed: None. Motion carried. 2. Motion Consideration: 2026 TPA Budget Proposal — Lesli Brassfield It was moved by Deputy Mayor Hattenburg and seconded to authorize the City Manager or his designee to utilize 2026 TPA revenue to execute 1) a contract up to $30, 000 to purchase geo-location and visitor spending technology services 2a) a contract amendment up to $700, 000 with Spokane Sports for 2026 sports recruitment and marketing services and 2b) a contract amendment up to $875, 000 with 116 & West for 2026 destination marketing services. Ms. Lesli Brassfield, Tourism and Marketing Manager, provided brief details on the TPA budget proposal and noted that there had not been any changes since the previous meeting where she detailed each of the items presented this evening. Councilmember Merkel requested division of the motion. Mayor Haley agreed with the request. Mayor Haley invited public comments. Ben Lund, Spokane Valley provided comments. Council noted that this was money from the hoteliers and this was their recommendation, and it should be up to them to determine how those tourism dollars are spent. Vote by acclamation on items (1) and (2b): in favor: Unanimous. Opposed: None. Motion carried. Vote by acclamation on item (2a): in favor: Mayor Haley, Deputy Mayor Hattenburg, Councilmernbers Padden, Higgins and Yaeger. Opposed: Councilmember Merkel. Motion carried. NON -ACTION ITEMS: 3. Admin Report: Private Development Report — Jenny Nickerson Ms. Nickerson presented a PowerPoint presentation on the current building construction and development 2025 season recap. She noted the new businesses that have opened, noted those that are currently under construction, and upcoming residential developments to watch for. She also detailed the commercial projects to watch for in the upcoming months. The top 5 completed projects by valuation; Swire Spokane Expansion, UPS conveyor system/TI, Dave & Buster's, Mirabeau Transit Center, and Scale House Market at the Quarry. Council discussed newly vacated locations and some of the locations around the area that may have good potential for occupancy. 4. Admin Report: Legal Newspaper Discussion — Kelly Konkright, Marci Patterson Mr. Konkright and Ms. Patterson provided details on the current newspaper of record, The Valley Hearld as well as information on other newspapers that serve our area and may be an option to become the legal paper of record that included the Spokesman Review or the Exchange. Mr. Konkright gave background details on the requirements for a legal newspaper of record and how long the city had been using the Valley Herald. Ms. Patterson gave information on the publication rates, dates of publication, how often the newspapers are published and the number of readers per paper. She also gave details on the fees associated with the papers and the option for contracts on each paper. Mr. Konkright noted that staff has done extensive research for each option and is suggesting council transition to the Spokesman Review for the legal paper of record as they have a much greater readership and can publish a notice seven days a week as opposed to once a week with the current paper of record. The ability to publish more often will allow staff to transact business with customers at a much faster rate and not have to extend deadlines out to meet publication deadlines. Council discussed the cost difference and how many notices are published and if it were better to stay with a paper that is part of the Valley. Mr. Hohrnan pointed out that the Herald is no longer in the Valley and that they are a subsidiary of the Cheney Free Press and are located in Cheney. Councilmember Merkel questioned why previous council chose to stay with the Herald. Councilmember Yaeger poised a point of order and stated that this discussion is not about what previous councils have done, but what we are doing now. Mayor Haley agreed that we are not going speculate on what was done previously. Councilmember Merkel appealed Council Meeting Minutes, Special Meeting: 1 ]-05-2025 Page 2 of 4 Approved by Council: 11-25-2025 the ruling and without a second, the appeal died. Council provided consensus for staff to return with a Resolution that lists the Spokesman Review as the legal paper of record for 2026. 5. Admin Report: LTAC Application request — John Hohman Mr. Hohman provided details on the request for an LTAC application for funding from the Fund 104 for $2 Million for the infrastructure to be put in at Sullivan Park in preparation of a potential ice sports facility. Mr. Hohman stated that this request for an application came directly from the LTAC members and that they would like to hold a special LTAC meeting to consider an application from the city for the funds. Mr. Hohman noted that according to the Five Year Operating Pro Forma: Ice Model prepared by The Sports Facilities Advisory, the ice sports facility is expected to have expenses exceeding revenues by about $445,000 in the first year of operations. While the revenues come close to covering all expenses by year five, the Pro Forma showed it would continue at a very small loss after the first five years of operations. In order to cover the additional expenses, Innovia proposed the hotel and commercial sites in its original proposal. Under the information provided by the Lodging Tax Committee members representing area hoteliers, as previously mentioned they are interested in considering an application to cover the excess operating expenses. This would simplify the ground lease with Innovia and eliminate the need for additional commercial development as part of the ice sports facility development. Note that operating expenses would not need to be covered until the facility is open which is anticipated in 2027, but that Innovia would need clarity on whether lodging tax funding is available and dedicated prior to entering into any ground lease and beginning construction of the ice sports facility. Councilmember Higgins, who is also the LTAC Chair, stated that Mr. Hohman did an excellent job of summarizing the intent of LTAC and that they have been looking for something for heads in beds and currently the two projects seem to have the ability to do just that. The Course had its first event, and the hotels were full, and the ice sports facility has the potential to do the same. Councilmember Padden asked if this is what LTAC had done with the HUB in the past to support them. Mr. Hohman noted that it is exactly what they had done for quite some time and now they have the opportunity to do that with other sporting facilities. Council discussed the operational costs for the ice sports facility and Councilmember Yaeger noted that this is an opportunity to invest in their own futures as hoteliers and thanked the LTAC for the ideas and moving this forward. Mr. Holman stated that this is a proposal brought to us by the LTAC and this is at their request to move this project forward as quickly as possible and there may be added complexity, but that has all been taken into consideration for the project as a whole. Council provided consensus to authorize staff to prepare and submit applications for lodging tax funds for $2 million of infrastructure costs related to the Innovia Foundation Ice Sports Facility Proposal from the Hotel/Motel Tourism Facilities Fund #104 and to authorize staff to work with Innovia for an application to be submitted for lodging tax funds to reimburse operating losses once the facility is operational from the 2% portion of the lodging tax in the Hotel/Motel Tax Fund #105. 6. Admin Report: Fund 312 Discussion — Chelsie Walls Ms. Walls and Mr. Hohman presented a PowerPoint presentation on the capital reserve fund #312 - potential and pending projects that included details on the minimum fund balance policy, information on what happens if fund balance exceeds the 50% minimum, the amount for the 2025 transfer of the 2023 excess fund balance of $5,147,000, the allocation discussion noting some of the potential allocation concepts that have been discussed previously or will be discussed by council for projects moving forward. The allocations were listed as: Pavement Preservation Fund #311 $1,042,421; Local Access Street Program Fund 4101 $1,750,000; Sullivan Rd Interchange at Trent; Local Match $672,787; Planning for Barker/I-90 Interchange $400,000; Plante's Ferry Park Improvements $500,000; Balfour Park Sport Courts & Audio System Improvements $300,000 + $250k ask from state; Public Safety Campus $1,100,000; Sullivan Rd Property Development $1,100,000; Sullivan Park Improvements $500,000; Reserve for needs at The Course $500,000; Total $7,865,208. Council thanked staff for bringing this forward and that this is responsible management of money. Mr. Hohman stated that projects like this and using one time money responsibly is how to grow our economy in our community. Council provided consensus to move forward with the amounts as allocated in the worksheet. INFORMATION ONLY: (will not be reported or discussed) Council Meeting Minutes, Special Meeting: 11-05-2025 Page 3 of 4 Approved by Council: 11-25-2025 GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY: Mayor Haley stated that the general public comment rules still apply and called for public comments. Mike Padden, Spokane Valley provided comments. COUNCIL COMMENTS Councilmember Yaeger spoke about donating to local food banks as the government shut down has placed a large weight on local food banks to provide to the community. She also thanked the voters who voted as it was a low turnout this election. Councilmember Padden commented on the experience on The Course and that it was so exciting to see it all come together and that everyone was so happy and the excitement was overwhelming. She also noted that the athletes liked the course as well and thanked everyone for the hard work to get it ready for races this fall. It was such a positive experience, and she congratulated Spokane Sports on a successful first race and putting heads in beds and that it filled our hotels. Councilmember Higgins stated he had nothing to report. Councilmember Merkel stated that he wanted to continue from what Councilmember Yaeger spoke about with the food banks. He spoke about the SNAP benefits and that it's awful not having them available to those that need them and that government doesn't work the same way as it should. The state needs to make better decisions and do better for people. He also agreed with the comments from Mr. Padden and that we should work with the Herald and continue using their services. Deputy Mayor Hattenburg thanked the staff for all the hard work for the projects in our community and is proud to see what has been done so far. MAYOR'S COMMENTS Mayor Haley echoed comments from Deputy Mayor Hattenburg and said that she is sad about the negativity being spread, but that we need to continue to look at some of the positive things in the Valley and again thanked our staff. CITY MANAGER COMMENTS City Manager Hohman spoke about the open house being held on November 13th from 5:00 — 6:00 p.m. for the Comprehensive Plan Update and the public is welcome to come and speak with staff about the plan. He also noted that he is working with staff and will provide an update at the council level soon. Mr. Hohman is also working with our state lobbyist and on November 17th at 4:00 p.m. we will have our annual discussion with legislators at city hall. He asked council to note the Olympia trip coming up on January 2 1 " and 22" a in their calendars and in the past we have only gone for a single day, but it is just not enough time to meet with all the legislators, so we will plan for two days for this trip. He closed with a reminder that there is no meeting next Tuesday the 11"' as that is Veteran's Day. It was moved by Deputy Mayor Hattenburg, seconded and unanimously agreed to adjourn at 7: 39p. nt. ATTEST: 0 qla, &±i.,i Marci Patterson, City Clerk 9-1 � �hK Pam Haley, May Council Meeting Minutes, Special Meeting: 11-05-2025 Approved by Council: 11-25-2025 Page 4 of 4 PUBLIC COMMENT SIGN -IN SHEET SPOKANE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING Wednesday, November 5, 2025 5:00 p.m. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY #1 Please sign up to speak for up to THREE minutes and the Mayor will afford the public the opportunity to speak. The public comment opportunity is limited to a maximum of 45 minutes. You may only speak at one of the comment opportunities, not at both public comment opportunities. NAME PLEASE PRINT TOPIC YOU WILL SPEAK YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCE ABOUT Please note that once information is entered on this form, it becomes a public record subject to public disclosure. PUBLIC COMMENT SIGN -IN SHEET SPOKANE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL MEETING Wednesday, November 5, 2025 5:00 P.M. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY #2 Please sign up to speak for up to THREE minutes and the Mayor will afford the public the opportunity to speak. The public comment opportunity is limited to a maximum of 45 minutes. You may only speak at one of the comment opportunities, not at both public comment opportunities. NAME PLEASE P NT TOPIC YOU WILL SPEAK ABOUT YOUR CITY OF RESIDENCET'CLW(_u'(� P�06V Uv�' �V,10 L'� Please note that once information is entered on th s_form, it becomes a public record subject to public disclosure. City Council Speech — November 5, 2025 Good evening, Mayor Haley, Deputy Mayor Hattenburg, Councilmembers Merkel, Wick, Higgins, Padden, and Yaeger, along with City Manager John Hohman, City Attorney Kelly Konkright, and all City leadership. Tonight, I'd like to enter into the public record our recent Nextdoor post, which reached over 2,000 views on my account and 1,600 on my wife's in10 hours— a reflection of how many citizens are paying attention to what happens right here in this chamber. First, congratulations to Mike Kelly on his win, and thank you to everyone who participated in yesterday's election. One of the greatest strengths of our country is that every citizen has a voice — and this week, Spokane Valley voters made theirs heard clearly. The results speak for themselves: voters rejected the misinformation campaign led by Councilmember Merkel's coalition and reaffirmed their trust in steady, accountable leadership. Preliminary results: • Ben Wick — 67.33% • Pam Haley — 55.73% • Laura Padden — 62.11 % (Approximately 92,625 ballots counted, turnout around 24.8%.) with about 22,000 remaining Even with ballots still to be counted, these margins are well beyond what late votes could change. Spokane Valley voters chose honesty, balance, and responsible management over division. Thank you again to every resident who took the time to vote. We truly live in a great city — one with strong leadership, a solid foundation, and a commitment to truth and accountability. Ben Thanks for voting -A Ben Lund Dishman Hills 9 hr ago Thank you to everyone who participated in our election yesterday. One of the greatest things about our country is that we all have a voice — and this week, Spokane Valley voters made theirs heard. The results are clear: voters rejected the misinformation campaign from Councilmember Merkel's coalition and reaffirmed their trust in steady, accountable leadership. Preliminary results: • Ben Wick — 67.33% • Pam Haley — 55.73% • Laura Padden — 62.11% (z 92,625 ballots counted,—22,000 remaining; turnout � 24.8%) Even with ballots still to count, the margins are far beyond what late votes could change. Spokane Valley voters chose honesty, balance, and responsible management over division. You can view the official Spokane County election results here: ❑ https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20251104/spokane/ ... see more 27 Post insights View Katie D. 8h• South Pena District Thank You Spokane Valley! Reply Marlene Getz 7h•University No more roundabouts this time Reply Jen Garrison Stuber 7h'Newman Lake Marlene the Valley doesn't like roundabouts? Don't they want better traffic flow and reduced muncipal power bills? Reply M Tom Gerard 6h•Lehman Jen , Marlene does not like roundabouts. Reply Janet MacFarlane Sh'Highland Estates Jen I like most round-abouts! Reply Jen Garrison Stuber 4h • Newman Lake Janet I curse that stupid light at Harvard and Indiana every time traffic gets stopped because a right - turner on Indiana has triggered a stop for the flow on Harvard. There was no reason at all for that to be a light. Most lights are incredibly inefficient. Reply 2 Michelle R. 7h' Opportunity 11 Reply Marlene Getz W University No way too small just got the one on bowdish cause they were too lazy to do.paperwork for a light Reply Marlene Getz 6h • University Then they rebuilt it to make it smaller. Its horrible Reply Eric P. 5h • Ponderosa Marlene Take a deep breath, give it a rest. Reply 2 Tom Gerard 6h•Lehman Ben, I think your voter count is for the City of Spokane and not the Spokane Valley. With about 110,000+ citizens in the City of Spokane Valley, I think, the number of registered voters would be in the 65,000-70,000 range, far less than the 92,625 ballots (+22,000 more ballots not yet counted) that you list above. Reply A Robert West 6h. River-,valk Tom Thank you for pointing this out. Reply Rick Lukens 4h•South Indian Trail Tom Those numbers are for all of Spokane County. Reply Ben Lund Author5h•Dishman Hills Tom — totally fair question. I'm using the county's live totals for the Spokane Valley council races: �92,625 ballots counted with ;zf22,000 remaining. Using the posted percentages, here's the simple vote -math check: Ben Wick (67.33%) Current margin z 32,104 votes. Even if all 22,000 remaining went to his opponent, Wick still leads by z 10,100. -+ Mathematically locked. Laura Padden (62.11 %) Current margin z 22,434 votes. With 22,000 left, even a 100% late -ballot sweep can't catch up; she'd still lead by z 434. 4 Mathematically locked. Pam Haley (55.73%) Current margin �z-- 10,615 votes. To tie, her opponent would need about 16,307 of the 22,000 remaining ballots (z 74%). To win, even more (-75%+). -* Technically possible only under an extreme, historically unlikely late -ballot surge. So the quick takeaway: Wick and Padden are clinched; Haley's lead is effectively out of reach barring an unprecedented late -ballot split. Reply Tom Gerard 4h • Edited -Lehman Ben , I'll buy you are using Spokane County data, but the Spokane County vote totals does not directly reflect the Vote totals of the City of the Spokane Valley. The vote totals you have listed for the individual candidates are not correct and subsequently, the vote differentials are not correct. Here is the actual candidate numbers from the Spokane County site (See Link Below): Daryl Williams - 4,318 votes (31.95 %) Ben Wick - 9,078 votes (67.18 %) Write-in - 86 votes (0.64 %) Difference = 4,740 Votes between Wick & Williams Catherine Nelson - 5,730 votes (42.72 %) Pam Haley - 7,455 votes (55.58 %) Write-in - 193 votes (1.44 %) Difference = 1,725 Votes between Haley & Nelson Laura Padden - 8,333 votes (61.95 %) Brad Hohn - 4,875 votes (36.24 %) Write-in - 209 votes (1.55 %) Difference = 3,458 votes between Padden & Hohn Link: https://www.spokanecounty.gov/2995/Current-Election-Results While I dispute your numbers, your conclusions are not wrong. Landslide victories by Wick & Padden are pretty much guaranteed. Haley's lead over Nelson is not insurmountable, but it would be very unusual that Nelson can make up the difference with the votes remaining to be counted. The updated numbers provided at the end of Today should about finalize the results and it will all be over but the shouting. Reply Loretta Vernon 4h' River Rose There you go again, Ben. Not everyone agrees with you. Perhaps you can find a new hobby. Reply 4 Carol W. 31i• University Loretta He has every right to post on Nextdoor as long as it follows the Community Guidelines. You also have the choice to read it, scroll past it, block him, or mute him. Your choice doesn't have to be everyone else's. Reply r; ,4 Carole Hankal 4h' Dishman Hills Are you ever going to leave councilman Merkle out of your posts. Your HATE will destroy YOU if you don't GET OVER YOUR PERSONAL VENDETTA. Reply 5 Janet MacFarlane 4h•Highland Estates Loretta of course not everyone agrees with him or with you or Al Merkel... but given the resounding election results, it's obvious that a lot of people probably do. Thank goodness for our voting and first amendment rights. Reply 2 Loretta Vernon 3h•River Rose Janet do you know Ben? I do. I am tired of his extreme right opinions being shoved down our throats. Sick of his hatred of Merkel. It gets old. Reply 0 Janet MacFarlane 31i•Hiehland Estates Loretta I only know him via city council meetings and SM. It's Merkel and his refusal to abide by the rules that every other council member follows and those that support that is what gets old. But regardless of what either one of us feels, he has every right to his opinions... just like we have every right to scroll on by or mute him and anyone else. Reply Loretta Vernon 3h' River Rose Janet I get it, but your defense of him is hilarious! Reply Janet MacFarlane 3h ' Edited -Highland Estates Loretta it's not my defense of him... it's my defense of his first amendment rights. But your defense of Merkel is comical. Reply Loretta Vernon 1 h• River Rose Janet I am fully capable, as an MSW, of identilying that there is far more than simple Constitutional rights going on in this case. Continual reactivity toward one party's ideas, refusing to respect other points of view than your own is hardly adhering to the tenets of our Constitution. Reply Ben Lund Author3h•Dishman Hills Tom — good catch to ask for the city numbers. You're right: the 92,625 counted /—22,000 remaining are countywide figures. For the City of Spokane Valley races, the county's report shows: Position 4: Ben Wick 9,078 (67.33%) vs. Daryl Williams 4,318 (32.03%) — margin 4,760 votes. Position 5: Pam Haley 7,455 (55.73%) vs. Catherine Nelson 5,730 (42.83%) — margin 1,725 votes. Position 7: Laura Padden 8,333 (62.11%) vs. Brad Hohn 4,875 (36.33%) — margin 3,458 votes. The same report shows 70,621 registered voters in Spokane Valley and 14,389 ballots processed in these city contests so far (--20.37% turnout). If Spokane Valley finishes near the county's overall turnout (-24.84%), that implies roughly —3,150 additional Spokane Valley ballots still to be counted in these races. What would it take to flip? If R is the remaining ballots in a race, the trailing candidate must win more than (R + margin) / 2 of those ballots. Using R z� 3,150 (estimate based on turnout): Wick's opponent would need > (3,150 + 4,760) / 2 z 3,955 of the 3,150 remaining — mathematically impossible. Padden's opponent would need > (3,150 + 3,458) / 2 ;�- 3,304 of 3,150 — mathematically impossible. Haley's opponent would need > (3,150 + 1,725) / 2 � 2,438 of 3,150 z 77% of the remaining ballots an extreme and historically unlikely late surge. So, with the city totals and reasonable assumptions about remaining Spokane Valley ballots, Wick and Padden are mathematically out of reach, and Haley's lead would require an unprecedented late split to overcome. Sources: Spokane County Elections live results and the city -level summary PDF. Reply 2 Nancy Porco 2h•RidgemontMomin sg ide I didn't choose this at all ! Reply Janet MacFarlane 2h' Hip,hland Estates Nancy but at least you voted. toNov 5: Thank you to everyone who participated in our election yesterday. Q Search for Handyman 2K total Graph shows first 48 hours 0 r - :K Nt iv 0' Neighbor response Neighbors have a lot to say about this post 23 Reactions 27 Comments r"I(jV Nov 07 Deann Thanks For Voting -A Deann Lund Dishman Hills 8 hr ago Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote — your voice truly matters. ❑ ❑ The preliminary results tell the story loud and clear: Spokane Valley voters rejected the misinformation campaign from Councilmember Merkel's coalition. Like my husband says — everything rises and falls on leadership — and the citizens of Spokane Valley chose accountability and honesty. Results so far: • Ben Wick — 67.33% • Pam Haley — 55.73% • Laura Padden — 62.11% (z 92,625 ballots counted,—22,000 remaining; turnout Z 24.8%) Even with ballots still to count, these margins won't change the outcome. Voters stood for honesty, balance, and responsible management — not division. You can view the official Spokane County election results here: ❑ https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20251104/spokane/ 6 Post insights View Mille Williams 7h• Cliff Cannon R.I.P. Spokane Valley t Reply 0 Arlette Popiel 7h•Carnahan-Woodland Terrace Thank you for the information and the link. Reply 2 Marlene Getz 7h•Univerin Get ready to grab your ankles again Reply Danielle Bean 6h- Veracrest Respectfully, your husband adds to the divisiveness with his weekly diatribes. If he truly wants the best for Spokane Valley, it's time to stop. Reply 10 Donna S. 4h•Millwood Valley Like I already said on you other 2 posts saying the same thing. I guess this is another opinion moment. I see it as *Wick ran against a guy that backed out of race at one point and pretty much was not active and that person still managed to get a decent amount of votes *Haley didn't follow campaign rules (reporting), and I won't say the rest on this site, this is not what leadership looks like. *Padden resorted to smear campaign and attacks, not to mention out right lies The new candidates showed up, they were out there talking to and listening to the citizens. I will support them again anyday over the rubber stamp gang. Looking forward to next election where I hope to see them run again. Reply 2 Carlene A. 1 h' Ridgemont Morningside Why is this trash repeatedly posted BEN? How many times do people need to read it? Just looking for views and comments? You are a narcissistic nightmare. a Nov 5: Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote — your voice truly matters. Views 1.6K total Graph shows first 48 hours Q Search for Contractor v Nov 06 Neighbor response Neighbors have a lot to say about this post 21 Reactions 6 Comments Nov 07