Council steps out of bounds

Tue., April 10, 2012

The mayor and the City Council only have such authority as authorized by the Washington state Constitution and the laws of the Washington. Nowhere does the mayor or the City Council have authority to engage in activities that are solely for the benefit of one economic entity over another. Such is not part of the governmental game.

Our new government believes it can use the power of the people of Spokane to benefit a particular group to the detriment of another group. This is wrong. Worse, it is illegal.

Spokane seems intent on engaging in conduct that is not only wrong, but is corrosive of the strength and goodwill of our good city. Mayor David Condon, Council President Ben Stuckart, and the council members who voted in favor of opposing the Spokane Tribe’s legal development efforts should be roundly chastised and questioned.

Stephen Eugster

Spokane

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