Letters To The Editor

Friendly reception in Midilome area

Recently, I delivered Valley incorporation town meeting notices to homes in the Midilome area of the Spokane Valley, a neighborhood that had been left out of the proposed city by our committee but was pushed back in by the Boundary Review Board last month.

We precinct workers were more than a little dubious about the reception we might receive in that area. There was more than one suggestion, made in jest, that we walk with armed guards or guard dogs while delivering fliers door-to-door in Midilome.

I have received more rude comments and actions in so-called “favorable” neighborhoods than I did all day Saturday while trudging the streets of Midilome. Everyone was very courteous and never failed to thank me when I placed our fliers in their hands or their children’s hands. It is a beautiful neighborhood of beautiful people and our new city will be blessed by its inclusion as will be the Midilomians.

I feel certain that in this area of upscale homes, the educated, circumspect residents, in the light of recent antics by the freeholders, the land-grabbing Spokane City Council, the pejorative comments of The Spokesman-Review’s editorial staff and the looming specter of Washington’s Growth Management Act, have re-thought what would be the most prudent path to follow, and will decide the exciting concept of creating our own new city is the way to go.

The reception of their county tax bills should also encourage all Spokane Valley homeowners to examine their options.

All we ask is, don’t say no until you know! Then you will join us in creating Spokane Valley, a city by choice. Ed Meadows Spokane Valley