No complaints. Spokane apartment developer Richard Naccarato reached a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department who investigated his firm for design flaws in the apartments that made access difficult for people with disabilities. The settlement calls for an estimated $1 million worth of retrofitting to 666 apartments.

The 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act opened up housing, transportation, schooling and employment for people with disabilities. But businesspeople sometimes complain how much it costs to comply. Naccarato, in a prepared statement, didn’t complain. He said instead, “I am proud of the fact that I am setting an example for other builders who, like me, may not be as fully compliant as they should be.” Compliance by other builders will open up even more housing for those with disabilities, always a good thing in any community.

A non-issue to most. Apparently, there’s no groundswell to “disincorporate” Spokane Valley.

In six months, organizer Sally Jackson and others have collected less than half the signatures required to put a second disincorporation vote on the Spokane Valley ballot. Meanwhile, Shannon Sullivan & Co. have needed only weeks to sign up about 16,000 residents in their effort to recall Spokane Mayor Jim West.

The different outcomes in the two petition drives suggest that the recall effort has strong grass-roots support, while the disincorporation crusade is losing steam. Jackson and others collected 9,988 signatures, but needed 13,877 more for another vote. They contend that bad weather last spring caused the drive to get off to a poor start. But Councilman Dick Denenny has another theory that might be more accurate: “It’s really a non-issue to most people in the Valley.”

Jackson and other anti-city supporters vow to bring the matter back. In other words, some people don’t know when they’re beaten.