Rights won’t burden city

I’d like to ask K.L. Edgren (Letters, Oct. 2) what exactly are the mechanisms that already exist that address the rights proposed in Prop 4? And do those mechanisms address equally the rights of citizens and corporations?

The right to affordable preventive health care only asks the city to coordinate a consortium of providers to provide a “fee for service” program for the over 20,000 uninsured/underinsured Spokane residents. If the city engages in a good-faith effort, then the standard under this right is satisfied.

One of our city’s strengths is the ability to form successful task forces.

The right to affordable and safe housing does not burden the city with purchasing housing nor does it force owners to rent or sell to low-income people. The city’s only duty is to plan for and monitor affordable housing stock; to offer incentives to developers to build affordable housing.

Right No. 9 is simple, really. It states that workers, neighborhoods, neighborhood councils and the city of Spokane have the right to enforce the Community Bill of Rights without corporations or other businesses using their privilege, power, money and influence to avoid or nullify these rights. It means “democracy and equality.”

Kathy Miotke

Spokane