Should Spokane Valley buy Painted Hills?

Golf carts sit locked behind a fence at Painted Hills Golf Course back in March. SR file photo.

It looks like there will be a vote at next Tuesday’s Spokane Valley City Council meeting on whether the city should attempt to buy the Painted Hills Golf Course during a trustee’s auction on the steps of the Spokane County Courthouse in September. A small group of neighbors have been pleading with the city to buy the course and reopen it, but the parks director has said it would make a great community park. So what do you think? Should the city buy it? And if so, should it remain a golf course?

Public comment on the possible purchase will be accepted before the vote next week. If you’d like to put in your two cents, show up at 6 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 11707 E. Sprague Ave.