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Downtown on defense

Sun., Oct. 13, 2019

My friends have begun to avoid downtown Spokane. Streets pinched to uselessness for cross city commutes. Aggressive panhandlers intimidating pedestrians. Businesses on the defensive. And Stuckart wants to continue this trajectory with his advocacy for uber progressive support of homeless solutions that experts have proven to be counterproductive, transit policies that strangle travel by private automobile, and taxation of businesses that will drive them from the city.

A vote for Stuckart is a vote to hurt our city. Think carefully.

Dave McCann

Spokane

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