Familiarize yourself with these issues of immediate concern.
Catholic Charities are directly involved with facilitating illegal entry into the United States. They are set to build a 71 unit substance-friendly “haven” across from the saw shop on Buena Vista. They are doing so with support from the City of Colville and local NGOs. Haven locations in Spokane are surrounded by drugs, crime, and blight.
Recent rule changes to the governance specified by the 30 year old Growth Management Act push woke ideologies on local governance under threat of financial sanctions. Despite what lawyers advising them have been asserting, local government is not without recourse.
State lawyers assert that Stevens County is operating illegally because of a 1984 resolution that grants building code permit exemption to property owners who build non-commercial structures on their land.
Being a successful representative should not require paying lip service to constituents while marching to the beat of a different drummer. Why are county commissioners asking the state to raise taxes because their constituents won’t let them do it themselves?
“Helping those in need” should be about facilitating “finding the exit” by addressing the root cause of the need instead of enabling the continuance of the situation by treating side effects. The model used by Union Gospel Mission is sustainable while being an enormous success for the needy. The model used by Catholic Charities is an enormous success for the organization while being a failure for the needy.
Is local government responding to the interests of local residents or the stipulations contained in grant funding written by outside activists?
In light of charitable NGOs taking public funds and then betraying the interests of the taxpayers, it is well past time to look closer at the vast number of entities providing social services with an eye at accountability. Who runs Rural Resources and why can they operate inside local government like elected officials?
