Fellow Spokanites, it may be time to admit that the "strong mayor" didn’t pan out so far. They have been so full of themselves that they haven’t had too much time for our problems (one exception: Jim West, roads replacement). Last year it cost us around $750,000 for a position that should pay $150,000 a year for a competent city administrator.

From the Matrix study, the advisers and the mayor himself we got some indecisions, some bad decisions (see garbage pickup on the North Side) and a lot of rhetoric. The alternative, who is for consensus, goes in a meeting and gets convinced to vote the wrong way (Dr. Kim Thorburn firing). Would you like to give her four more years of consensus? One thing we may be spared on is paying for either of these two candidates’ back injury.

(...) Would you please elect somebody that would work on eliminating this "strong mayor" system and hiring a competent city administrator? There is always the write-in option!
Adrian I. Barac
Spokane

Do you regret Spokane's switch to the strong mayor system?

(S-R file photo)

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