My newest form of entertainment this week is constantly checking the Spokane County Elections Office website to see who has filed for the many offices up for election this fall. So far there's little competition in many of the Spokane Valley area races on the ballot, including small town city councils and school board races. So far not a single person has filed for any of the East Valley or West Valley School District seats. But it's only early Wednesday. I expect some people are waiting until the last minute (just before 4 p.m. Friday) while they wait to see the lay of the land.

In the Spokane Valley City Council races so far we have all the candidates that had prevously announced by filing their Public Disclosure Commission candidate registration forms - Dean Grafos, Ben Wick, DeeDee Loberg, Chuck Hafner, John Carroll and Arne Woodard. Is anyone else out there planning to file for one of the spots on the dias?

It's been a few minutes. Time to go hit refresh again...

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