Council is hyperpartisan

Last week, four Spokane City Council candidates (two of them current Council members) spoke at a forum billed as a chance to share how they would use their office to “resist Trump.”

Do they even know what the job is?

The City Council is supposed to be nonpartisan, but you wouldn’t know it by the agenda it has pushed in recent years. The political left, led by Ben Stuckart and community organizers like FUSE Washington (the sponsor of the forum), has made the City Council hyperpartisan to the point that it’s actually trying to take on the president of the United States. They don’t even try to disguise their partisanship or contempt for their fellow citizens who fall on the right side of the political spectrum.

In a few weeks, Spokane voters will have their ballots for City Council. This is the legislative body whose decisions directly affect potholes, police and your pocketbook. Do you want council members who scheme ways to thwart the president and malign those who support him? Or do you want a council focused on fixing streets, improving public safety and managing our tax dollars wisely?

Stephanie Cates, chairwoman, Spokane County Republicans

Spokane