Part 8: “Naysayers” and Government Structure. August 27, 2009 In the view from the tower at Riverside and Monroe, Spokane did not have dissenters, it had “naysayers.” A 1999 Review editorial admonished: “Healthy cities don’t bicker, they build, everywhere, with a happy heart and an eye on the future.”
By William Stimson
If Spokane voters had some objection to the way the city was governed, the