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Moving Forward With a New Police Contract in Spokane

by Dom Felix One year after voters passed amended the City Charter to mandate independent investigation authority by the Office of Police Ombudsman (OPO), City Council approved a contract between the city of Spokane and the Police Guild, along with…

Time to Act Against Drones

by Bobby Kirl Remember drones? The President, in his lengthy State of the Union Address last month, gave a mere three sentences to one of the most pressing issues of our age. He mentioned the word drone only once. For…

Solidarity with El Salvador

Hermanas Spokane and Camp Salvador Counselors are raising money for the library of Huisisilapa: Dinner and Auction: Saturday, March 8, at The Community School 1300 W. Knox. Tickets: $10 (a donation accepted for families). Doors open at 5:00 pm; 6:00…

Inspiration & Impact in Olympia: Lobby Day!

by Bobby Kirl On January 20th, I and members from the 6th Legislative District participated, alongside PJALS and Washington CAN members from many Eastern Washington Legislative Districts, in an exciting and highly effective lobby day in Olympia. Our PJALS delegation…

The Blogful of Salt

Blueprint for Reform calls for “Smart Justice”

by Dom Felix The Spokane Regional Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) released its report “Blueprint for Reform” January 10th 2014. Many of the Smart Justice Campaign’s policy recommendations are in the CJC’s report–ideas like moving to an evidence-based criminal justice system,…

Our 5th Annual Peace & Economic Justice ACTION Conference

This has become the largest skill-building, relationship weaving event of its kind in the Inland NW, bringing together 200 progressives from Montana to Seattle and beyond. There are 21 fantastic workshops to chose from! You can still register at pjals.org/2014conference,…

2014 Peace & Economic Justice Action Conference

Rave reviews about our Action Conference: “Great variety of programs and the opportunity to meet new people!” “It gave me inspiration and hope.” “Surrounded by the energy of like minded people, rare in Spokane!” “Open discussions, amazing positive energy, and…

Chapter Closed – For Now

Originally published by the Inlander (http://www.inlander.com/spokane/chapter-closed-andmdash-for-now/Content?oid=2266227) by Heidi Groover Even as some took the tone of a chapter closing, others left the council chambers thinking only of the work left to be done. “I think we’re on the edge,” said…

City Council approves new Spokane police contract, oversight law

Originally published by The Spokesman-Review (http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2014/feb/11/city-council-approves-new-spokane-police-contract/) by Jonathan Brunt Three more months of public debate, news conferences and negotiations have led to the Spokane City Council’s approval of a new police oversight law and union contract. After unanimously rejecting a…

City announces new police contract agreement

Originally published by the Inlander (http://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2014/02/04/city-announces-new-police-contract-agreement) by Heidi Groover City and Spokane Police Guild negotiators have reached a new tentative contract agreement they hope will satisfy the city council, which rejected an earlier agreement and has repeatedly called for more…