Catchng Up

OK…so it’s been a while. Just got back from a little stroll across England. Called the Coast to Coast Walk. Lots of fun and a great way to spend a honeymoon!

So I come home and it seems to be business as usual: The Spokesman’s laying off 25 people, Smitty’s gone ostensibly because he and management didn’t see eye to eye on the cuts and Gary Graham---who by his own admission is in lock step with Smitty’s philosophy---is now the boss. Go figure. But I found it interesting that Shaun Higgins is speaking for the paper instead of Stacey. Yep---business as usual.

Otherwise, what else is new? Seems that the Downtown Plan update is on hold for awhile because the City Public Works Department doesn’t like some of the ideas even though Dave Mandyke has been part of the process since the beginning. The Parks Department is also miffed…and those folks have also been at the table. Yep---business as usual.

Some good news though: the Public Facilities District now owns most of the property to the south of the Opera House. (Sorry…INB Performing Arts Center still doesn’t work for me.) So if you’re a fan of The Blvd. you’d better hurry—it’s toast.

And finally it seems that Spokane Motorsports Park is a rousing success---as predicted. The County’s made some $150,000 since reopening it at the end of August. My client Pacific Raceways opted out of this last RFQ process but word is a couple of others are still interested. This will be a grand success—and if you are paying attention even Kim Thorburn and Bryan Sayrs are grudgingly admitting that their opponents did good. Yep---business as usual.