Effective government forum April 16 at Moran Prairie
People For Effective Government (PEG) is sponsoring a free, public forum on Monday, April 16, at 7 p.m. at the Moran Prairie County Library, 6004 S. Regal St. on Spokane’s South Hill.
The presenter/speaker for PEG’s first public forum will be Dr. Dale Soden, professor of history at Whitworth University. The topic of his presentation is “Seeking Bi-Partisanship In A Polarized World — Why and When Has It Worked In The Past.” There will be time for questions and answers after his presentation.
More information about the forum is available at pegnow.org, as well as PEG’s goals, objectives and policy positions on major current issues. PEG is a Spokane-based bipartisan coalition that is committed to changing the current political climate in which our two major political parties have become increasingly polarized.
In a news release, the organization noted “this extreme polarization is a lack of compromise that leads to political gridlock and/or policies that swing radically from left to right, or right to left, depending on which party holds the majority. Neither of these situations benefit the American public, because there is no consistent, long-term strategy to address the challenges that our nation and our citizens face.
PEG seeks to address this by supporting bipartisan approaches to governing.”
National Work Zone Safety Week April 9-13
April 9-13 is “National Work Zone Safety Week,” and local transportation officials want Spokane County drivers to remember that as the busy spring and summer road construction season get under to be patient with travel delays, detours and to slow down when driving through a road construction zone.
In a news release, officials note that the employees in those work zones are husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, sons and daughters — and they all deserve to go home at the end of their shift. Workers with Spokane County and the Washington Department of Transportation frequently have close calls — even injuries — in a work zone because a driver wasn’t paying attention, ignored the signs or was driving too fast.
Workers are provided with safety equipment and training, but also need motorists’ help in keeping everyone on the road safe.
When in work zones, drivers are asked to slow down and drive the posted speeds, be kind to workers who are helping with safety while improving roads, pay attention to the workers directing traffic and stay calm, expect delays, leave early or take an alternate route if possible.
According to WSDOT, Washington state averages 837 roadway work zone injuries a year. In 2017, the state reported 1,703 reported collisions either in a work zone or in a related back-up, 708 reported injuries and seven fatal crashes.
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