Medical Lake councilman protests affordable housing request

Homelessness and fire dominated the discussion at Medical Lake’s Sept.17 City Council meeting that was otherwise devoid of action items.

In the council’s “Meetings and Other Information” section, Councilman Ted Olson brought up a letter from the Spokane City Council contained in council members meeting packets. Olson stated the letter was about homeless people and a request by Spokane for assistance in dealing with the problem — something Olson said “didn’t sit right” with him.

Olson’s first objection was that the letter came from current Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart, a Spokane...

 

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