Envision Spokane is a group of citizens working tirelessly to create a better Spokane. Over the years, these involved individuals have collaborated with City officials to develop initiatives to place on the election ballot that would allow voting citizens the ability to directly legislate on behalf of their own interests. Each year they have been aggressively opposed in these efforts by private interests dedicated to preventing the rights of people to engage in direct democracy.
Once again this year, members of Envision Spokane gathered the necessary signatures and qualified their Community Bill of Rights initiative for ballot placement. The Spokane City Council voted unanimously to approve this action. Despite these official actions, powerful private interests have sued the City and Envision to have the duly qualified initiative removed from the ballot and prevent the voting public from even having the chance to review these important measures.
In the interest of justice, the Whipple Law Group, PLLC accepted the request to provide legal representation to Envision Spokane in order to defend against this untoward attack against citizen involvement in the Constitutionally-protected electorate process. Read The Inlander article summarizing the case.
