The folks behind Spokane's grandiose Proposition 4 appear not to be in touch with reality, AWB President Don Brunell writes in his weekly column.
The proposition seeks to amend the city charter to create an expansive and expensive bundle of vague new rights, Brunell writes, everything from extending prevailing wage requirements to "affordable renewable energy."
Who will enforce these rights, Brunell asks. "Everybody!" says Envision Spokane, the group behind the proposition.
And who is going to pay for it?
The group has not even bothered to tally the cost of their wish list, Brunell says.
"There is no free lunch," Brunell writes. "Rather than saddle employers and taxpayers with a costly and ambiguous wish list, voters should reject Proposition 4 and urge their elected officials to come up with positive, workable alternatives."
