Tag: faith and values

As Spokane prepares for the gubernatorial debate between Bob Ferguson and Dave Reichert on Sept. 18, 16 other statewide and local candidates have shared their personal faith and values that motivate their campaigns, despite the top candidates not participating in this inquiry.

Ten days ago Jolie was making lunch in the kitchen. Then she wasn’t. “Peter, I need you,” she said from a chair in another room. I found her slumped sideways in the recliner. “I’ve got a splitting headache behind my right eye.”

John Waite is one of the few candidates in memory to make mental health part of his platform. It is courageous because many people are afraid of mental health issues because they don't take the time to understand what mental illness is or how it affects our community. Ignorance of mental health and how it works has had devastating results all over the country and certainly in Spokane.

The transformation shows the capacity for creativity, innovation and imagination in Spokane as a city and by individuals in the city. It shows how leaders collaborate together to make something new out of the old via a process of transformation, starting with a dream and then making that dream a reality.