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Public commenters urge county to focus on drug dealers, propose 0.1% sales tax for housing
Summary
Speakers at Spokane County's public forum criticized downtown drug activity, called for enforcement against dealers, and asked commissioners to consider a 0.1% sales-and-use tax under RCW 82.14.530 to fund housing and services.
Several residents used Spokane County's open public forum to describe downtown drug activity and to urge elected officials to pursue enforcement and housing solutions.
Becky Dickerhoof, who identified herself as from the City of Spokane, said the immediate problem is not "homeless people on drugs" but rather "people on drugs" and that downtown has become a focal point for drug sales and use. "We do not see 7,200 drug addicted, unsheltered people in Downtown Spokane," Dickerhoof said,…
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