The honeymoon between the Woodward administration and the City Council appears to be over.
With the Washington state eviction moratorium slowly phasing out over the next few months — and the City of Spokane tasked with the distribution of millions in rental assistance — the Spokane City Council wanted to get a few basic questions answered during Thursday's council study session.
What was the status of the city's rental assistance program? Who got the money, and how had they spent it? Who has been helped and how?
It was the kind of basic request for an update from the city staff that council members have made a hundred times throughout the years. City Council President Breean Beggs says it wouldn't take staff more than five minutes. They put in the request Monday. But by Wednesday, they got a surprising response from the administration: Nah.