KXLY
August 3, 2021 3:24 PM
SPOKANE, Wash. Spokane’s Community Housing and Human Services department has lost yet another employee.
Acting CHHS Department Director David Lewis will resign from his position at the end of August. Lewis took up the role following Cupid Alexander’s departure in June, citing racist mistreatment from City Administrator Johnnie Perkins.
Lewis is primarily CHHS’s Community Management Information System Administrator.
The department has also seen resignations from former manager Tija Danzig and former director Timothy Sigler in recent months.
Cupid Alexander s explosive exit continues to shake up Spokane City Hall and undercut Mayor Woodward s recent homelessness claims inlander.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from inlander.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
KXLY
June 16, 2021 12:48 PM Erin Robinson
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SPOKANE, Wash. An outgoing leader at Spokane City Hall sent a scathing email Wednesday, accusing City Administrator Johnnie Perkins of mistreating him because of his race.
Cupid Alexander, who is Black, announced this week he is resigning from his position as Director of Neighborhoods, Housing and Human Services. This makes Alexander, who was appointed to the role by Mayor Nadine Woodward in November, the third city employee who works on homeless issues to resign in recent months.
Tija Danzig, who worked in the Community, Housing and Human Services Department and Timothy Sigler, the director of the department, have both resigned in recent weeks.
Departing city division head Cupid Alexander emails the City Council to accuse City Administrator Johnnie Perkins of racism – and much, much more inlander.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from inlander.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This year, Spokane s annual homeless count won t include homeless people without shelter. The federally required point-in-time count survey, to be held on Jan. 28, will only count people staying in homeless shelters or in transitional housing, the city says. That means hundreds of homeless individuals who are not in a shelter or transitional housing will be excluded. The city says the reason for the change this year is to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Cupid Alexander, director of the city s neighborhoods, housing and human services division, says the decision was made with the safety of volunteers and homeless individuals in mind, adding that other communities have made the same decision.