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Hosted by Scott Shock, Cindy Alia, and Gary Hagland

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Changes to AFFH
Featuring Jeffrey McMorris, Regional Director of HUD

Topic of Discussion
HUD Programs,
AFFH –Affirmatively Further Fair Housing
And changes by Secretary Ben Carson related to
AFFH with a rule called
Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice
Impact or Improvement as related to Washington State

Jeffery McMorris provided a detailed and interesting take on HUD, AFFH, PCNC, and his duties in HUD Region 10.

Dr, Steven Quay, biotech entrepreneur, will presented and discussed innovation, intellectual property rights, with Scott Shock and Cindy Alia

Creating ‘New Earth’ – The Future of Property - opportunities through intellectual property, the types of intellectual property, and the power of intellectual property. 

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Josh Malone had a fun and useful invention, but his intellectual property was taken from him, hear Josh's story about the fight for his intellectual property!

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Josh Malone provided an interesting and compelling presentation on the fight for intellectual property of inventors, the need to restore and reform the US patent system to what we all would consider its intended purpose.  More information on Josh Malone's fight can be found at these links:

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Cindy Alia and Scott Shock enjoyed and appreciated a Conversation Featuring...

Ethan Blevins, Pacific Legal Foundation provided much in depth information on 
Rents, Regulation, and Housing Affordability

Topics of discussion to include:
First in time Rental Rule
Rent Bidding
Moratorium Proclamations and Recent CDC Moratorium from Federal Agency/State's Rights
How do these impact Affordable Housing?
Are there better alternative solutions to perceived problems?

City Council Vote to fluoridate Spokane Water September 14th!

Be sure to call or email you opinion on fluoridation to the City Council before September 14th!

Use this link for contact information for your affected district: https://safewaterspokane.org/decision-makers 

Spokane Citizens strongly object to the addition of fluoride to their drinking water, in the belief that drinking and household water should be as pure as possible without additives or what can be considered a drug.

Spokane Mayor Woodard weighs in on costs:

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Cindy Alia enjoyed a candid conversation with featured guest Judge Dave Larson, Candidate for State Supreme Court Justice.   In our discussion he referred to the federalist papers numbers 9 and 10 as reading for an informed opinion on the topics discussed in our conversation, relevant to circumstances we find ourselves experiencing today.  Here is a link to the federalist papers, numbers 1 through 10, scroll through to read these papers!

By Cindy Alia

August 20, 2020

It seems the War on Landlords is in full swing nation-wide, and if one listens closely, local rhetoric indicates this is also true in Washington State.

https://mises.org/wire/war-landlords-has-begun

Governor Inslee’s wont for micro-managing all aspects of life in Washington state continues to flourish, as seen with this press release:

https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/inslee-extends-safe-start-proclamation-eviction-moratorium

Does the Harm to Society Outweigh the Effects of Climate Change Policy and Rhetoric?

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Join Glen Morgan and Cindy Alia enjoyed a highly informational conversation with Toby Nixon, Washington Coalition for Open Government, and City of Kirkland Council member
Thursday, August 6, 2020, 7:00 – 8:00 pm

A discussion with Mark Miloscia of Family Policy Institute of Washington about Education Policy and Legislative Education Budget Matters

Do you realize on average, about 1/3rd of property tax funds education?  It is time for property owners to be heard, especially in our current crises!

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Discussion Topics to include…

Education Policy

Legislative Education Budget

School re-opening

Constitutional Mandate for Education