Review of Spokane, Washington


Very bad place to be
Star Rating - 6/27/2019
There are numerous people who play baseball in the park across from my house, Rochester Park, and there is no issue. But there is a group of men who are constantly and consistently hitting baseballs into the front of my house and into my car. I keep the balls to discourage them from hitting my house but that doesn’t stop them. I have over 20 baseballs they have hit into my home and car.
I called Carl Strong in the Parks Department on May 10 at 9:19 am, May 10 at 9:50 am, May 31 at 9:54 am, June 5 at 8:56 am and I went to his office on June 6 and was told he and his supervisor were in a meeting.
I called Jennifer at the Parks Department on June 3 and she called back a few days later and said she would look into signage. Nothing happened.
I called Garrett at the Parks Department to make an appointment and had to leave a message, he never called me back. I called Garrett again on June 12 at 8:10 am and left a message. He never called back.
On June 4 one of the men came up to my fence in my front yard and said he was getting his ball. I told him he was trespassing and not to come onto my property, he kept walking up my driveway anyway with me telling him to keep off my property. I had my granddaughter call the police and then he walked back to the park saying something about my being white and that he was going to damage my car. The police came and I filed a report.
I called Mayor David A Condon and told him the issue on June 13 and he said he would do something about it. Nothing was done.
On June 15 I drove out of town with my granddaughter and my rear drivers side tire began making noise on the highway. I stopped to check it and all but one of the lugnuts had been loosened to be barely finger tight. I made a police report.
On June 27 they hit a baseball into my granddaughters window for the third time in two weeks and this time they broke it.
Then they laughed about it.
I called the police and they refused to come out.
I made another police report.
Then I took my phone and walked to the park and took photos of the license plates of the cars that were there, they belong to the men who are doing this.
They are BIN 2240, 521 KVH, BHW 1025, BIZ 9397, BJU 5188, AND LHG 610, I know for a fact that you can use these plate numbers to find out who these people are, I will also be putting a shed in my backyard at my expense so I can pull my car into the garage each evening to protect it. I also now have to be the window replaced at my expense because it would probably be less than my deductible. Then I will probably have to put grates over my front windows and doors to keep this from happening again, at my expense.
So I will making this information public because that is probably the only way to make this stop. This is how the city of Spokane WA treats its senior citizens.
Add to this the total lack of jobs even with Amazon coming in. This is not a good place to be.
patricia | Spokane, WA
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These are the same police who stood by Karl F. Thompson Jr. beating Otto Zehm to death. Spokane Police are some of the worst in the United States. They would much rather have drug dealers and vandals be in charge of the place than to actually protect and serve. Shows their true colors.
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Sounds Seattle like. The peeps in power are letting the whole state go into the crapper. Too bad. Sorry to hear this.
james | Keystone Heights, FL | Report Abuse

Ok, here is the truth about this Spokane , WA. Starting with the government. These officials are part of the illuminati and it has been a proven fact. They take tax money we give and send it to a groups that are for the New World Order, the United Nations signed agreement Agenda 21 and 2030 is at work here. So, this has created an upper class of evil in this city and the middle and lower class are going to be the ones who suffer. Here is a little fact about this city of Spokane and the operations of it's Police force. This is fact and taken right from the cities site. SPOKANE WA. changed it's policy on crimes. Here is the latest announcements direct from the city of Spokane.... "Many crime reports do not require an officer to respond, such as stolen bicycles, garage burglaries, lost property, trespassing, vehicle prowling, custodial interference, harassment, thefts, and malicious mischief. Citizens may make these reports by contacting: CRIME CHECK" Crime check is a lazy service of reports and most of them never get solved unless they become a statistic on someone's chart in city government. In my opinion, these seem to be kind of serious and to not respond to them lets criminals get away with them. Lost Property is considered car theft, let's face it, who has lost their property, Should be called Stolen Property, but lost sounds so much sweeter. The police are busy, what can be done to lighten their load. IMO Spokane money is being misdirected by the mayor and not used like it should be. Just like our federal government does with OUR money. A thing called the Agenda, involves the public to Police themselves and believe me folks, this is coming and if you can't see it, you are ignorant. So, how can you police yourself or neighbors? You can't because your not the law. So, crime is starting to accelerate here and this is fact. Many crimes go unreported because who wants to live in a crime ridden city? Most crimes are swept under the rub and this makes things look pretty nice on paper for anyone interested in coming here to live. I have seen improvement in our Police force and SWAT team in handling criminals and the policy of capturing a criminal. They must be being retrained to use the wait tactic instead of rushing in and beating butts. Though, some criminals need an ass whooping. The Police hands are tied as well. Soon as they bust someone, WA state lets them go free almost the same day they are jailed. This allows criminals to make a living at this and commit another crime, over and over and over again. Spokane is riddled with car theft, property theft, car prowlers, (young kids), walking the streets between 1AM to 4:30AM, stealing anything they can get hands on. If anyone says this is BS, I will send you hours of video I have to prove this is getting worse by the day and no one is doing anything about it. The only way to get Police to come to your 911 crime call is to tell 911 you saw a gun on one of the criminals. So, think about that for a while. Our government here is changing and the city is changing. I predict this state to start burning people from their homes as well, just like California is doing. Burn the rural homes down, tell the owners they can't live there any longer because it's a fire hazard and remove them from their property and move them to inner city box and stack community living. Place them into these environmental housing structures and then make them police themselves. You following me? This is happening everywhere and Spokane is in the transition. Anyone thinking differently are sheeples and are ignorant of this signed Agenda policy. Spokane is in big trouble, as well as your own cities. Everyone can see the little changes, a little at a time folks, that's how it's being done to you and your liberties are being doomed. The smart ones already know this is what's coming and know it needs to be stopped. Spokane isn't that wonderful at all because of these changes made by our upper government. In addition, our roads here suck. They are not maintained properly and new paving never last because they don't know how to maintain then. Our city services are on a string budget and who's fault is this? Not the taxpayers, it's the tax takers fault and they need to be watched much closer. The weather here is beautiful, sure. we have 4 seasons here and it's pretty for a while,...but have you ever shoveled snow before? Average 48 inches of snow a year is not fun. In fact it's miserable to do and I have experience in being a miserable snow shoveler. I must give the city a pat on the back though for not using salt on roads, thank them for that one. But remember, you will be plowing your own vehicles out of the snow and your sidewalks, steps, etc. The other 3 seasons are nice and summers can be blistering here, but I love the heat. Our lakes and rivers are nice, but the future is grim because they will all be restricted in some way or another. High cost and the Agenda will create new laws keeping people away from the water supplies in our future. How else are all these people moving here going to live? So, you want to come to Spokane...to live? Spokane can only support a limited amount of population because the water supply is limited. This Spokane river is not a raging torrent, you know. So, as people move here, the water supplies will drop drastically and then they will be regulated drastically. Stop looking at just today or tomorrow or next week. Look at long term picture and then maybe you will see where this place is headed. If the river stops running, people are going to get thirsty and their conservative SUV's will get dirty, lol. So come on up and live in box and stack housing and have your life regulated by this government of money spending so called upper class. The air quality also is terrible here. Spokane sits in a bowl and this bad air sits in this bowl like anything else would. Just because it's pretty and green don't mean is breathable. Traffic here as also becoming a major disaster. In the short time I been here, I have watched the freeways and streets get stopped from traffic delays. Come here during Xmas ands see for yourself. Can't forget about our North/South freeway system that has taken over 50 years to complete. So, you want to come to Spokane huh? Good luck, The good ole days are over and the ones that think its still the best are in a glass bubble oblivious to anyone else. You know the ones that drive down a road and create their own speed limit and think they are the only one in the world. Sneaking cell phone conversations and hauling their only child in a SUV the size of a bus. Welcome to Spokane folks. Join the misery.
Brad | Spokane, WA | Report Abuse
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