Campaign Newsletter - November 6th

WE DID IT!

The latest election count:

Mark - 53.11% 88,426 votes

Bryan – 46.89% 78,084 votes

Bryan has conceded, per the Spokesman Review

You guys probably thought you’d heard the last from me! HA!

One more favor to ask. Looking for some volunteers to help with sign removal. I can give you a small section of town with addresses and a drop location. We can also arrange for someone to come and pick them up from you! If you happen to just pick signs up randomly, please note the address or cross streets, as well as the sign size. This way I can keep my map current! Contact information is below.

A message from Mark:

Thank you, Spokane voters, for granting me the honor of serving another four years as your County Commissioner. This has been an incredible journey; one I could not have begun or completed without the help and support of so many people. THANK YOU!

In the coming days, it will be important that we respect the wishes of residents to get our signs down as soon as possible. It is extremely important we honor those wishes.

Out of respect of those who have invested financially to my campaign as well, I would like to recover as many of those signs as possible. If you have a sign on your property, please leave it up or put it in a visible location.

Call us if it has not been picked within a few days, or contact us by email at info@richardforcommissioner.com and we will arrange to have it picked up. If you would be willing to help us recover signs, please contact us here or at 535-7329 and we can get you a list, an area and a drop off location.

Again, my sincere thanks and heartfelt appreciation to you for your support and for allowing me to continue the important work we have underway.

Mark Richard

Interview with James Wood

Mark Richard writes:

"Today I hosted a telephone conference call and interview with James Wood of The Economic Report. The Economic Report (E.R.) is a national television program focused, you guessed it, on the national economy. Earlier this month Mr. Wood contacted me to ask just what we were doing that is setting us apart from the national economy. Readers might recall that Spokane has catapulted from 114th to 9th on Forbes Magazine’s Best place to own a business in the past 4 years. Spokane County has seen 19,000 new jobs in the past 2 years, and (see related web article at www.richardforcommissioner.com linked from Bert Caldwell of the Spokesman Review) has defied recent trends by decreasing unemployment in the past quarter.

Over the past two weeks, I assembled the leaders of various areas of expertise in our local economic development efforts. Today’s conference call included Mr. Wood and Harry Sladitch, President and CEO of the Convention Visitors Bureau, Mike Wilson; the Interim Director for Connect Northwest, Jeff Severs; the CEO for Greater Spokane Incorporated, and Mark Peters, Director of the International Trade Alliance. Each shared statistics and anecdotal information with Wood of how this region, in partnership with local government, has collaborated to enter the national marketplace.

Mr. Wood was encouraged by our success story and asked to reconvene next week with one of his senior editors to synch the deal for producing a story sometime in 2009 that will showcase the unique and collaborative efforts that have set Spokane apart from other regions for attracting and sustaining a vibrant and diverse economy. Visit www.theeconomicreport.com to read more about the corporation and their host, Greg Gumbel."

Get out there and vote for Mark Richard tomorrow!