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Ever since people learned that the Mobius Science Center was being evicted by the Cowles Company for a major retailer, speculation spread that the spot would become either an Urban Outfitters or an Anthropologie. Last week, a permit was issued for tenant improvements (TI) in the space in order to do demolition work for a job called “TI for ANTHROPOLOGIE.” The high-end women’s clothing retailer, owned by the same company as Urban Outfitters, has locations worldwide — and soon, the permit suggests, it will have one in Spokane. (DANIEL WALTERS)
PRIVATE EYE YOUNG KWAK PHOTO
The scene inside the Bing Crosby Theater where Seahawks fans gathered on Sunday for Super Bowl XLIX. Sadly, they’d watch their team lose 28-24 to the New England Patriots.
POLITICS
“Given the arc of the work we’ve done in Spokane, I think we’re on the trajectory to win.” Brad Read, president of the board of Envision Spokane, talking in the Spokesman-Review about the prospect of the group’s Community Bill of Rights triumphing the third time it faces voters. A state appellate court last Thursday overturned a 2013 decision that had removed the ordinance from the general election ballot.
A bill introduced in the Washington State Legislature would make the state’s public records law less public. The proposed changes, from a trio of Western Washington Democrats, are designed to accommodate the concerns of state law enforcement agencies using POLICE BODY CAMERAS. Under current law, agencies have been swamped with blanket requests for footage from the cameras. The bill would no longer allow blanket requests and the public would only be able to request the footage under specific circumstances. It’s also intended to address privacy concerns raised from some sensitive footage from body cameras being posted to the Internet. The Spokane Police Department has been reluctant to move forward with its own body camera program until the state’s public record law has been altered. (JAKE THOMAS)
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