Westlund ready to fight the good fight
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August 19, 2026 1:00 AM
When Post Falls Mayor Randy Westlund addressed the city's financial position Monday, he said something we wish more elected leaders were willing to say. Not in these exact words, but the message was clear: We have a budget problem, and raising property taxes is not the solution.
Westlund warned of what he called "a substantial deficit on the horizon that will only get worse over time." More importantly, he rejected the familiar government playbook for dealing with financial trouble:
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