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Remodel is unnecessary

Sat., May 12, 2012

So Mayor Condon wishes to remodel City Hall so that most citizens can take care of business on the first floor. I have a suggestion: Install elevators! What? They already have elevators?

I guess that our city leaders did not notice that retail sales in the city are down significantly in the first quarter. Perhaps our citizens can take care of some of their business online, if taking an elevator is too much of a burden.

It seems that elected officials believe that they are elected to invent new ways to spend our taxes, even when the tax revenues are not there to spend.

Allan LeTourneau

Spokane

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