STA plan won’t help us

Mon., Sept. 19, 2016

STA is requesting an increase in the sales tax at the next election. I live in a 55-and-over community. I called STA and asked if they are considering extending the bus service to our community off Highway 195. They informed me they were not considering a route to serve this area.

They won’t get several hundred votes from our neighborhood. A whole area of Spokane will be taxed, but not served.

Joel Whitaker

Spokane

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