commentary

In an open letter to the residents in in the Gazette, noted general Contractor and construction expert Rob Youngs is quoted as saying,"This is the most frugal and responsible way to build our community center" Is he hoping it will be just as frugal and responsible as the city was when they built the BATHROOMS? the CC enclosure? HOW would Rob know? He is an attorney, and not even a construction attorney at that! Whether the taxes go up this year due to the new gym or the HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of our tax dollars that have recently disappearred (or both!)IS immaterial- they will go up due to general incompetence, ineptitude, or worse on the part of city officials. They raised our taxes last year, and they will raise them again this year to cover their butts. How anybody can consider the citys officials to be impressive is hard to understand, unless you are talking about the impressive (depressive?) amount of our tax monies they have disappeared! Dr. Mel P. Johnson