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Dear Commissioners,
I do not support an "Aquatic Center" and do not even support a committee
to discuss the possibility. I worry that such a committee will just
stall the issue for now in hopes that the proposal for the Aquatic
Center will have a better reception sometime later.
We can use a swimming pool for the use the high school and the county
and city populace. But this can be done much less expensively than the
proposed Aquatic Center. Why not a simple pool and locker rooms? This
is not a rich county although there are a sizeable number of rich people
who live here. But as you drive around the county it is very clear that
many people live in substandard housing and therefore presumably having
trouble making ends meet. Why should these people be taxed for an
unneeded Aquatic Center that they don't have time to use? Many people
have two jobs and families to raise. While their kids might get to use
the pool through the schools they don't have time to be recreational
swimmers. The cost of housing, groceries and fuel is particularly high
now. How can you possibly subject people who are struggling to a tax
for such a frivolous purpose?
Once again, I support a plain and simple pool with locker rooms.
Presumably this could be built through grants and donations and perhaps
a new school bond, not by creating a new taxing district. I strongly
oppose any other new taxes for this purpose.
Laura Rosenberg
1044 Blue Sky Drive
Port Townsend, WA