Outrageous increase will only hurt regular people

There has recently come to my attention a proposed whopping (60-90 percent increase) of city dock leases. Who are the people presently leasing these docks — a plumber, electrician, store owner, store clerk, tow truck operator and firefighter, a carpenter and a waitress, a lawyer and two school teachers, a banker and a UPS delivery man, a woman working three jobs (one of which is working with autistic children), a three-generational family and many more. This is a cross-section of what it takes to have a community.

How many can afford the new rates? I don't know, but who do you plan to replace them with when they are forced to give up their dock spaces? At this rate, only the ultra-rich will boat out of Sandpoint.

These docks don't compare to the ones they are being compared to, which have water, electricity, security gates, toilet facilities, etc. As our civil elected officials, I beg you to reconsider these exorbitant rate increases.

Did I fail to mention the ambiance watching sailboats on the water provides for the tourists who will be the future Sandpoint economy.

HELEN GLOOR

Sandpoint