A 'thank you' note to Sandpoint

A "thank you" note to the city of Sandpoint …

Thank you for proposing local option sales taxes that everyone would pay to support things like downtown improvement (for tourists), the Sand Creek waterfront, and redesigning City Beach, which helps a small portion of the population.

Thank you for bringing back the U.S. 2 "Curve," and then ditching it again that people turned thumbs down to several years ago.

Thank you for funding a new west-side sporting facility and adding amenities to those that already exist, that again benefit a narrow range of people.

Thank you for wanting to fund sidewalks that most people seldom use, preferring to walk in the streets.

Thank you for spending tens of thousands of dollars on internet-connected garbage cans.

Thank you for repeatedly digging up the streets and then patching them in a slipshod way.

Thank you for all the deteriorated streets that are never improved or repaved which would help the vast majority of us.

Thank you for property taxes that continually spiral upward, causing a burden on property owners and renters through increased rent.

Thank you for not explaining where all the new revenue goes except the dozens of shiny new city vehicles and police cars while I drive a 22-year-old vehicle that needs a front-end alignment after the front rack and tie-rod connections were replaced which was aggravated by the condition of the city streets according to my mechanic.

Hugs and kisses,

LAWRENCE FURY 

Sandpoint