Be glad, for practicality’s sake

In regard to all the opposition to a Walmart store coming to Monroe: I would think that everyone would be glad. I know a lot of people from Monroe to Skykomish who would be glad. We have to drive clear to Everett or Marysville. I wonder how many people complained about Ben Franklin or Fred Meyer or

Lowe’s when they came to Monroe.

I know a lot of people would be glad if a Walmart was built behind McDonald’s on the four lanes east of Sultan.

If the city fathers and businesses had let the highway be built, bypassing Monroe 40 year ago and not been so nearsighted and greedy, there w

ould not be a bottleneck now in Monroe.

I have lived in this valley for 63 years and the traffic has just gotten worse. When is a bypass going to be built?

You think the traffic in Monroe is bad, just try to get on U.S. 2 on Saturday or Sunday or holidays in Sultan.

Walmart would bring a lot of revenue to Monroe and give a lot of people jobs.

Ruth Rust
Sultan

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