It seems to me that, as a city, our priorities are somewhat screwed up. Recently, the city government’s officials revealed that budget shortfalls are requiring cuts in library services, increases in utility fees and additional auto license renewal fees. Shortly afterward, the city communications director announced a contest to design a new city logo “ because the current logo is 20 years old.”
As a septuagenarian and 30-plus year resident of Everett, I not only resent the increased expenses to my fixed income, but the replacement of a perfectly good logo (and it’s attendant expense) based solely on age, as well. Will a new logo perhaps incorporate the Wobbly rebellion, the smell of the old Weyerhaeuser pulp mill, the sorry lack of public parking in downtown Everett and the lovely new apartment/condos that are going up on Grand which will exacerbate our already overcrowded main thoroughfares? Is there a way to show the tax giveaway to Boeing? How about the spiffy new black and white police SUVs we apparently need (or are they a statement about the sorry repairs that cover road excavations around town?) Perhaps a new administration is what we need.
Mike Thompson
Everett
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