Concerns about city hall project

Regarding the letter, “Budget raises serious questions”: Probably no citizen in this county not currently in government knows more about local and county budgets than former County Council member and ex-mayor of Mountlake Terrace Dave Gossett. I trust his concern for a more open and transparent process surrounding questionable financial projections and the outrageous cost of a county capital project will translate to the so far equally opaque and outrageous cost propositions presented to citizens for our Mountlake Terrace city hall.

Leonard French

Mountlake Terrace

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