About the school levy in this town. Everyone knows heat rises. So, instead of a new high school, why not raise the roof? I came from a school that had three stories and we did well. Why have two miles of roof, a waste.
Can you believe what the interest would be in 20 years on $190 million? I am on a small, fixed income of less than $700 a month. I am having a hard time maintaining our home as it is. I’m now 80.
In 1970, after Boeing laid off 69,000 of us – you know the last person to leave Seattle, please turn off the lights? Well, hang tough, Boeing will have another layoff and we will have lots of room. As I recall, the school board was tearing down schools way back then. They did not need them then.
LEO LATLIP
Marysville
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