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Time to put aside developers’ wish list

What the heck is it going to take to make our County Council understand we cannot stand to have any more building out here until the roads can take care of the load we now have? It is at the point now where it takes almost a half hour to get from Frontier Village to the trestle and this is early in the morning.

The County Council has to put aside the developers’ wish list and take care of the people that suffer through this rapid growth that is allowed. Now is the time for you, Mr. Aaron Reardon, to also step up to the plate once again and look into this building boom that is run by developers.

Bill Fenton

East Everett

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