March 14, 2014
Friday AM

I am writing this letter to all who voted for the three major bonds which now the City and the Ketchikan Borough are scrambling to find ways to pay for. 1. the new swimming pool. 2. the new library 3. the new hospital project 4. new fire stations -- and raising water, sewer & property assessments I think we should have taken one project at a time. Because personally I feel the people of Ketchikan have been getting all their taxes and assessments raised to pay for these bonds .

So if the they're going to attack everyone for more money, maybe they should downsize the city and borough and have just one government. While the city and borough are working their budgets and finding ways to raise more funding from the citizens of ketchikan, the others such as insurance for homes and cars and etc. that has nothing to do with borough or our city are raising their premiums.

Now I am wondering about the new water treatment plant. Where is all this money coming from? What else are you going to raise? I think the borough and city should have a freeze on their payrolls till it's figured out. Just my guess or seek help from someone in Anchorage were they have the best drinkable water.

Now about the bonds, no more till these are paid. The people that are living large on the city and borough with 6 figure incomes should have seen this coming .

Well that's it for me, just saying like it is.

Received March 11, 2014 - Published March 14, 2014

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