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VOTE NO
By Mark F. Murdock
August 09, 2005
Tuesday
Just picked up my son's mail. One of the items he received was
the many colored brochure encouraging him to vote yes in the
upcoming city bond initiative on Aug. 16. He is not a city resident
and therfore ineligible to vote in that election. One can only
guess at the money wasted on sending this very expensive and
professionally produced brochure to people who are ineligible
to vote.
I also noted in the sleek brochure,
a plethora of empty parking spaces, not one single bus (out of
50 plus vehicles depicted), no international orange barricades
blocking pedestrian access, no horse drawn vehicles, floatplanes
seemingly milling around looking for a place to dock. ( But
alas there is no floatplane dock! Where there currently IS
a floatplane facility supporting at least 13 LOCALLY owned and
flown DeHavilland Beavers, the multi-colored brochure depicts
an empty lot decorated with trees and, to the illustrator's credit,
no buses or jewelry stores--YET)
This initiative is another
scam. VOTE NO
Mark F. Murdock
Full time (year around) City of Ketchikan resident and taxpayer
Ketchikan, AK - USA
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Ketchikan Port Berth
Expansion Bond Initiative
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Ketchikan
Port Berth Expansion Bond Initiative
Vote August 16,
2005
The City of Ketchikan
is proposing to expand and improve facilities along the waterfront
to provide enhanced public use and additional economic benefit
to residents, business owners, and the City. A bond initiative
will be placed on the August 16, 2005 ballot to gain approval
for up to $70 million to fund the project. - More... Port
Expansion Project Information
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