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Road closing ignores people

Fri., Dec. 16, 2011

Thank goodness for our Spokane County commissioners! Fortunately, once again, due to their immense wisdom and apparent clairvoyance, our commissioners have gone and saved us poor dumb Spokanites from ourselves.

Who needs Ben Burr Road anyway? After all, it’s just another impediment to the urbanization of Spokane County. Why should our commissioners pay heed to the wishes of the majority of Spokane County citizens living near such a needless road anyway?

It’s so much easier to look after the wants and needs of the few (shall I say 1 percent?) now that pesky Bonnie Mager is not standing in the way to foul up those high-stakes deals.

One has to wonder what Spokane would look like without the three amigos?

Peter Ice

Spokane

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