Monroe fix is dumb

Well, there’s no longer any doubt: There’s something wrong with the mentality of our elected officials and others who “lead” our city.

When and where has creating a bottleneck on a busy street been a benefit? This is one of the dumbest ideas to come out of City Hall, and there’s no lack of dumb ideas from there. Sure, let’s go from four lanes driving north and south to two lanes. That’ll work. Oh, and up a hill. Ridiculous. All it will do is push traffic into the neighborhoods and other arterials, make more drivers angry and probably cause more accidents from congestion. Better lighting, pedestrian bridges or crosswalks with stoplights would be better ideas.

I really don’t care if Councilwoman Candace Mumm is happy, or Councilman Jon Snyder is happy. In fact, if these two are feeling good about something they want in Spokane, you can bet your wallet and purse it’s going to cost you in one way or another.

We definitely need to find more intelligent people to elect, lead and represent us in our government, at all levels, and stop putting people in authority who follow their own agenda and ignore the will of the people.

David Bray

Spokane