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Change park bathrooms

I am writing in regards to my concern about the bathrooms in most, if not all, Spokane parks. There are no doors for privacy. With the new ruling on bathroom use, a man or woman who deems they are not that sex for that day can pop into any one of these bathrooms and take advantage, especially with the lack of privacy.

And please consider the tourists who visit our beautiful city. What a travesty for them when they visit our parks.

Let’s get on board and get rid of these archaic bathrooms. Whoever thought of them in the first place? Please do not tell me that just because a transgender person is transgender doesn’t make them a pedophile. The point is pedophiles will use that excuse to target victims. Let’s protect our next generation, please.

Colleen Serra

Spokane

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