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Median project a mess

Sat., July 1, 2017

A couple years ago, the county began a project, supposedly green in nature, to alleviate the issues of the median. Have you looked at the Country Homes median project lately? It is a total mess. Somebody bilked us of usable tax funds that might have been used for better purposes. What we have now is a weed infested mess that is growing out of control more and more each day. If it looks this bad after only one to two years, think of what it will be like in another five years.

It seems that somebody should have to account for this bogus effort. Or are we just content to see tax funds flushed down the drain like this? Maybe the commissioners ought to drive out and take a look sometime. I hope they are not happy with what they see.

John VanderBeek

Spokane

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