Letter: Vote no (again) on Link project
The Link — once again they want us to vote on a sales tax of 0.2 percent for every 10 dollars we spend for 20 years. They think the people were confused about the tax for property. They weren’t confused — we didn’t want another tax.
Why should we pay for The Link when 80 percent of us will never go there, and if we did go there we would have to pay again to see some kind of Broadway show. If the people backing this want to build The Link, take out a loan. They say it would generate $3.5 million a year and take them 10 years to pay off the loan. There are too many people on fixed incomes and disabled vets who need all the money they have.
So please, when this comes to a vote again, vote no. when we want to build a house or shop we have to take out a loan. Don’t let these people keep trying to tax us.
Marvin Raymond, Richland
This story was originally published July 29, 2017 at 7:42 PM with the headline "Letter: Vote no (again) on Link project."