Letter: Local governments need to get in the right state of mind

I read your editorial of Nov. 19 regarding why The Link failed to pass.

It is not a shame that The Link failed to pass. It is a shame they put it on the ballot for the third time.

I voted against it because I do not believe we need an expansion to Toyota Center so we can spend more money.

However, The Link people — Kennewick Public Facilities District — failed to realize that the Toyota Center needs maintenance, not expansion.

Adding additional buildings when they can’t or won’t maintain the current buildings as it is?

We do not need the alarm bell to have this shoved down our throats. What we needed was for the KPFD to:

1. Listen to what the people have already said.

2. Maintain the property already in place before asking for more money for what they want, rather than what the residents want.

Of course, the Kennewick Hospital District got away with it, so why wouldn’t they be able to do it too? The Port of Kennewick closed down the Kennewick Airport, which still sits empty today.

Doesn’t that give us a clue as to our local governments’ mind sets?

This story was originally published November 24, 2017 at 1:19 PM with the headline "Letter: Local governments need to get in the right state of mind."