New hospital is unnecessary, employees need to live in the district

To the editor,

We do not need a new hospital with a pharmacy and who knows what else. We have a perfectly good pharmacy here. Bring the jobs back from Spokane where the costs are much higher. Stop hiring all these new people for departments we did not have before. Stop hiring people who do not wish to live in District 2 and stop paying commuting costs. There is much less work to do and that will not stop soon.

If the hospital needs updating do it with the money the taxpayers already paid if there is money still.

Bring the salaries down within reason.

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