Old vs. New Ritzville

It appears there are forces that are so interested in creating The New Ritzville on the other side of I90, that they will take risks with Old Ritzville whose citizens, of course, are responsible for paying the bills.

The citizens of Ritzville will be responsible for providing water and collecting sewage from the truck stop. The city will need additional infrastructure to make good on that responsibility. The city council cannot, and are not now, properly maintaining the infrastructure for which they presently have responsibility. We have been given no hints, let alone assurance that the city government can provide proper water to the existing residents.

The crony capitalism project, now known as The Agricultural Discovery Center, is an obsession and competent adult supervision of fundamental civic responsibilities may not even qualify as a distant second place. The mayor and council should make clear to the citizens how they intend to make certain the existing citizens will have proper water and sewage services. How the city intends to properly serve the existing community should have been made clear long ago.

Barry Boyer, Ritzville