{"id":31763,"date":"2017-12-01T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/letters\/put-the-3-million-elsewhere\/"},"modified":"2017-12-01T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T17:30:00","slug":"put-the-3-million-elsewhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/letters\/put-the-3-million-elsewhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Put the $3 million elsewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

After reading the article about spending $3 million to make downtown Kent train quiet, I felt the need to comment.<\/p>\n

I’m sure the builder of the new apartment complex would prefer to sell units that are not next to railroad tracks, but they are.<\/p>\n

Are these the same developers that are being given a tax break to build in Kent?<\/p>\n

That’s OK, we will just raise our residents’ taxes.<\/p>\n

So now we have developers destroying land to build more homes, causing the noise level on the East Hill to change from a quiet neighborhood to being able to hear traffic, sirens and yes, train horns at a level equal to city living. These developers also break up the roads and repair them poorly.<\/p>\n

If you live near railroad tracks, you will have train horns. If you live near an airport, you will have plane noise.<\/p>\n

Let’s use that $3 million to address the homeless issue or the road repairs or one of a million other needs.<\/p>\n

And if you don’t want train noise, don’t live near a train.<\/p>\n

– Jaime Bronoske <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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