Comparing the facts of the ShoWare Center vs. the money being asked for the new public safety building, ShoWare was listed in 2008 at $68 million, $30 million was to come from the state, $38 million from the property owning taxpayer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In 2009, that figure was then increased and listed at $78 million. At the end when it opened in 2010 it was listed at $84.5 million, adding about $1.5-2 million in losses since then the real tag is about $86.5 million at 154,770 square feet equals $558 a square foot, beginning at $439 a square foot.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The city is asking the taxpayer for almost $700 a square foot just four years later to build a simple two-story office building to house 200-250 employees.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I never did see an article detailing the final funding for the ShoWare, nor did I see the city compensate the kids in Kent for the land they took from them for alternative sports fields. The city has this hanging and they want $34 more million. They are getting enough taxpayer money to have put aside this requirement they should have seen coming years prior.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
No more emotional pleas for safety. How about some common business sense with priorities? No on Prop A.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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