Using TIF grant a mistake
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Editor,
I am surprised that Polson is willing to use a TIF grant. The people behind this should have investigated the use of this grant in other states, who have used the TIF grant only to find out later it was a huge mistake. California used the TIF grant twice, and that state will not allow that grant in the state for anything. I challenge you to find out why.
The TIF grant is not to be used for new projects, which the connecting bridge would be. The reason the two parks are not connected is for the protection of the smaller children who use Riverside Park. You will regret the decision to connect the two parks when a small child drowns in the deeper water that is found on the other side of the bridge.
I agree that the dock needs to be replaced but not with the aid of the TIF grant. This will add a new tax on all of us living in Polson.
I am going to contact the people at the TIF grant to give them a heads up about using the money for new construction. The grant must be used by the terms in the grant. Lying is not the way to get things done.
Kathryn L. Sanford
Polson
