Letter to the Editor in the Portage Daily Graphic June 13 2008

The Heritage Committee of Portage has done a great job in researching the Point of Interest plaques along the Crescent Lake walkway. They are preserving our history in a grand way.

The members of the city and rural council should take a page out of their book. Instead, they are bent on destroying what we have! An Island so unique that can’t be seen anywhere else. Why go against the recommendations of a study paid for, of course, and put the complex on our beautiful Island Park? Spend thousands of dollars on a causeway, which is iffy, and put added taxes on everyone.

There is a possibility we and lots of others would never set foot or see the completion of this building. Rethink what you are forcing on the people who put you in office and can vote you out. Change the location; it’s not too late to admit and correct the mistake.

Evelyn Smith

Portage la Prairie