You can only imagine how disappointed I was to read the April 29 headline “Bistate Bridge Coalition ready, set.” Are the politicians who have volunteered to serve on this bistate coalition, led by Republican legislators Rep. Liz Pike, R-Camas, and Sen. Ann Rivers, R-La Center, ignorant of our wishes? Have they not heard loud and clear from those they are duty bound to represent that we do not need or want the Interstate 5 Bridge replaced? It is, as stated by numerous reports, a perfectly good bridge.
Some $200 million of our hard-earned tax dollars have already been wasted on this I-5 boondoggle and we don’t want another dime spent on what is sure to become known as the “Pike-Rivers Folly.”
I am aware that this is an election year and those who will be seeking re-election need to get their name out there. With this proposed Pike-Rivers coalition they turn their backs on those they “represent.” Have they forgotten those of us who spent endless hours and tens of thousands of their hard-earned dollars defeating the Columbia River Crossing? Most of all have they forgotten who put them in their cushioned seat of authority?
I have no idea what it is they do not understand about the word “no” but they may after the November elections.
