McEUEN: New isn't better at all

To the woman who bashed on Rita and Julie in the Friday paper concerning McEuen Park: How dare you say that they don't care about the public. I feel they care more than you do whoever you are lady. They want to keep Coeur d'Alene more original because of people like you who want to change this "hometown" feel of Coeur d'Alene, who cares if you have been here since 1985, whoopy!

I've lived here my whole life and have seen Coeur d'Alene change so much. It's heartbreaking that you want to destroy the ball fields, which are classic, and ruin another area on the lake shores to make another boat launch!

I think you need to take a step back and think about what you had said about those two women, who are fighting for the ball fields and the local boat launch not the dang parking lot, and take a look at yourself. We don't even get a public vote in this. In fact most of the local people I have asked what they think about the upcoming changes with McEuen don't even know of it. Keeping the locals at a distance is not right, we are here year round and deserve a say in what is being done in our community. And that is what Rita and Julie are doing, they are letting local people like me know what is going on before it's too late.

JAKI WALDVOGEL

Coeur d'Alene