Dear Editor.

The March 11 article about the Junction Plaza Park and the fact that public money is expected to fund it really burns me up.

Look into back issues of the Herald at the time the adjacent senior living apartment building was being promoted. It is my recollection that you would find that the building was approved to go forward by our local ”City Fathers” on condition the builder would put small shops on that lot, or construct a park for the public.

There was considerable concern expressed in the Herald, both in articles and letters, that the lot would just sit there. Those who brokered that deal did nothing to hold the builder to his promise (or were they maybe in on the deal?).

Sure enough, the lot has sat there ever since, as an eyesore collecting trash and “improving” our Junction. If the Statute of Limitations on this sort of thing hasn’t run out by now, someone should take the contractor to court to pay for the park.

Doug DeVol
West Seattle