It appears to me that one of the great strengths of our city is the
balance of power that exists. If the Park Board were to be merged into
the City Council, there would be no parks after the first decade.
Remember the Parade/Guthrie fiasco of a year ago. The city council
leadership had agreed to give the Parade grounds park to the Guthrie.
It was the independent Park Board and independent members of the
council, who saved that park for us. Let us continue with our balanced
system. The idea to merge the Park and Library Boards with the City
Council is simply absurd.
Clark Griffith,
7th Ward,
