Your recent article regarding La Grande Main Street Downtown looking for a new executive director is comical. I suspect the present individuals responsible for the hiring of said director are unqualified, and the results prove this.

Save the taxpayers’ money and try listening to downtown business owners. Collectively they know what the city needs to prosper and flourish. Bringing in someone from the Tri-Cities is not the answer. What exactly is the parallel between Kennewick-Pasco-Richland and La Grande? Zero! A much more logical move would be to examine what Walla Walla did to receive not one but two national awards for its beautiful downtown.

The statement “We need someone familiar with doing a lot with very little” is a clear indication that this organization is aimlessly adrift, as the search for another savior begins.

John Shea

Elgin

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