(This letter is addressed to Mayor Greg Nickels. A copy was sent to Tom Rasmussen, Stella Chao, Tim Gallagher, The Seattle Times, and to our office.)

We the people who live in the North Admiral District are outraged with how we are treated with our issue regarding our beautiful stamp sized park located on California Avenue and Hill Street. We do not want to change our park.

We signed petitions that our park should not be changed. We went to meetings voicing our opposition to what the Parks Department wants to do. We were told to keep quiet and listen. The venue of meetings was changed to where we have to drive instead of walk, an outrage. But we senior citizens still come. Then our voices are stifled. We are told to keep quiet.

In these times of hardship, when big parks are closed and jogs lost, the city pays for an architect to design changes to this park. You, the government, abuse your power. You use our tax money for this frivolous project that we, the community, do not want. What do you not understand? The Parks Department wastes our time and our energy to call these “community meetings,” then the community is not listened to.

But we do vote. Never again will I vote for Greg Nickels and for any money for Parks. I am a bleeding heart Democrat. I hope that those folks who are as outraged as I am want to do the same.

Annie G. Tigtig
North Admiral