Editor,

On Wednesday of this week most of the Oak Harbor City Council toured the location of the new wastewater treatment plant at the edge of Windjammer Park. As members of the public, we were allowed to follow along.

What are they thinking? The decision to build this extremely large complex of buildings right in the center of town is absurd. It will dwarf everything in the entire Pioneer Way area.

We are told “the decision is made.” It is a wrong decision, but for some reason the city council members are more concerned now about saving face than they are about the long-term fate of our city.

What are they thinking?

By the time the public sees how huge this complex of buildings actually are, it will be too late, too late to save the uniqueness of Windjammer Park.

Make no mistake, this enormous group of buildings, some 35 feet tall, will be within 150 feet of the windmill. Too late to have an area of downtown with commercial tax revenue producing business, because astute business people will see, along with all the rest of us, a massive sewer treatment plant between Pioneer Way and our beautiful salt water harbor.

What are they thinking?

Susan Myers

Oak Harbor