Take a stand for our children by voting yes | Letter to the editor

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There are many things that seem to be out of our control right now — COVID, national politics, Putin, that ridiculous yapping dog down the street. 

But one thing completely within our control is the support we offer the young people who attend Port Townsend schools. 

Now more than ever they need to know the community will do all it can to give them the best educational tools and programs possible. Your vote for schools on the two replacement levies by Feb. 8 will have twin impacts. It will show children that adults are investing in their future. And it will provide the “boots on the ground” to make it so. 

Renewing these two levies before they expire should be easy for everyone. The tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value, taken as a total between the two measures, actually falls over the next three years from $1.55 today to $1.24 in 2025. 

Why two measures? One is for educational programs and extra-curricular activities and the other is for technology, energy efficiency and facilities. 

Port Townsend voters have consistently shown their support for our young people. Please join me in taking a stand for them again by voting YES for both measures by Feb. 8.

Scott Wilson
PORT TOWNSEND