Columns/Opinion, Letters to the Editor

Needs of citizens suffer as result of $2.2M for square

Larry Nelson, Morgantown

I have performed on the Monongalia Courthouse Square. There have been concerts, patriotic events and political rallies.
People gathered there. It was the people’s square. We even had benches for the tired and elderly to rest.
At a cost of more than $2.2 million, the county has taken a precious treasure away from us.
While other basic needs of our citizens will suffer, such as public water and sewage, senior centers, roads, litter clean-up, libraries, soup kitchens and recreation.