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Letter: PoMo referendum question 'boggles the mind'

The Editor, Re. “Port Moody unveils land sale referendum question” and “Pollster says PoMo Q not clear enough” (The Tri-City News, Sept. 12).
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The Editor,

Re. “Port Moody unveils land sale referendum question” and “Pollster says PoMo Q not clear enough” (The Tri-City News, Sept. 12).

Recreational cannabis is not yet legal, but its unwanted effects seem to have permeated Port Moody city hall.

The referendum question offers three options and then rather idiotically lumps them together for a yes/no response.

I am tempted to write that this boggles the mind but have been told that “boggle is a verb that cannot take an object,” so one can only say, “The mind boggles.”

PoMo city hall seems to be staffed by folks who delight in mind-boggling, a confederation of mind-bogglers.

My view is that the city should retain some of the land for a new library and green space, and lease some of the land for a desperately needed seniors’ residence, but there is no way I can indicate any of this in response to the referendum question.

I suspect that the question is moot and the city government has already made its decision. May we please discourage the city from wasting taxpayers’ money to mail out this ridiculous referendum question. Back to the drawing board, please.

Jean Donaldson, Port Moody