It has come to light that (a)The empty storefronts on Front Street are due to the very high Issaquah transportation fees — $100,000 in one case — and (b)40 percent of the transportation fee is an item noted as “the Southeast Bypass.”

It seems strange — after the transportation fee had been paid once for a given building, why is it necessary to pay another transportation fee when the building has changed hands? If it never changed hands I would hope that the original owner would not be required to pay it again. Oh yes, remember it is just another hokey City Council operation to get into someone’s pocket.

Folks what do you think about the city collecting a transportation fee because of the Southeast Bypass, when (1)it would have reduced traffic on Front Street and (2)it was never constructed!

Oh yes, remember it is just another hokey City Council operation to get into someone’s pocket.

Recall one of the anti-Bypass comments was if the Bypass were built there would be empty storefronts on Front Street. Well judge for yourself, the Bypass was not built and there are empty storefronts on Front Street. Note one of the reasons has been a City Council hokey 40 percent transportation fee associated with the Bypass.

-Ken Sessler

Issaquah