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Residents of South Salt Lake recently defeated a $13 million parks bond which was promoted by our city government.

Many believed this money would have been used to buy the old Granite High School and its 27 acres.

Four years ago another bond was defeated for this same purpose.

Now that the people of this city have spoken twice, I hope this will put an end to the city's five-year attempt to buy this property.

The Granite High property is currently under contract with Garbett Homes and the Granite School District.

Garbett homes plans on building more than a hundred new homes and a new grocery store on 3300 South and 500 East.

Let's hope our city will approve these plans so we can improve our neighborhood and bring in needed tax revenue and jobs. We are tired of looking at boarded-up condemned buildings.

Robert LeMone

South Salt Lake