Center Harbor Building Committee refuses to buy Ford instead of a Cadillac

To the editor,

Karin Karagozian's recent letter to the editor of this paper, which says that the naysayers of the Center Harbor police proposal are bullies, is baseless and unsupported by any credible data. Her argument relies on the fact that a police station is "needed," which debatable at best. The real bullies are the selectmen who went to court to take land out of charitable trust in hopes of constructing a police station in Morrill Park, a Building Committee who refuses to buy the Ford instead of the Cadillac, and proponents who fail to understand all the facts and who preach and applaud at informational sessions rather than ask questions.

Ms. Karagozian also fails to mention that the $15-30 out of a $100,000 assessed to fund the proposed project is for 30 years. Given interest, inflation, and the time value of money, we are looking at thousands and thousands of taxpayer dollars per household to build a police station that is not even needed. Heck, under RSA 106 B:15, the NH state police have jurisdiction over town and cities under 3000 residents, so technically we don't even NEED a police force!

There's some real tax savings for you!

Barry Borella

Center Harbor