In my letter last week, I incorrectly stated that the three PAAs were not contiguous, when in fact, they do connect in a several square block area in the middle. However, it does not change my opinion that incorporation of the PAA will not work. The size is too big, the geographic area’s too spread apart and heavily weighted on East and West, and there is too large of a population to incorporate without the commercial income. It would require burdensome taxes and it would be irresponsible to duplicate services when another city is willing to annex. Kirkland did cherry pick the commercial zones and while it may have been a strategy to build up income in order to move forward with the full annexation, it has proved to be a disastrous decision now.

Cami Keyes, Kirkland