The work that began last summer has become an eyesore. Any uplifting thought that anybody might have had about Perry Avenue Mall's more visible small businesses, are now tempered by this, many months-long inattention to detail. In addition, surely the city of Bremerton's building department has a couple of ordinances specifying how long a project can remain unfinished. Joe might want to check that out. Having just seen another parent let their child get into a car and then drive away with neither being properly restrained, I decided to write this letter.
Children learn from example.
I know that the people who need to heed this letter probably won't be the ones reading it. I really don't understand why young children are allowed, by any adult, to ride in a vehicle without a car seat or booster seat. How sad to have to bury a child who could still be alive, had someone cared enough to buckle them in. Who knows what that child may have accomplished in his lifetime. What emptiness the parents must feel.