Dear Editor: On Oct. 7, voters in Sitka will be asked whether they support Ballot Proposition 1, to use future available funds originating from the sale of the Sitka Hospital and tobacco taxes, toward capital expenditures associated with athletic and recreational facilities.
As a parent of Sitka athletes, and as a coach of many sports and activities in Sitka over the years, I encourage voters to consider voting YES on Proposition 1.
This proposition helps improve health benefits for youths and adults and upgrades and maintains recreational facilities around town. More importantly, however, a YES vote shows community support that the community can point to when seeking funds from granting organizations.
This ballot proposition is a place where our great community can collectively voice that support, and potentially turn that support into additional and separate funding for activities such as track and field, football, soccer, and women’s softball – activities that currently involve hundreds of youths of all ages. This proposition could also provide seed funding for improving those activities, at no additional cost to residents.
We all know Sitka values athletics and recreation; we see it in the great trails, numerous baseball fields, parks and other facilities, and in participation in all the excellent youth and adult sports activities Sitka has to offer. Visit scoreforsitka.org for more information on the proposition and how it will affect you and your community, and join us in showing that Sitka supports its youth and adult recreational and athletic programs by voting YES on Ballot Proposition 1 on October 7.
Aaron Prussian, Sitka
