Letter: We need better public accessibility

I feel we need a federal law that all localities must add a fee to their business permit total monetary charge to be used by the city, county or state park department to build little park areas with tables and chairs, within strip mall areas or areas within or adjacent to parking lots of single bigger stores such as Fred Meyer, Grocery Outlet, Dollar Tree, Walmart, Big Lots and Harbor Freight Tools. You can’t expect people like Vets missing a leg or people who ride a bicycle or walk to these retail areas, instead of driving a motor vehicle, to not have a place to sit for a while and enjoy life just because some troublemakers might abuse this amenity. Let law enforcement and security guards handle the obvious troublemakers without harassing retired people, disabled people or people who on their time off from work want to do something convenient and not be rushed in and out of these stores like consumer cattle.

Jeff North

Harbor area citizen