Editor,

As a person new to the City of Oak Harbor, after living on the south end of the island for several years, I was surprised to read in the newspaper that the Windjammer campgrounds are being closed for possibly three years.

Can someone tell me why anyone in their right mind would even consider something like that? I have watched the facility for two years now, and it has been used year-round. This move would be asinine.

I know the city is making good money on this facility because I have had relatives stay there. Why would you close down a moneymaker for that length of time? Isn’t there some other place you could put the dirt while you are working on the sewer project? You are going to lose a considerable amount of money that you will never recoup.

Is the city so rich it can afford a closure for that length of time? It will also put some military people out of a place to live.

That being said, I know that some of you out there don’t care what happens to the military people and where they live. Some of you want the military gone.

Not me. God bless all military people.

When it comes time to upgrade the campground, then close part of it, and then reopen and close another part if needed.

Maybe I’m being too logical. Common sense and logic seem to have died sometime in the recent past.

I’m really surprised the public has not come up with more objections. Maybe my letter will get people thinking. That is, if it is printed.

Nora Purdy

Oak Harbor