LETTER: Clinic decision is an affront to seniors who gave much to city

To Ozaukee Press:

In the Ozaukee Press of Nov. 30, I found it most refreshing to learn that Port Washington High School students have been honored by receiving keys to the city for their leadership, service and volunteerism to our community. It is only fitting that the teens be recognized for their commitment and dedication, and I commend them.

However, I was dismayed and disappointed to learn that Mayor Neitzke and a majority of the Common Council members chose not to take the opportunity to purchase the former Aurora clinic on Highway 33 for use as a site for a new senior citizen center.

The senior citizens of Port Washington have spent decades providing their leadership, devoting their time, talent and treasure to preserve and enhance our beautiful city on the lake.

Aren’t the senior citizens of Port Washington worthy enough to be honored and recognized for their commitment to the community with a senior center that is a functional, safe, easily accessible, one-level building with ample parking and room for expansion as the aging population increases?

Perhaps, these same senior citizens will be the voices heard at the polls in April as their mayor and several Common Council members seek re-election.

While the PWHS students are the leadership of the future and are setting shining examples, it is the senior citizens who have made Port Washington what it is today and deserve to be rewarded.

Go Pirates —past, present and future.

Nancy Koslakiewicz

Port Washington