me, “Never spend your own money when you can spend someone else’s instead.”
This holds true for Mansour Samadpour, who is rumored to be rich beyond belief.
He owns the buildings in downtown Port Orchard that are in need of a good scrubbing and fresh coat of paint. After years of ownership, the majority of them are still vacant collecting dirt, graffiti and garbage.
Surprisingly, he has offered to purchase paint for Olde Central Antique Mall, but volunteers are still needed to prep the building and complete the painting.
Since Delilah has graciously offered to purchase paint, I’d suggest she concentrate her efforts on these buildings.
The other building in desperate need of repair and paint is our theater building. All downtown merchants agree that this should be our pride and joy and would gladly support this project.
Closing Bay Street for the weekend is not an option. As a matter of fact, I am opposed to closing Bay Street for anything except the Fathoms o’Fun Parade, the Festival by the Bay and Festival of Chimes & Lights.
Closing Bay Street to paint is unnecessary and nothing more than a public relations stunt.
I’ve recently found out that outside vendors are being asked to set up in the middle of town to sell food, drinks, trinkets and doodads and provide musical entertainment.
Six such events are already planned this summer. These events wreak havoc on parking and traffic flow to the point were my regular customers can’t get to my shop to do business.
If you don’t believe me, ask the handful of brick-and-mortar business owners why they temporarily leave their shops and pay to have booths at these events.
I’d caution Delilah to be careful with the paint selection.
A paint palette, prepared by professionals, was chosen by our Community Development Committee and approved by the membership of the Port Orchard Bay Street Association.
The majority of building owners have already painted their buildings in these rich, earthy colors that enhance our downtown and complement the beauty of the Pacific Northwest.
Lastly, one of the Independent’s bloggers was correct — we were teal and marine blue several years ago.
It was definitely “butt ugly.”
MALLORY S. JACKSON
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Framing on Bay St.
