To the editor:

I am intrigued by the fact that so many people believe that three new city commissioners will provide “the answer” to all of Lawrence’s economic problems.

Me? I see a town that has built way too many apartment complexes – a number of which are not even close to being filled – and way too many buildings that contain no businesses. It seems to me that the last thing we need is a City Commission that is going to advocate building more empty apartment complexes and more empty buildings.

Do we really want a town that has no style or personality because every once-beautiful neighborhood has an apartment building slapped in the middle of the street and every intersection has a shopping district and a Wal-Mart? Or are we really that desperate to look like Olathe?

Deb Taylor,

Lawrence