To the editor:

Mayor Sue Hack has been quoted as saying she doesn’t want to play “gotcha” when it comes to interacting with businesses that have been granted tax abatements by the city. I thought holding businesses accountable for the agreements that were made with the city was part of the city commissioners’ job. Evidently three commissioners agreed with the mayor on not asking for accountability from businesses that have been granted these tax abatements.

The two new commissioners, Rob Chestnut and Michael Dever, ran on having a government that was accountable. Now we find out that what the game of “gotcha” is really being played on the voters.

Linda Gwaltney,

Lawrence