A big thanks to the well informed Issaquah city government people quoted in the article on the new Central Issaquah Plan. I find it extremely ironic that “the city doesn’t want big box stores in the CIP, since the map included in the article points out that the entire area of the CIP is in fact covered by big box stores large enough to be seen from space. Unless the city of Issaquah has a way to go back in time 25 years it seems the big box train has left the station.

Also kudos to the city council for the unique way of solving the traffic problem the big box stores have created. Since the new plastic bag ban is now in effect, there will be a number of people who vote with their feet and shop in other cities thereby removing less cars from the city of big boxes.

Tracy Neighbors, Sammamish