Letter to the editor
On Tuesday, June 16, at 5:30 p.m., the Alachua County School Board will meet to discuss the proposed purchase of Citizens Field from the City of Gainesville. Before the Board signs a contract that could saddle taxpayers and students with decades of financial and environmental risk, the public needs to understand what is actually being proposed and what is being ignored.
The pitch sounds simple: purchase and renovate Citizens Field so that Buchholz, Eastside, and Gainesville High School have a shared athletic facility. The estimated cost is $30 million. But a closer look reveals a deal that appears to benefit the City far more than our students…