Thomas Gemetti: Study, riders get more than average family
Re: “Amgen Tour cyclists to spend night in Modesto” (Page 3A, Feb. 4): The Census American Community Survey reports that the median household income for the Modesto California metro area was $51,084 in 2014, the latest figures available. Yet our city council insists on spending $75,000 to accommodate bicycle riders for a night and is now thinking of spending $60,000 to hire a consultant to study retail possibilities in various areas of the city. A study, the results of which, if completed, will probably never reach the attention of your readers.
Hopefully the new city leadership can stop this irresponsible waste of money.
Thomas Gemetti, Modesto
This story was originally published February 11, 2016 at 6:21 PM with the headline "Thomas Gemetti: Study, riders get more than average family."