Dear Editor,
On Sept. 6, my wife was walking down Garcia between the Royal Bank and City Furniture when she slipped on a piece of gravel that was on the sidewalk. As a result, she fell and broke some bones in her right foot.
Since that time, we have had several elderly people tell us that they slipped on rocks that were on the sidewalks downtown and at numerous locations around the city.
I went to city hall and they said it was the responsibility of the store owners to keep the sidewalks clean.
If you walk up Garcia beside the Railyard Mall, you will find rocks all over the sidewalk from the landscaping next to the sidewalk.
I think the city should be responsible for seeing that any landscaping that is done should be done in a manner that would prevent occurrences of this kind.
David Barnes
Merritt
