Better to wait and see results of Paducah plan

To the editor:

With respect I would like to point out the flaws of Gary Rust's column on the River Campus.

Rust talks about the Four Rivers Center for the performing arts in Paducah, Ky. Bill Minix, senior vice president of First Community, said, "If the increase in quality of life helps bring one plant in, it can pay for itself very quickly." Rust must ask if the residents of Southeast Missouri want to take the chance of a big "if." It would be wiser to wait and see how it works in a community of our size, like Paducah.

Rust also says, "Cape's River Campus project promises a greater cost-to-benefit ratio if we proceed." Where do we have in writing a greater cost-to-benefit ratio if we proceed?

And Rust said historic buildings on the finest acreage on the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Memphis are slowly deteriorating. Maybe we should put the money into restoring these buildings for tourist attractions like St. Genevieve, Mo.

ANDREW OSTROWSKI

Dallas