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To: Mayor Rex Parris and all city council members of Lancaster.

I picked up my Sundays Valley Press and could not believe what I was reading. I may not have the complete details of your decision so that may be a problem with my thoughts.

However, I feel that every one in business should be able to make a living with the investment they have made. Making it in today's economy is getting harder and harder. So many businesses are failing and the only way to save so many of them is to be creative. This skating rink has served the city of Lancaster for years and many of kids have skated in that skating rink. However, times are changing and with the changing times, businesses must change to survive. To tell some one they cannot change their operation to stay a float in a changing time is total bull crap. This skating rink was built in a out of the way place and for you the city council to deny a place of business the right to have there business make a profit just isn't going to get it. It would be like you Mr. Mayor having the city council say you have to many clients so you cannot have any more. Alternatively, to tell Ron Smith that he can only print certain material at his place of business because he never printed this new stuff before so he can't do it now. Maybe Sherry's Church cannot expand any more because it is not fair to the other churches that cannot. Alternatively, how about Ken Mann's place of business, he cannot change what he is doing because the city council doesn't think it is good for the public? I believe the public will make that determination if the change is good for the public or not. If it is not good for the public, the public will not use the skating rink any more and it will close down. If the skating rink shuts down skating because they find out more money can be make renting the building out to wedding and parties, isn't that their right as a business owner. Have we become a land that will now tell each business owner what is good for their business? Have we gone that far? I believe you should all rethink what you are doing, you not only have to protect the business owner and their right to make a living but the tax base for your town. Losing businesses because of failures is not good for the cities economy. You must help the business owners stay in business not work to put them out of business.