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Letter: Don't overlook operating expenses in big projects

First the Burgess Pool, now the M-A Performing Arts Center. Someone needs to explain to the Menlo Park City Council the difference between capital expenses and operating expenses; namely, the fact that you can afford to build it doesn't mean you can afford to run it.

Hopefully someone will remember that the next time a fancy new building for the city is proposed.

Brian Schar, Laurel Street, Menlo Park