Zoo needs to support walkers

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To the editor:

I live in Apple Valley, and I have a huge problem with the Minnesota Zoo.

Minnesota taxpayers fund 29 percent of the zoo’s budget, which is over $20 million. I do support the zoo in general, but considering “we” approved $15 million in bonds in 2010 for a new entrance, I had hoped the local residents could get a cement path from the street into the Minnesota Zoo parking lot.

I would expect that a family-friendly business funded by the state would at least have a walking path so local members could walk to the zoo and not have to pay the $6 parking fee in addition to the $18 per adult to get in and the $12 per child ages 3 to 12 (not including the extra $4 to see the “Dinosaurs” exhibit, which is very nice).

I love the zoo but I think taxpayers need to monitor where their money is spent. Can we finally get a cement path from the walking path on County Road 38 into the zoo parking lot so we can walk to the zoo to save gas and money?

STACY HARTH
Apple Valley