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Letter: Don’t put arts campus burden on taxpayers

Kudos on your editorial regarding the use of Honey Horn.

We, like thousands of others, relocated to Hilton Head Island to enjoy its beauty and open spaces, not to build a first-class tourist destination.

If the proponents of a concert hall deem it to be a worthwhile and economically viable project, they should raise the money and build it on private property, thus sparing the taxpayers the burden of financing and maintaining it.

William Tuthill

Hilton Head Island

This story was originally published May 13, 2016 at 10:11 AM with the headline "Letter: Don’t put arts campus burden on taxpayers."

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