Letter to the editor: Parklet sale slap in face to those who worked to create it

I concur with Marco Sylvania’s letter “Questions about Greensburg parklet sale” (Oct. 12, TribLIVE). Did anyone truly look into this, or was it just easier to sell it?

It is extraordinary to me that land sold for $18,000 in the mid-1980s, then updated with more than $20,000, could be so devalued that by 2021, it is only worth $1,200.

However, my main concern about the parklet is that there are many people still living, as well as their relatives, who gave a lot of time, effort and money to have that lot saved. Richard Scaife and my father, John Robertshaw, were mentioned in the article “Greensburg officials questioned over sale of parklet” (Oct. 2, TribLIVE). But they were not the only people who contributed to the park. It is a slap in the face to those people who worked for it, including former Mayor Scott Brown.

As a member of The Robertshaw Foundation, which has given over $34,000 to Go Greensburg/Greensburg Development alone over the course of its years, I will think long and hard about OK’ing money for a project to go to a Greensburg charity that may eventually be undermined by the city council. We give a majority of our funds to Westmoreland County charities. There are plenty of other charities that need funds.

Natalie Robertshaw Kelley

Squirrel Hill