Use the article to complete the activity. Vote no on highway 85 extension. By Victoria Vail tribune staff writer. Next week the city council will consider a proposal to extend highway 85 by 10 miles. A small collation of real estate developers have hurried this proposal forward. Hoping to capitalize on state tax breaks and reassuring the city that their intentions are good in truth. However, the proposed extension would hurt our community. It would be bad for downtown businesses, bad for families and bad for the environment. Bad for downtown businesses. Developers claim that the land West of town is ripe to be turned into a combined rental residential area. They say that the extension of highway 85 would give shoppers access to greater variety of stores. In truth, though we already have a great variety of stores downtown over 200 of them. Many of these businesses have been hurting for several years due to neglect of the exit 10 overpass which has made driving difficult. Extending highway 85 would give shoppers a reason to avoid downtown all together. Likely doing many small businesses and leaving vacant buildings. However, the overpass could be repaired at a fraction of the cost of the on the highway extension. This small investment in a city infrastructure would be good for businesses and shoppers alike. In one to two sentences, identify the author's point of view and the author's purpose
The author's point of view is that the proposed extension of highway 85 would be harmful to the community, specifically downtown businesses, families, and the environment. The author's purpose is to persuade readers to vote against the extension.
