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Use permit fee should be refunded

I wholeheartedly support the Rotating Shelter program that Ascension Church and Congregation Beth David hosted last summer. I am heartsick at the shortsightedness of our city in charging an exorbitant use permit fee and strongly urge that this charge will be refunded with a thank you to these institutions for doing an important, exemplary job--giving us pride that we in Saratoga can be part of the solution to homelessness.

Dorothy Dorsay
Saraglen Drive

New council members stand firm on PACs

In response to the chairman of the annual Good Government Group holiday party, Jane Dennis,it may have been disappointing for the GGG not to have Shaw and Bogosian attend their party, but it is gratifying to the majority of Saratoga's voters. It was confirmation that the new council members are willing to stand firm against PACs.

In suggesting that "we learn to work together for a better Saratoga," Ms. Dennis implies that the GGG's goals are identical to the rest of Saratoga's. I would offer that if that were the case, Shaw and Bogosian would not have been elected by a landslide.

It is long past time that the GGG and its leaders recognize that their goals no longer coincide with the majority of Saratogans' goals. To us, a better Saratoga means no more commercial development, no more caving in to developers' interests and no more secret arrangements made behind closed doors or under the table. To paraphrase Ms. Dennis, our New Year's resolutions should include the GGG getting in touch with the rest of Saratoga's residents.

Marcia Fariss
Saratoga Glen Place

Use the recycling container instead

I'd like to comment on the fact that many folks at the Saratoga main post office do not use the paper recycling bins as much as they could. Indeed, these bins sometimes fill up and there's no room left, and I do feel that the post office should get more containers from the refuse company. However, I see many many folks blindly throw their paper directly into the wastebaskets when it is so easy to instead use the recycling container.

This world is filled with too much junk mail, but any throwaway paper should go into those recycling bins both at the P.O. and at home. Our city is apparently doing great in its recycling, but we could do even better.

Thanks for your attention.

Brian A. Berg
Lexington Court
bbberg@bswd.com