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Reader says Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus And when Aronsohn was mayor, he went out of his way to give away the Village to others.

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Of course the district can re-assign students at any moment, and of course they are going to have to once the reality of all these new students hits home. Do you seriously think the developers are not going to market these apartments to young families with children? And, if you were a family of any age, wouldn’t you go for the cheapest way to obtain the best education for your family.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. And when he was mayor, he went out of his way to give away the Village to others.

The apartment projects are going to attract good solid people, just like those who built the Village and those who work so hard to maintain the quality of life. But, people beget more people, and that’s the fact of life. Its not that we don’t want these people, in our Village – – we absolutely do. Its just that we can’t afford that many new people. We don’t want this number of new people.

The Aronsohn projects will bring in 300 to 400 families when all is said and done. You can expect your taxes to go up to take care of their schooling, lights for their roads, water & sewage infrastructure improvements, etc.

And now that this round of housing is done – – look for the developers to buy up more properties and say they should be able to build the same number of units. And ask this council what the hell it is doing to stop this nonsense, now that the word is out it is easy pickings for developers to zero in on Ridgewood.

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Reader says Yes, I swim every summer at Graydon for 40 years

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Yes, I swim every summer for 40 years. Water is clean. It is checked twice a day. I love the sand bottomed Graydon, like a pond.

You former city dwellers have to understand that plants and leaves and sand in water do not make it dirty, unsafe for swimming.

Please do your research a cement bottom chlorinated pool can and often does have deadly bacteria. It too has to be checked and maintained regularly.

Even the ocean too has dirty, unsafe days. Ever been down there when the water has fecal bacteria and you are not allowed to swim.

So come to Graydon this summer ; dive in, I have always loved it.

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Reader says Yes, a sad day that another Elks lodge is gone but even sadder that this one could have been rescued

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Truly sad. This Lodge while once in not the best of shape was making improvements by leaps and bounds. A new group of dedicated and excited officers took charge and were taking a no prisoners approach in their efforts to get the Lodge back on track. They had won awards for membership gains (I believe over 40 new net new members in a year), started an Antlers group that was very active in the community, had won several community awards for their local efforts. Looking at the decision from the GF, losses were cut by 81% in a single year (yes a single year) which by definition means revenue was significantly higher (by tens of thousands actually). All signs that the lodge was on the rise in a major way.

This Lodge could have been salvaged. When objectively looked at they were one, maybe two years at the most away from meeting all the requirements of an All American Lodge. That is how far they came in a very short amount of time. Can you imagine that story in the national magazine?

Just look at the effort they put into saving their charter to see how much love and dedication they felt for their Lodge. They never gave up on the Elks or what the Elks stood for. They worked hard to right all the past wrongs, they put their hearts and souls into the place and were making real and accountable progress.

Yes, a sad day that another Elks lodge is gone but even sadder that this one could have been rescued and then been held out as an example that when a team works TOGETHER anything is possible. I say this is an opportunity lost to showcase a potential success story of how to climb that mountain and reach the top.