AUTO DEALERS ECHO OBJECTIONS

Edition of Thursday-Friday, Nov. 20-21, 2014

Editor’s Note: Here are excerpts from auto dealers’ letters to the county Board of Representatives telling how their businesses would be negatively impacted by the closing of the Cooperstown DMV.

This would be a hardship for us as we use the Cooperstown branch several times a month. The next closest DMV office is located in Herkimer, which is twice the distance. Please consider keeping the Cooperstown office open for all the customers who use it regularly.

Ann Gelber
Owner, Turnpike Auto Sales
East Springfield

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We are one of the largest Mercedes-Benz dealerships on the East Coast, and we have many New York customers. We have dealt with other offices in the past, and they have not been able to handle our workload. Dealing with the Otsego office is a true pleasure and we could not do it without them. We look forward to continuing our relationship with them for years to come, as our company continues to grow.

Josephine Missero
Title Administrator
Benzel Busch Motor Car Co.
Englewood, N.J.

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In the past five calendar years of being in business I have put hundreds of vehicles through this office. Now to tell us that the DMV here may close and that we will now have to travel at least a minimum of 30 miles each way to do what we should be able to do in our own town is confusing and absurd. The amount of inconvenience and money that this will cost me as well as every other business and individual in the area that uses this office on a daily basis will be astronomical! I don’t see how closing this office will be beneficial to either party here.

CORY DANIELS
Daniels Auto Sales
Fly Creek