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Letter from Joanie Parrillo

Village Reactions Disappointing

Regarding the Village of Cooperstown sign law, it has been violated all summer long and is still being violated, as of right now. I took photos and gave them to village officials at the meeting on August 26 and the next day they were still there. At Monday’s [September 23] meeting, I told village officials they had three more illegal signs and, guess what, they’re still up. As for the people who spoke against the banners at that meeting, not one of them was a native of Cooperstown; not born or raised here, unlike our veterans.

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