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Letter from Lang Keith

Bravo to Trustees for Sign Law Vote

As a nine-year Navy vet with a brother and father who were in the Navy for 30 and 40 years, respectively, I say bravo to the village trustees for their decision not to modify the zoning law to allow veteran banners.

There is an appropriate way to honor men and women who served in the Armed Forces—just take a look at Pine Boulevard—but one of them is not to make the village streets look like a used-car lot.

Lang Keith
LCDR, USNR (ret)
Cooperstown

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