{"id":4927,"date":"2009-10-13T09:35:17","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T13:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/citizen-nancy\/2009\/10\/do-the-math.html"},"modified":"2017-11-08T13:03:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:03:42","slug":"do-the-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/citizen-nancy\/2009\/10\/do-the-math\/","title":{"rendered":"Do The Math"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do the Math<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

By Nancy Muldoon<\/p>\n

            <\/span>In my
\nformative years I always excelled at English class, Art class and I was one of
\nthe few girls that actually enjoyed gym class. Math was always my weakest
\nsubject and I was always in the lowest math group every year of school.<\/p>\n

In sixth grade at Lake
\n Avenue school my teacher Mrs. Foster would be
\nbecome frustrated at my math impairment and would shout, “Do the math Nancy,
\ndo the math!”<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, her yelling at me
\ndidn’t make the numbers in my head move any faster. In fact it gave me a strong
\naversion to numbers and anything that resembled a math class to this day.<\/p>\n

But after listening to politicians
\ntalk about waste in various City Hall Departments and reading letters to the
\neditor regarding our towns financial demise it seems that I am not the only one
\nwith a math impediment.<\/p>\n

For those against paid parking, do
\nthe math! There aren’t too many cities anywhere where you can park for free. Is
\nit written somewhere in the constitution that says we are eternally entitled to
\nfree parking?<\/p>\n

Every Racing Season tourists are
\ncharged anywhere from $5-$20 to park their car in my neighborhood (close
\nproximity to the Racecourse) so they can spend even more money at the
\nracetrack. Have you ever overheard a tourist say that they aren’t coming back
\nto Saratoga because they had to pay
\nto park their car?<\/p>\n

No. No you haven’t and you won’t.<\/p>\n

THEY EXPECT TO PAY. And that’s
\nexactly why they should be made to pay when they want to park downtown.<\/p>\n

Do tourists complain about having
\nto pay for an overpriced sandwich at certain businesses downtown. Sure, but the
\ndowntown business association makes sure those comments never make it into
\ncertain newspapers here in town.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

            <\/span>Regarding
\nDPW:<\/b><\/p>\n

Get rid of the weakest links in the chain, if they happen to
\nbe the workers who are making over $30 an hour, oh well. You save the city
\nmoney by getting rid of those who make the most not the least. The problem with
\nthe unions is that unfortunately it protects bad workers as well as good
\nworkers. That is any unions inherent weakness and that weakness costs the city
\nmoney everyday.<\/p>\n

 <\/b><\/p>\n

Regarding the East and <\/b>West Side<\/b>
\nRecreation fields:<\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span>I was told by Ron Kim
\nthat they belong to the school district but are maintained by the city and that
\nit costs the city 50K a year to do so.<\/p>\n

Can’t we have the elementary school children at Caroline
\nStreet Schools and Division Street schools help pick up litter and rake leaves
\nand do various other jobs to maintain these grounds as some sort of community
\nservice?<\/p>\n

I’m sure every citizen of Saratoga could come up with their
\nown list on how to save money for the city and either write a letter to your
\nelected officials or better yet, come to a city hall meeting and read your list
\nto the council members and between a bunch of us I’m positive that we can do
\nthe math!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

                                                          
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