To the Editor:

Nothing could better demonstrate the fractious, counter-productive Republican antics in the town of Berne than the recent defeat of a Democratic-backed proposal to reinstate Cheryl Baitsholts as dog-control officer (“Baitsholts Again Passed Over for Berne DOC”).

Anyone who knows Baitsholts (and I do) is well aware of her tireless effort to protect and nurture canines in the Hilltowns. She is kind, capable, dedicated, and even possesses her own kennel. To deny her reinstatement is the quintessence of partisan foolishness.

I hope residents of Berne will keep this entrenched pattern of petty destructiveness in mind when they head to the polls in the forthcoming elections.

Katherine Dieckmann

Westerlo