Baitsholts should have been reinstated

To the Editor:

The piece in last week’s edition about the GOP candidates was of interest because the Albany County GOP chairman told The Enterprise, “We just figured that we’d try working together with them” and indicated the Democrats’ signs about Berne working together are “kind of a joke.” [“Berne GOP names candidates, incumbent judges decline nomination,” The Altamont Enterprise, July 13, 2021]

The whole issue of the dog control officer tells us all we need to know about the GOP’s cooperative intentions. I’d say that’s the joke, but it isn’t funny. Cheryl Baitsholts should have been reinstated in January 2020 or offered the position when she interviewed this year.  

Tim Doherty

East Berne

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