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mailmanI would like to add a brief addendum to the Community Party reply (June 15, 2012) to the VOP Party letter that appeared in the June 8th issue of the Lansing Star. In the VOP letter, it was stated that, "We also learned that if one is asked to serve for the Village (say for the Planning Board) and they are not a member of the Community Party then they would be strongly urged to become a Community Party member. There is no place for this sort of coercion in our village."

I have been a member of the Village Planning Board for several years and at no time, either before or after becoming a member of the Planning Board, was I approached by anyone suggesting (and certainly not coercing me) that I become a member of the Community Party. I serve the Village out of a sense of civic duty and have no political affiliations.

Sincerely,

Richard Durst
Village of Lansing

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