Mayor wants Saratogans to be nicer

Editor.

I recently listened to a presentation from a gentleman that had moved to Saratoga a number of years ago to help an organization get back on their feet. The first day that he was here he was approached by a long time resident of Saratoga and told that he might as well leave because everyone in Saratoga was a Communist.

A couple days later he was approached by another long time resident of Saratoga who told him “You are a stranger here and you will be a stranger here in twenty years.”

This might almost seem comical if it was the only time I had heard a comment like this, but sadly it’s not. There have been numerous times that I have had people that have lived here just a couple years that have said how hard it is to be accepted in Saratoga.

As in any small community we have our groups that we may belong to. We might have a coffee group, or we may play in the pool league, or belong to one of the local civic organizations. Some of us have been more successful than others in business. We might have a college degree when our next door neighbor doesn’t.

But when it comes down to it there is not one of us that is better than the other. I would challenge all of us to help change that image of how people perceive the way new comers are accepted in Saratoga. Invite them to join your group or just strike up a conversation with them and get to know them.

What’s it going to hurt?

Mayor John Zeiger

Saratoga

 

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