SIZE DOES MATTER-SMALLER IS BETTER

Below are comments received from Nancy X. a few weeks ago to our email address; which we've copied and pasted here with her permission. If you'd also like to comment, please send us an email to save_alden@yahoo.com. We can publish your position either with full disclosure of your identity or you can remain confidential. Any questions, just ask Alden Residents for RESPONSIBLE GROWTH


"Alden is going to lose its good citizens because of this nightmare, and more "city slime" will be oozing into our area, along with their penchant for grafitti, litter, gangs, lack of consideration, etc. As proof, I had the misfortune of having to shop at the Tops in Lancaster the other day. As I was looking at the cheese section, trying to decide which ones were on sale, a woman literally PUSHED in front of me and stood there for about 3 minutes, trying to decide what to buy....no, "excuse me", no "pardon me", no comment whatsoever, only a dirty look and a push.....................is this what we want for Alden?????!!!!!! This was not isolated to one rude woman - several people who were walking out from an aisle didn't even look to see if anyone was coming, but they just PUSHED ahead of me, almost hitting me because I wasn't pushing a cart. At the M&T Bank in Lancaster, I was walking in ahead of a woman, who clearly wanted to get ahead of me (practically walking up my back to get past me). When I accidently started to turn the wrong way to get into the taped off line, she RAN to get in front of me..........Now, this has happened to me at the Alden Bank (Alden office), but the person would step aside, smile, and let me in line in the order in which we entered the bank.

WE MUST KEEP ALDEN AS A SMALL TOWN, NOT JUST IN SIZE, BUT IN ATTITUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

Please feel free to reprint anything I said above, as long as you only use my first name, thanks!

- Nancy x.