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To the editor: Recent public comments by two of the candidates for village office suggest the current fund balance for the village is excessive and a future board should adopt policies. It is true that our village, compared to 12 years ago, is on sound financial footing. This is evidenced by the current credit rating of Aa3, exceptional for a small municipality our size with operating budgets approaching $20 million (includes general, water and sewer, and electric). Lake Placid is not a typical small municipality. It is equally true that fund balance should not be excessive as those funds es...

eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com LAKE PLACID — Some of the issues Lake Placid’s two mayoral candidates spoke about Sunday, at a forum hosted by the Enterprise and Lake Placid News, have been problems for the village for decades — such as parking and affordable housing. They also discussed regulation short-term vacation rentals, protecting Mirror Lake and bringing large-scale events back to Lake Placid this summer. The candidates for mayor are current Trustee and Deputy Mayor Art Devlin on the Republican and Teamwork party lines and former mayor Jamie Rogers on the Common Sense pa...

To the editor: What’s the difference between a politician and a public servant? A politician will make many promises on vital programs, with the intent o

Village of Lake Placid voters: March 16 is fast approaching, your vote for Art Devlin for Mayor would be greatly appreciated. Twelve years ago under the previous administration, the village board was dysfunctional. Craig Randall, Zay Curtis and Art Devlin were elected and worked with the state comptroller’s office to do an in-depth audit. The village received a scathing audit of our village finances from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who stated, “Lake Placid has to get its fiscal house in order and fast.” The report stated “woefully inadequate oversight of the village’s finan...

the Enterprise staff The North Elba Town Hall is the home to the Lake Placid village offices. (Enterprise file photo) LAKE PLACID — Craig Randall, a Republican, has been the village of Lake Placid’s mayor for the last 12 years, but he has reached the three-term limit and is not seeking reelection. Art Devlin and Jamie Rogers are each asking voters to pick them for the job for the next four years. Both are experienced in the ways of village government. Rogers was a village board trustee for five years — two of those as deputy mayor, which means he filled in to chair meetings when the m...