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The following is a letter to the editor of the Roseville Gazette.

'Despite opposition from some residents of West Roseville, the arguments in favor of merging the townships of Roseville and West Roseville are overwhelming. First, residents in both townships are confused about which authority to contact when they need a service; for example, the police department in Roseville receives many calls from residents of West Roseville. This sort of confusion would be eliminated with the merger. Second, the savings in administrative costs would be enormous, since services would no longer be duplicated: we would have only one fire chief, one tax department, one mayor, and so on. And no jobs in city government would be lost—employees could simply be reassigned. Most importantly, the merger will undoubtedly attract business investments as it did when the townships of Hamden and North Hamden merged ten years ago.'

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The following is a letter to the editor of the Roseville Gazette（公报）.

'Despite opposition from some residents of West Roseville, the arguments in favor of merging the townships of Roseville and West Roseville are overwhelming. First, residents in both townships are confused about which authority to contact when they need a service; for example, the police department in Roseville receives many calls from residents of West Roseville. This sort of confusion would be eliminated with the merger. Second, the savings in administrative costs would be enormous, since services would no longer be duplicated（重复）: we would have only one fire chief（消防局）, one tax department, one mayor, and so on. And no jobs in city government would be lost—employees could simply be reassigned. Most importantly, the merger will undoubtedly attract business investments as it did when the townships of Hamden and North Hamden merged ten years ago.'

（1）首先，我们应该仔细听取一些居民的反对意见，了解他们反对的原因。
（2）两个地区的居民经常搞不清应该和哪个政府联系的问题，并不是不可以解决的，而且这些问题应该多发生在两个地区的交界处，所以解决需要的成本将不会很大。
（3）虽然肯可能消除一部分重复服务，但是更需要考虑到合并所需的成本，一部分原来的设备和资料需要搬到新的地点，新的办公地点可能需要和安置，这些都需要很大的成本。
（4）合并之后还可能造成的问题是，人们到办公地点获取服务的平均路程会更长。这意味这一些地区的市民可能要更长的时间才能到税务局，市长政府办公室；当某些地方发生火情的时候，消防车需要更加长的时间才能感到火场。
（5）由于组织合并，必然会有一些人失去原来的工作，很难充分保证这些人呗重新委任。
（6）没有证据表明合并会吸引更多的投资，Hamden的例子不一定是因为合并而引来投资，可能是因为其他经济因素或者措施。