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To the Editor: 

I address this to those that are still undecided in the Berkeley mayoral race. 

I find that an interesting comparison can be made in the headquarters of the two mayoral campaigns. That of Mayor Shirley Dean is located in a bright, resurgent downtown surrounded by a bevy of new business and shops. The headquarters for Tom Bates' campaign are in a dingy south Berkeley, graffiti-laden building near closed stores and a massage parlor. This is likely the future for Berkeley if the idealistic but impractical ideas of the progressives are given the power of the mayor's office. 

Berkeley is better off after Mayor Dean's efforts in office.  

Eric Goedken 

Berkeley