写作：GRE作文ARGUMENT126篇真题八十

８０、The following is a letter to the editor of the Roseville Gazette.
　　"Despite opposition¹ from some residents of West Roseville, the arguments in favor of merging² 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 merger³. Second, the savings⁴ in administrative⁵ 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 undoubtedly⁶ attract business investments as it did when the townships of Hamden and North Hamden merged⁷ ten years ago."