By now, residents should have received the latest issue of Village Facts regarding St. Paul's. Trustee Robert Rothschild commended the trustees' committee on Public Information, for which he chairs, for a job well done. Trustee Peter Bee echoed those remarks, adding, "I too would like to commend the Village Facts, I think it was terrific."

Resident Mort Yuder too praised the document, stating the format is great. "It's to the point and I believe it covered all the issues we've been discussing all these years," he said, making one suggestion. "It's based on one assumption ... and that's public use," he continued. "That assumption is that the village residents would not pay for it. It alluded to the fact that there was a survey and the results of that survey were negative to that end. I don't believe that survey was valid and would like to make a suggestion."

To find out if the "assumption" is correct, Yuder suggested a pledge campaign. "Channel 13 does it; WNYC does it and so on. This would be a pledge campaign that would [enable] ... village residents to make a pledge for the future to support this public use. It would remove the assumptions. It would give the state representatives the information they need about the village's willingness to support this building. I think this has to be done with your new public relations officer you just hired. I think that idea might be a good one..."

St. Paul's Place resident George Salem however believed the document was filled with more propaganda than facts. "It's written with a strongly biased pro-private development point of view," Salem said. "I just wish it had more objectivity in it."

The Public Information Committee, comprised of Trustees Rothschild, Donald Brudie and Nick Episcopia, wrote the Village Facts collectively. The document, before being disseminated to residents, was distributed to the entire board of trustees for any comments, changes, corrections, modifications and more.

The Village Facts was specifically issued to residents to answer questions about St. Paul's. "Addressing all of the complex elements pertaining to this issue requires more detail than we would like," the document states, "and the material is a bit lengthy. If you don't have time to read the questions and answers from beginning to end, we recommend that you scan the pages and focus on questions of importance to you."

Twenty-one questions and answers are highlighted in the lengthy document, including what options are currently available for the future of the building, why the building can't just be left the way it currently exists, why the project cannot obtain grants or use tax credits and/or individual contributions to finance the restoration, whether or not private development is even possible in view of the court decision indicating the property is a public trust as well as the more recent parkland designation, the focus of the recent lawsuit filed against the village by three Garden City residents and more.