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- The Saratoga Springs Design Review Board ordered homeowners Jillian and Dan Massetti to install real slate on their 140-year-old house.
- The slate requirement cost $115,000, far above the $45,000 composite alternative.
- Republican Mayor John Safford called the ruling excessive after the Massettis appeared before the board four times.
- The board later reversed its slate mandate following a City Council hearing where Jillian Massetti urged common-sense relief.