The front page of the Oct. 1 Metro Section showed some familiar names, Judith Enck, Pete Grannis, Peter Iwanowicz, Suzanne Mattei and Willie Janaway.

These are all people New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer chose for key Environmental spots in his government last spring.

A former employee of NYS DEC Region 2, I’m glad to see the “Times” take notice once again of the influx of environmental activists into government. Since I no longer work for Mattei and Grannis, I can’t tell you how they’re doing and what they’re up to from an insider’s view, but good luck to all of them keeping New York State clean and fixing its problems.