HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Making Democracy Work With Adrienne Martini & Meg Kennedy DEMOCRACY FORUM – 7 p.m. Join Otsego County Board Members Adrienne Martini & Meg Kennedy to learn how they decided to run for office, and what the individual can do for democracy at the local level in this presentation ‘Making Local Democracy Work Better.’ Free, all welcome. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Held at Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Visit www.lwvoneonta.org…
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Former Daily Star Editor To Challenge Meg Kennedy By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – Emily Popek, former Daily Star manager editor, has posted on her Facebook page that she intends to run for county representative in District 5, challenging Meg Kennedy, the board’s vice chairman. District 5 includes Milford, Hartwick and New Lisbon. Under the county board’s weighted voting system, the position has the most people, and thus the most voting clout, of all the 14 districts.…
ON NEWSSTANDS TODAY MEG KENNEDY CITIZEN OF YEAR Representative Shepherded In Professional Management, More…
Meg Kennedy First Otsego County Rep On NYSAC Board COOPERSTOWN – County Rep. Meg Kennedy is making history. It surfaced at today’s county Board of Representative meeting that the second-term legislator has been invited and agreed to join the board of directors of NYSAC, the influential New York State Association of Counties. What’s more, she is the first representative from Otsego County ever to be so honored.…
MEG KENNEDY (Margaret M. Kennedy on ballot) COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 5 COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: Hartwick EDUCATION: B.S. Cornell University (College of Ag & Life Sciences, May ’89) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Manage our family’s small agricultural business, manage the Delhi Farmers’ Market, lead governing committees for both Oneonta & Cooperstown Farmers’ Markets. COMMUNITY/POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT: Hartwick Planning Board (2010-present) Hartwick Zoning Commission (2012-2015). Member of St. Mary’s Church, Cooperstown FAMILY: Daughter of Paul and Margaret Kennedy, numerous brothers, sisters, nieces & nephews. IN TWO…
Experience with policy and procedure are invaluable in an office that handles personal information, legal documents, and critical filings. I know that Jennifer will continue to operate the office at a high level of accuracy and proficiency. I support her election as the next Otsego County clerk.…
CASALE: DEMOCRATS DIDN’T PLAN Kennedy Extends An Olive Branch Across The Aisle She Schedules Admin Meeting To Vet D-6 Democrat Prospect By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – To calm troubled political waters, county Rep. Meg Kennedy, C-Hartwick, has scheduled an Administration Committee meeting for Dec. 2 to give the Democratic prospect to succeed state Sen.-elect Peter Oberacker a hearing before that day’s county board meeting. “I felt this was the right thing to do,” she said a…
SUPERINTENDENTS SEEK SHUTDOWN THROUGH 4/14 Bliss Convenes Emergency Task Force At 10 a.m. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – County Board chairman Dave Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield, convened a task force at 10 a.m. today to help administer the State of Emergency he declared over the weekend. The meeting is now in progress. In an interview a few minutes ago, Bliss emphasized that, as of now, there are no known cases of coronavirus in Otsego County. Among…
VIEW FROM 197 MAIN #KeepTheCap! NYS Must Pay Fair Share By MEG KENNEDY • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com #KeepTheCap! This is a rallying cry for local government officials from around the state. What cap? The New York State 0% growth Medicaid Tax Cap that has been in place since 2012. It goes hand in hand with another cap – the 2% cap on property tax levies that has been in place for NYS municipalities since roughly the same time. They were…
They Love Meg Kennedy, But Debate Bipartisanship By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – When the 9-4 vote affirmed Meg Kennedy as the first woman vice chair of the Otsego County Board of Representatives, Andrew Marietta leaned over and said, “Meg, you know I support you.” The Conservative for Hartwick, Milford and New Lisbon and the Democrat from Cooperstown and the Town of Otsego both shook hands and smiled. But for the preceding few minutes Thursday, Jan. 2,…