COLUMN VIEW FROM THE GAME It’s All We Need To Know: Home Plate 17 Inches Wide Editor’s Note: Tim Mead, incoming Baseball Hall of Fame president, cited John Scolinos, baseball coach at his alma mater, Cal Poly Pomona, as a lifelong inspiration, particularly Scolinos’ famous speech “17 Inches.” Chris Sperry, who published sperrybaseballlife.com, heard Scolinos deliver a version in 1996 at the American Baseball Coaches Association in Nashville, and wrote this reminiscence in 1916 in his “Baseball Thoughts” column. By CHRIS SPERRY • from www.sperrybaseballlife.com In 1996, Coach Scolinos was 78 years old and five years retired from a college coaching…
It’s very sad that the trustees, lead by Jeff Katz, don’t listen to the business community, that this most directly effects, and ignore them and vote it extend it. They treat the village like it’s their own to do what the heck they want to do. It’s really time for a change!!
This article is missing some details that are only hinted at here.. Like why did everyone tell Joan Clark ‘Why Bother”? Is this commentary on the of the Board meetings themselves or did they not care about the extended paid parking? What whats Mrs Clark’s argument against the paid parking?
Maybe they can pave some streets now! How embarrassing that our visitors must deal with our road conditions when staying in Cooperstown!
How does paid parking affect any business at all?