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Jim Powers Runs For

122nd Assembly Seat

Former Otsego County Board Chairman

Seeks To Succeed Retiring Cliff Crouch

By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

Jim Powers

SOUTH NEW BERLIN – Republican Jim Powers, former Otsego County Board of Representatives chairman, announced this morning he's running for state Assembly in the 122nd District to succeed Cllifford W. Crouch, Bainbridge, who is retiring.  Both are  career farmers.

"I enjoy public service and being able to help people with their problems," and to do so "without raising taxes," said Powers, who served 18 years on the county board.  As his most satisfying accomplishments, he points to initiating the withdrawal from MOSA, which he characterized as paying for not generating trash, and the county's current 911 emergency system.

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