TOWN ELECTION SPOTLIGHT

Butler Challenges Wood

For Oneonta Supervisor

WEST ONEONTA – Republican Mike Butler, longtime Oneonta Triple A president, is challenging incumbent Democrat Bob Wood, five-term Oneonta town supervisor, for the town’s top job in the Nov. 7 local elections.

Butler, who recently resigned as chairman of the town Board of Fire Commissioners, said he doesn’t intend to raise the issue of the town-city fire pact in the upcoming campaign.  “The fire contract needs to be done by the fire commissioners,” he said.  “The town board doesn’t have time to deal with that.”

For his part, Wood said, during the campaign, he will seek to expedite the town and city agreeing on a contract to ensure the Oneonta Fire Department continues to provide professional protection to the town.

Both candidates file petitions to run by yesterday’s deadline.

For more details, see the next edition of Hometown Oneonta.