CLARK’S COMMITTEE CHAIRS Gelbsman Put On IGA Helm; Carson To Lead Public Safety COOPERSTOWN – Three of Oneonta’s five county reps are emerging as key players in the fifth year that county Rep. Kathy Clark, R-Otego, will chair the county Board of Representatives: Craig Gelbsman, R-12 (representing Wards 3 and 4), in his second term, will chair the influential Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, which oversees economic development. Already, Gelbsman has been serving as the county board’s liaison on the Otsego Now (IDA)…
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Colleagues Reject Stuligross Idea Of Shifting Meetings To Evenings COOPERSTOWN – Kay Stuligross’ perhaps quixotic effort to move county board meetings from mornings to evenings was stopped short at the county Board of Representatives reorganizational meeting today. The Oneonta Democrat made the motion to change the monthly meeting from 10 a.m. to a time between 5 and 7. The motion required a two-thirds vote, but receive support from only four of the 14 reps. Ten voted no. In making the motion, Stuligross…
TAKING THE OATH POWERS CHALLENGE TO CLARK FIZZLES County Board Chair Reelected Unanimously COOPERSTOWN – The only thing missing was white smoke coming out of the chimney at 197 Main. The attempt by county Rep. Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, to replace Kathy Clark, R-Otego, as chair of the Otsego County Board of Representatives had completely fizzled by this morning. The three-year chairperson was routinely reelected shortly after the county board’s reorganizational meeting was called to order at 10 a.m. today. It was…
BULLETIN KATHY CLARK REELECTED TO CHAIR COUNTY BOARD Check Back For Details…
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Police: Maryland Woman Does $4,000 Damage To Parked Car ONEONTA – A Town of Maryland woman was arrested Monday for causing over $4,000 in damage to the parked car of a Monroe Muffler employee. Sierra V. Henderson, 20, was arrested by the State Police, saying she had been harassing an employee who worked at Monroe Muffler by calling him repeatedly and arriving at his home and work uninvited. Her conduct intensified when she arrived at his work place and caused about $4,000 worth…
Frazier, Stammel Contacted By Powers In Bid For Chair COOPERSTOWN – Two more county representatives said they have been contacted by Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, seeking their support in his bid to bump Kathy Clark, R-Otego, from the chairmanship of the Otsego County Board of Representatives. The board’s vice chair, Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, said he received an e-mail from Powers, but advised him he will be supporting Clark. Incoming county Rep. Andrew Stammel, D-Town of Oneonta, said he had heard from…
Stuligross: Meet In Evening So More Can Run For Office ONEONTA – Many people are unable to run for the Otsego County Board of Representatives because it meets at 10 a.m. in the middle of the work week. County Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, hopes to do something about it: She is introducing a resolution at Wednesday’s county board reorganizational meeting to change the monthly meeting to sometime between 5-7 in the evening, so people who work 9-5 can participate. The veteran…
Minimum Wage, Heroin Among ‘State Of State’ Breakfast Topics Hartwick College’s internship director Kirsten Oehl, top photo, thanked state Rep. Pete Lopez, R-Schoharie, the congressional candidate, on his support of “experiential learning.” “The gauntlet has been thrown,” she said. She was speaking at this morning’s annual State of the State Breakfast, hosted by the Otsego Chamber of Commerce at The Otesaga. At right, state Sen. James Seward, R-Milford, speaks on importance of high speed broadband internet for the county and the ramifications for…
