LETTER from HAL LEGG Gun-Control Advocates Equal Hitler – Really? To the Editor: This news organization recently published a letter in which Otsego County Rep. Rick Brockway, R-Laurens, presented his opinion – certainly worthy of your readers’ consideration – about the general availability of firearms. In contrasting his perspective with that held by Democrats running for president, Representative Brockway wrote: “Adolf Hitler said, ‘To conquer a nation, you first must disarm its people.’” History rules out the acceptability of lightly…
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LETTER from DOUGLAS ANDERSON Much In Country Today Requires Self-Protection To the Editor: By happenstance I picked up the Feb. 6 copy of Hometown Oneonta. In it, I found letters to the editor about a topic I am profoundly concerned about: my freedom, as protected by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Clearly these letter writers have somehow missed a few very important points about life in these United States. And by that I think they may have slept…
LETTER from R. SCOTT DUNCAN In The Lap Of Luxury – At Bassett Hospital To the Editor: Who would have thought that you could find this magic red button at Bassett. The pain was excruciating. After two months I couldn’t take it anymore. I went to the emergency room. We arrived at 10 p.m. By 4 they took me up to my room. Whoops, no bed. Waited a little longer, finally some rest and pain killers. They put an object…
LETTER from ANDREW STAMMEL ‘Sanctuary’ May Kill Golden Goose To the Editor: Elected officials should make efforts to understand and represent, within the confines of the law, our constituents’ varying perspectives. Thus, Representative Brockway’s “Second Amendment sanctuary” letter in last week’s edition was concerning both in its substance and tone. His letter rebutted a column a week before submitted by an active local resident. Brockway dismissively wrote that the author “is not native to the area and does not understand…
LETTER from SUSAN MOSS Sandy Hook Memories Still Resonate To the Editor: I remember the moment when I first heard about the shooting of first graders in Newtown, Conn. I was driving home from work, on a back road between Cooperstown and Oneonta. My immediate and natural response was to pull over, get out of my car and scream “My God, 6-year-olds! What is happening in this country?” The outrage and pain of it was overwhelming. I can’t even imagine…
LETTER from SUZANNE SUMMERS Save The Birds, Scrap The Panels To the Editor: If I could buy two square miles of land for $1,000/acre, I would be fortunate indeed, for I would preserve these two square miles as is, in reparation for the three billion birds lost since 1970. We have lost these birds primarily due to habitat loss; they have nowhere to live thanks to our endless consumption of land. When will we humans learn that what the earth…
LETTER from KEITH WILCOX Gunmen More Scary Than G-Men To the Editor: Rick Brockway states “every Democratic candidate…will take our guns away.” If he means the candidates advocate the confiscation of all guns owned by law-abiding citizens, he’s wrong. None of them takes that position. They are for stricter gun control, as well they ought to be. The guns, Mr. Brockway, I and other Upstate folks had growing up were nothing like what we’re faced with today. We’ve had, and…
LETTER from RICK BROCKWAY Firearms Are Part Of Otsego County Heritage To the Editor: In last week’s edition of this newspaper, Larry Bennett stated his opinion of me and the Second Amendment sanctuary movement here in Otsego County. Let’s face it: Mr. Bennett is not native to the area and does not understand the people of rural, Upstate New York. In my opinion, he also has limited knowledge of the law, especially the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Bennett…
LETTER from BILL HUSTON When CNG Trucks Crash, Public Should Be Told To the Editor: I have never seen this complete list (see box, above) before now. I don’t think anyone has compiled this data before now. There are probably many more which did not make it to the newspapers. You are one of the first to see this. This list was not easy to compile! Few of these names were in the newspaper. My purpose here is not to…
LETTER from AL COLONE Use Bed-Tax Increase To Build County Future To the Editor: I saw in your papers where there was going to be a presentation Tuesday, Jan. 21, to discuss increasing the county lodging tax 2 percent, with the new $1 million in projected revenue, dedicated to support road improvements throughout the county. Let me offer my general support for the idea, whatever good that might bring. However, I do believe dedicating the funds to road improvement is…
