LETTER from R. SCOTT DUNCAN Is Mother Nature Telling Us To Rest? To the Editor: Far away from here, in the Middle Kingdom, a place we know of as China. A little bat dove out of the rafters and took flight. It skimmed along, above the market stalls grabbing up bugs. The bat had no idea that it would do more for nature in a few weeks then all mankind could ever do. It was just being a bat. A…
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LETTER from GERRY WELCH Expecting COVID Will Go Away Is Magical Thinking To the Editor: Authorities seem to believe the coronavirus is going to behave like SARS. Here today and probably gone tomorrow. Magically disappear. They are simply not preparing for the potential long haul, that of the virus again and again rearing its ugly head. They also don’t seem to be willing to think that immunity is gained by surviving the disease. I think out of the box, both…
LETTER from JAMES DEAN Well-Intentioned Visitors May Spur Rebound In Corinavirus To the Editor: The best practice COVID-19 containment plans of Otsego County, and its residents, could be upset to an unknown degree this summer when well intentioned visitors may start coming in from all over the country. That will be the uncontrollable variable that could show up in possible increases of positive local cases, towards the end of the summer, in my view. Contact tracing would seem very difficult…
LETTER from FRED SCHNEIDER Coronavirus Extracts Outsized Sacrifices From Small Business To the Editor: So… here is the state of affairs for everyone who chose to create jobs by rolling their dice with their own capital, their own sweat, and their own ingenuity on building a business, only to have it pulled out from underneath them through no fault of their own: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (not a government entity but a very important pro-business non-profit) recently announced a…
LETTER TO EDITOR from JUDITH PACHTER The Answer: Choose People Over Money To the Editor: As a former registered nurse and a retired financial adviser, I see both sides of this horrendous dilemma. But in my mind, there is no amount of money that is worth one death that could have been prevented. We sit in our isolated homes in rural Central New York and feel a bit sorry for ourselves because we cannot do or should not do what…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR from VERA TALEVI All Prayed, And Things Started To Happen To the Editor: Thank you all for the wonderful response to last Wednesday 3 o’clock prayers. I know our prayers have helped – two weeks in a row there was good news reported: On April 8, the good news was the CURVE WAS FLATTENING and then on April 16 – again, a day after our Wednesday prayers – the good news was not only had the…
POEM TO THE EDITOR from TOM HEITZ, SHARON STUART Stuck At Home Stuck at home Wrote this poem • Had some lunch With Captain Crunch Washed the dish Made a wish • Fed the cat Found my hat Broke a mirror Bad luck here • Made the tea Had to pee Sun went down Moon is round • Took a fall In the hall Bumped my head Went to bed • Drank some booze Took a snooze Up at dawn…
LETTER from MONICA CALZOLARI In Crisis, Your Newspapers Are Rising To The Challenge To the Editor: I read your April 2-3 print edition cover to cover and I learned a lot of valuable information I have not seen reported anywhere else. The service you provide to our community is vital! I know that the newspaper industry has been struggling financially for over a decade. I am so impressed that you were proactive and built a following on www.AllOTSEGO.com that attracts…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP While New York City Dithered, San Antonio Saw Threat, Responded To the Editor: In Texas, a city or county can issue and enforce stay-at-home health orders without the state’s permission. Some West Texas counties have prohibited out-of-county residents from staying in the county overnight, the landlords are fined $1,000 a day. In New York, only the state can issue such sweeping health directives, no such balkanization is allowed. This centralization of authority proved to be fatal…
LETTER from M.A. WHELAN With Crisis, We See World, And Dump, With Fresh Eyes To the Editor: Given our current situation, I find even a trip to the Northern Transfer Station – aka The Dump – an exciting occasion. I have looked at it with fresh eyes. And it’s not a pretty sight. OK, I know it’s a dump, but there are dumps and then there are dumps. This one is really awful. Fetid piles of trash, papers blowing everywhere,…
