Be Failing, But Tom Seaver’s Victories Immortal To the Editor: I read this afternoon about Tom Seaver’s health. My favorite Seaver memory (and my favorite New York Mets memory of all … and I was at Game 6!) was going to a July game at Shea in 1969. It was a big family deal. We got new shirts, new socks. It was sunny. It was hot. The L-I-E was going to be packed and stalled with overheating cars heading toward…
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Letters To The Editor - Page 99
Support Early Voting, Seward, Salka Asked To the Editor: As people of faith, we care about early voting being funded for New York State because all eligible voters should have the freedom to vote at a convenient time without the worry of putting their jobs and personal responsibilities at risk. Voting is the most fundamental right of every democracy, and New York lawmakers have finally stepped up to their responsibility to assure that all citizens of the state have equal…
League: No Contest, But Exercise Your Right To Vote To the Editor: The League of Women Voters, Cooperstown Area urges the citizens of the Village of Cooperstown to vote in the village election Tuesday, March 19. Polls are open noon-9 p.m. at the Cooperstown Fire Hall on Chestnut Street. There are three open trustee seats: two for three-year terms; and one for a one-year term to complete the final year of the seat left vacant when Ellen Tillapaugh became mayor.…
Future Requires ALL Forms Of Energy, Including Affordable, Plentiful Natural Gas To the Editor: Dan Buttermann’s letter in your editions of Feb. 21-22 headlined, “On Energy Future, State Must Pick Right Side,” has the right title but supports the wrong side – renewables only, no new gas. Unfortunately, the state (Governor Cuomo) shares Mr. Butterman’s view. Now the consequences are beginning to show. Con Ed announced no new gas hook-ups in Westchester County. A six-acre urban renewal project in…
Not All ‘Green New Deals’ Threaten Americans’ Personal Liberties To the Editor: There is no Green New Deal. That is to say, there is no one Green New Deal despite your newspaper columnist’s alarmist assertions last week that personal freedoms are endangered by addressing Climate Change. There are many proposals involving stimulus programs that aim to address Climate Change. Some, like House Res. 109/Senate Res. 59, sponsored by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., also address economic…
The Goal: Doing All We Can To Reduce Dependence On Fossil Fuels I was sent this article, “Until Available 24/7, Renewable Energy Not Ready For Prime Time,” from your newspaper of Feb. 21-22. “Another speaker spoke of all the things he had done to remove himself from the grid. Again, I couldn’t help but wonder how he paid for it – solar, geo-thermal and a $100,000 Tesla electric car. Would the savings ever allow him to recover those incremental…
On Energy Future, State Must Pick Right Side Of Scale To the Editor: My letter relates to previous submissions regarding energy development, specifically Dick Downey’s letter from the Jan. 31-Feb. 1 editions. Mr. Downey brings forward two frustrating points. The first is that Climate Change may not be real or related to human activity, and the second that renewable energy is viable only with state support. I will start with Mr. Downey’s view on climate change, and his contention that…
Plea To Biological Field Station: End Pesticide Use To the Editor: Five years ago, CVS Pharmacy Corp., as a healthcare-product provider, made the costly but ethical decision to discontinue the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products. Cheers to them! With springtime approaching, I am reminded by the CVS example of applied ethics of the decades-long silence by the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station on West Lake Road, regarding the use of pesticides and herbicides on the Leatherstocking Golf…
LETTERS Colone: ‘Microgrid’ Would Use 90% Renewables To the Editor: Dennis Higgins of Otego, once again misstated the content in an early January opinion piece published in this newspaper, which I entitled, “Is a tri-gen municipal microgrid an answer to boosting local energy?” Mr. Higgins is obviously a pretty smart guy, who must know a lot about energy, but struggles with reading the word “biomass.” He said, I “never mentioned” biomass in my original article. For the record, below is…
At Summit, Gas, Green Advocates To Go Mano A Mano To the Editor: The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce Energy Infrastructure and Economy Summit will be held at the Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown on Thursday morning as this edition of Hometown Oneonta comes off the press. The Chamber’s goal is to have a full discussion on energy options for Otsego County, each option discussed according to its merits.…