LETTER from ANDREW MARIETTA Bi-Partisanship Moving Otsego County Forward To the Editor: I’ve driven all over New York State and worked with community organizations and their leaders, and there is a commonality that unites them all: an investment in a better future. The same can be said for Otsego County, where success and momentum are building. Our county has no shortage of dedicated and committed leaders who put service to their communities first and strive to improve them. It isn’t…
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LETTER from RUTH SERAFIN Passion, Determination, Confidence Define Tonner To the Editor: Passion, determination, and confidence. If I were asked to describe Ward 5 Common Council candidate Danielle Tonner in three words, those three would describe her perfectly! I have known Danielle for approximately 17 years, mainly due to our children attending school together. Often, our paths cross in school, on the field or court, or in some local shopping venue. Naturally, our discussions lead to what the future of…
LETTER from JULIE HUNTSMAN Basile Qualified For Seat On Otsego County Board To The Editor: I’m writing today in enthusiastic support of Jill Basile, candidate for Otsego County Board, District 14, (Wards 7-8). I have gotten to know Jill through her volunteer work for the Susquehanna SPCA, on whose board she also serves. Time and again, in a crunch when volunteers are crucial, she rolls up her sleeves, literally, and gets to work, no matter how dirty the job. She…
LEAGUE OF WOMAN VOTERS SAYS: 5¢ Fee Will Reduce Solid Waste, Pollution Editor’s Note: This position paper was prepared by Liane Hirabayashi and Julie Sorensen, co-presidents, League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area and Steve Londner, Chair, Steering Committee, League of Women Voters of the Oneonta Area. “No, I brought my own bag,” many shoppers are telling store clerks when asked “Do you need a bag?” And more shoppers will be giving the same reply starting in March 2020…
LETTER from RAY MANNION Who Knows More About Ward 8 Than Mark Drnek? To the Editor: I dare you to try to find another person alive who knows more about Main Street Oneonta businesses than Mark Drnek. Mark knows the first and last names of almost every business owner in Ward 8, where he is running for Oneonta Common Council. He knows what they sell and to whom they sell it. He knows what their businesses depend upon, thrive upon,…
LETTER from SHANNON McHUGH Basile Election Will Bring Energy, Openness To Board To the Editor, I would like to officially announce my support for Jill Basile who is ready to lead District 14 within the City of Oneonta into greater times. She is running for the county Board of Representatives in the hopes of bringing new energy to Ward 7-8. As a small business owner for the past 14 years in this city, I wholeheartedly believe in and support Jill’s…
McEVOY MEMO REVISITED After Long Republican Rule, Gives Democrats A Chance By CHAD McEVOY • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Republicans have been in charge of our county for as long as anyone can remember. And for as long as anyone can remember, Otsego County, as beautiful and full of potential as it is, has not kept pace with its neighbors on many key indicators. This means, in effect, that the Republican Party has overseen a protracted period of regional demographic and…
EDITORIAL Early Voting Begins In County, And With It, New Opportunities “Anything that allows more people to exercise the right to vote is important,” said Mike Henrici, the county’s Democratic elections commissioner after the first weekend of early voting in Otsego County. Maybe. Early voting has been around for 30 years – Texas was first – and today 38 states open the polls in advance of Election Day, which this year is Nov. 5. New York was the 38th state…
LETTER from RANDAL I. MOWERS Holleran Wants Oneontans Running Their Own Town To the Editor: As expected of me, I am going to tell it like it is! In my almost three years serving on the Oneonta Town Board, I can assure you that Brett Holleran is by far the right candidate for the job of town board member. Never, ever would he allow outside special-interest groups to enter town hall and take over the meeting! Others have let this…
LETTER from JOE & JAMIE PALUMBO From San Diego: Support Protect Richfield Candidates Editor’s Note: The Palumbos who wrote this letter are not related to current Richfield Supervisor Paul Palumbo’s; Joe Palumbo is actually the son-in-law of former Supervisor Fran Enjem’s wife. To the Editor: Dear Town of Richfield residents and voters: We are Joe and Jami Palumbo. While our full-time residence is in San Diego, Calif., where we work and raise our two children, we purchased a second home…
