‘Reform Caucus’ Proving Its Worth, But Will It Survive 2019 Elections? Leading up to the 2017 election of the Otsego County Board of Representatives, the terms “Reform Caucus” and “Sensible Center” were used in this space, and they were controversial. Some of the candidates identified with that label won election or reelection. (Whether that was because of or despite of the designation is certainly fodder for debate.) Foremost among them, as it turns out, was David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield,…
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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…
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THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Mar. 07 – 08, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Railyard Foes Derail $2M In Good News Big Grants Go To Upgrading Upper Floors CCS Boys, Girls Going To States Caught In Insurance Bind, Chief Struggles To Survive Laurens’ Ric Brockway Challenges Kathy Clark CITY OF THE HILLS: Mar. 07 – 08, 2019 COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND: Mar. o7 – 08, 2019 EDITORIAL STATE OF CITY: ‘We’re Onta Something,’ Mayor Declares…
Criticism Sours $2M Grants For Downtown Railyard Naysayers Sink Mayor’s Bullish State Of City Speech By PATRICK WAGER & JIM KEVLIN ONEONTA – In his 2019 State of the State speech, Mayor Gary Herzig Tuesday, March 5, said everyone wants to get to “net zero,” but – “please” – don’t oppose a plan for the D&H railyards “to create much-needed jobs.” Particularly, “while we go about enjoying our indoor tennis courts, gyms, swimming pools and theaters – all heated with…
Caught In Insurance Bind, Chief Struggles To Survive GoFundMe Raises $14,720 After He’s Cut From County Plan By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN – When Mike Covert was in Bassett Hospital recovering from a heart attack in January, he had an unexpected visitor. A young woman from the “Angel” program, which Covert started in 2015 as the Cooperstown police chief to help heroin addicts seek recovery, came to his bedside. “She didn’t have a car and she still came to see me,”…
MONEY MATTERS Reparations? How Much Can We Afford? Reparations are all the rage again. A lot of people reckon we taxpayers should shell out reparations. To descendants of American slaves. And to Native Americans. (Some of our candidates for the White House call for these reparations.) This presents a few problems. Problem: The average African-American has from 20 to 30 percent white blood. Native Americans on average have lots of white blood. So, should we pay less blood money to…
Dreams Park Grad Signed For $330M COOPERSTOWN – Baseball star Bryce Harper, now 26, who played at Cooperstown Dreams Park in 2003-05, has just signed a 13-year, $330-million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. It is the largest contract in MLB and pro-sports history. WELCOME, DST: The long dark season ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 10, when we’re advised to turn our clocks forward one hour: Daylight Savings Time is here! ►OTSEGO COUNTY’S NEW “Energy Task Force” held its first…
HANEYS TO ENTER CHAMBER HALL OF FAME At Cooperstown Bat, Best Yet To Come By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN – At Cooperstown Bat Company, it’s the sound of success. “We have noticed a difference in the sound of the ball coming off of our bats,” said owner Tim Haney. “We know that the process in how we slowly dry the wood gives the bat a different sound. You can hear the difference.” Cooperstown Bat is one of this year’s six…
Conductor Contest, Arts, Craft Shows And Irish Tunes! Will it be taxi king Al Rubin? Plucky reporter Libby Cudmore? Or musical maven Cindy Donaldson? Only you can decide as you vote for your favorite conductor and hear the Sultans of String at the annual Catskill Symphony Cabaret Concert, featuring guest conductor Paul Massey. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, Alumni Field House, SUNY Oneonta. Info, tickets, www.catskillsymphony.net. • View the CAA’s latest exhibit, “An Artistic Discovery,” on display through March 29.…
