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HOT DEBATE IN BOARD ROOM COUNTY TO CUOMO: APPROVE PIPELINE Majority: No Gas, No New Jobs By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego County Board of Representatives a few minutes ago approved sending a letter to Governor Cuomo urging him to push for approval of the Constitution Pipeline. CLICK FOR TEXT OF LETTER TO GOVERNOR The weighted vote was 3,672 ayes to 2,022 nays, with one absence. Voting aye were Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla; Jim Powers, R-Butternuts; Kathy Clark, R-Otego; Meg Kennedy, R-Hartwick; Keith McCarty, R-East Springfield; Dan Wilbur, R-Burlington, Len Carson, R-Oneonta, and Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta.…