LETTER from P. JAY FLEISHER Trust Science On Climate Change To the Editor: Science reveals the truth about many things and can be trusted. It explains things we take for granted, such as why the seasons change, why flowers blossom in the spring and leaves fall at the end of summer, and even why water runs downhill. Indeed, science explains much of what we see in our daily surroundings – it can be trusted. We tend to take it for granted…
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COLUMN THE VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT The Haves And The Have Nots Possibly the most important outcome of the recent meeting to discuss the future of the Schenevus Central School District is a quote from the superintendent: “The District’s revenues are inflexible.” She went on to say, “the District does not have property wealth or the income wealth to raise taxes enough to cover the deficit.” Finally someone in a position of authority has admitted the truth! We live in…
VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT Democrats Keep Placing Blame On The Other Guy By MIKE ZAGATA • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com If you’ve been following the governor’s response to the inability of folks on Long Island or Westchester County to acquire natural gas from Con Ed or National Grid to heat their homes, you must be flabbergasted by the newest twist of events. The governor is now blaming the Public Service Commission and the DEC, two agencies he controls, for the energy…
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…
From The Wall Street Journal: ‘Cuomo’s Carbon Contradiction’ Editor’s Note: The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page assessed the impact of New York State’s energy policy on Upstate in an editorial in Monday’s newspaper. Read on: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has a habit of bullying others to cover for and fix his policy blunders. In another display of political grace, Mr. Cuomo has ordered the utility National Grid to resume natural-gas hookups that were suspended after his senseless pipeline veto…
THE McEVOY MEMO County Manager, Certainty; Energy, Pot Still Up In Air Editor’s Note: Chad McEvoy, the Otsego County Democratic Party’s communications director, emailed this memo Oct. 1, alerting county Democrats they are one seat away from winning a majority on the county Board of Representatives, and what it means if that happens. By CHAD McEVOY • OCDC Communications Director In 2019 the political stars are aligning just right to give Democrats the best shot yet at capturing an outright…
Column Reconsidering Impeachment This writer was happy to see the Democrats initiate a formal investigation into impeaching President Trump. Impeachment is a legitimate Constitutional mechanism to address pressing issues of conduct in office, something we desperately need. Elections are our normal mechanism for sorting out political differences, but there is no way in the long periods between elections to resolve serious tensions like those we have now. In the meantime, we get an endless stream of experts, panelists, commentators and…
COLUMN THE VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT Poverty? Don’t Blame The Rich, But Ourselves Talk about getting things backwards and exposing your political bias at the same time, while totally ignoring the facts – and you’ve identified Oneonta’s mayor, as reflected in a column he writes elsewhere. We have poverty because of folks like him who deny reality when it comes to renewables vs. fossil fuels, who even fight renewables like solar and who do everything they can to keep industry…
EDITORIAL NAYSAYERS NEED TO BE AYE-SAYERS If Not Constitution Pipeline, Then What? As any one of you who have been there know, Owego’s a delightful community, rich with history – Belva Lockwood, the first woman presidential candidate, taught there. Fine mansions line the Susquehanna River. There’s a funky, arts-oriented downtown. A half-block off Main and Front streets, however, you see the rot. Solid homes are in disarray; when the money’s not there, maintenance is the first thing to go. There…
County Energy Task Force Aims To Influence NY State By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The county’s Energy Task Force aims to impact state and regional energy policy in the coming months, according to discussions in its meeting last night. “We’re planning to have a representative from DEC speak about the New York Climate Consumer Protection Act,” said Danny Lapin, an Energy Task Force member and county rep. “How DEC will implement its components of the legislation,…