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Pen That Abolished MOSA In County Hands

State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, presents county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, with the pen Governor Cuomo used to sign the legislation that abolished MOSA, the three-county solid waste authority that had locked in the county's garbage stream to an expensive disposal regimen. The presentation was this morning at the county board's monthly meeting in Cooperstown. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, presents county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, with the pen Governor Cuomo used to sign the legislation that abolished MOSA, the three-county solid waste authority that had locked in the county’s garbage stream to an expensive disposal regimen. The presentation was this morning at the county board’s monthly meeting in Cooperstown.  Seated in the background is County Attorney Ellen Coccoma.  (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)

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