FROM TODAY'S HOMETOWN ONEONTA,
ON CITY NEWSSTANDS THIS AFTERNOON
Railyard Foes Derail
$2M In Good News
Herzig's Plea – Work Together – Falls
On Deaf Ears In Packed Foothills Theater
By PATRICK WAGER & JIM KEVLIN • From Hometown Oneonta
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 gas. These are not the values of the people of the City of Oneonta,” he said.
The plea fell on 112 sets of deaf ears.
This was supposed to be a celebratory evening, with Herzig and former mayor Kim Muller, who chaired the DRI (Downtown Revitalization Initiative) committee, announcing $2 million in grants for façade improvements, signage and redevelopment of upper floors for housing in the city’s downtown.
