Editorial If You Want Public Office, You Ought To Say Why Publicly The county board’s Administration Committee set a poor precedent in deciding to interview candidates for state Sen.-elect Peter Oberacker’s District 6 seat in “executive session” – that is, in secret, out of the public view. The county attorney, Ellen Coccoma, last week advised the Admin Committee when it interviewed the Republican candidate, Jennifer Mickle, that whether to do so in public or not was optional, up to the reps.…
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JULY MEETING HELD TODAY County Board Retreats From Threatened Cuts To Promotion Agency By JIM KEVLIN ׇ• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – After tabling the measure two weeks ago, the county Board of Representatives today rallied behind Destination Marketing of Otsego County, with nine reps rejecting a resolution to reduce funding for its promotional arm from 15 percent to 24 percent. Rep. Andrew Stammel, D-Town of Oneonta, proposed the larger cut for DMCOC, saying, “With the present state of the…
EDITORIAL If Not Allen Ruffles, Someone With SOME Of His Qualities The question was, “Do you think THEY will let the county administrator do the job?” They, of course, being the county Board of Representatives. But the question misunderstands how the new county administrator job is envisioned. Judging from discussions surrounding the new job’s creation, the county representatives aren’t looking for someone to tell them what to do. They’re looking for someone who will allow them to do what THEY…
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LETTER from ANDREW MARIETTA Bi-Partisanship Moving Otsego County Forward To the Editor: I’ve driven all over New York State and worked with community organizations and their leaders, and there is a commonality that unites them all: an investment in a better future. The same can be said for Otsego County, where success and momentum are building. Our county has no shortage of dedicated and committed leaders who put service to their communities first and strive to improve them. It isn’t…
Waits Over An Hour, Record Haul Seen On Hazardous Waste Day Advertising Called Key To Success By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MIDDLEFIELD – Tonnage and volume are still being tallied, but the car count is in, and 920 vehicles lined up to drop off paint, e-waste, prescriptions – you name it – at Household Hazardous Waste Day Saturday, Sept 21, at the county government’s Meadows Office Complex. That was up from 500 last year, almost double, county Planning Director…
Gelbsman Holds On To Otsego Now Seat He Won’t Quit, So Reps Keep Him There By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It appears former county rep. Craig Gelbsman of Oneonta will remain on the Otsego Now board of directors. The county board originally appointed Gelbsman to Otsego Now as its “liaison”, intending that he keep the Cooperstown reps in the loop on what the Oneonta-based economic-development entity was up. Then Republican Gelbsman was defeated by Democrat…
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COUNTY BOARD REORGANIZES Bliss: Appointments Aim At ‘Continuity’ Meg Kennedy Emerges With New Status As Chairman Of Both Administration, IGA By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – She went into today’s reorganizational meeting of the Otsego County Board of Representatives already with the greatest clout under the weighted voting system. But Meg Kennedy’s rising stature was quickly affirmed. She was nominated and elected temporary chair of the reorganizational meeting, presiding over the transition of the chairmanship from Kathy…
EDITORIAL ENDORSEMENTS Reelect Marietta, ‘Reform Caucus’ Editor’s Note: This is the editorial opinion of www.AllOTSEGO.com, Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal. Letters to the editor on political topics received after 10 a.m. Tuesday will appear on www.AllOTSEGO.com. Polls are open 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7. With all the sturm und drang over the years surrounding the Otsego County Board of Representatives – MOSA or not, road patrols or not, economic development or not – a central truth was lost:…
