Editorial for November 30, 2018. Ruffles Takes First Step Against Whack-A-Mole For years now, Otsego County’s annual auction of foreclosed-on tax-delinquent properties has eaten up a lot of oxygen at the county Board of Representatives’ monthly meetings. It’s the Whack-A-Mole of county government, which suggests: There are unresolved issues. So a take-charge presentation by the new county treasurer, Allen Ruffles, at the November meeting was welcome, if partial. First, he declared, having studied the issue, giving delinquent taxpayers four years…
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County Task Force To Look At Selling Off Old City Hall By PARKER FISH • Special To www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Picking up on Oneonta Common Council’s decision to sell the Westcott parking lot at 226 Main St., the county Board of Representatives today formed a task force to explore selling Old City Hall, located right next door. Freshman Oneonta rep Danny Lapin, D-13, raised the task force idea at the meeting, and was named to chair it. County Rep. Peter…
400 Rally, Supporting ‘March For Our Lives’ Over 400 people marched from Oneonta High School to Muller Plaza this morning as they took part in the national March For Our Lives protest for tougher gun legislation. Above, Caroline Bagby, a OHS senior and recent recipient of the Women’s Trailblazer Award, delivers an impassioned speech to those gathered in the plaza. Numerous people spoke including Mayor Gary Herzig, Assembly candidate Daniel Buttermann, Abbey Koutnik and others. At right, county Representative Danny…
Otsego County Board Contingent Absorbs Lessons Of Governance…
County Reps, 100 Attendees Consider County’s Future Dr. Gerald Benjamin, SUNY New Paltz vice president for regional engagement, presents “County Manager v. County Executive” to a full house at Springbrook’s new Family Engagement Center this morning. The 45-minute presentation, moderated by Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich, outlined the pros and cons of both governmental structures, as well as ideas for how the Otsego County Board of Representatives might begin the process of considering new management models for the county. At…
CLICK HERE FOR VIDEOTAPE OF TODAY’S DECEMBER MEETING With 4 New Members Due, County Board In Transition…
Absentees Affirm ‘Reform Coalition’ Can Take Control But Republican Chairman Declares: GOP Will Construct Working Majority By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Today’s count of absentee ballots confirmed the Nov. 7 election results: A bipartisan “Reform Coalition” can control the Otsego County Board of Representatives after Jan. 1, if like-minded Republicans and Democrats continue to find common ground. At the end of an afternoon-long recount, with Lynn Krogh, a partner in Casale Associates, representing the GOP, and…
Absentee Ballot Counts Due First In Tight Races Key Tallies To Be Done Next Wednesday By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Absentee ballots will be counted first in close races where they might change the outcomes, Elections Commissioners Lori Lehenbauer and Mike Henrici said today. Usually, absentee ballots are counted in alphabetical order, according to the names of the jurisdictions, they said.…
DANNY LAPIN COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, District 13 Oneonta Wards 5 & 6 COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: City of Oneonta 5th Ward EDUCATION: B.S. Environmental Science, University of California, Riverside (2006) M.S. Environmental Policy, Bard College (2014) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Environmental Planner for the Otsego County Conservation Association (OCCA). Built a bipartisan coalition to fight a high voltage transmission line; Lead author of the Otsego County Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan; OCCA’s Circuit Riding Planner helping municipalities; Wrote $400,000 worth of grant applications for…
City Joins Town In Steps To Fight Climate Change…
