A group of concerned citizens who live in Otsego County, including Sarai Halliday of Opportunities for Otsego, Andrea Hull of Morris, and Arlene Martin of New Lisbon, has organized a non-partisan public forum to help residents of the Butternut Valley better understand how the proposed federal budget could affect local services.…
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The bottom line is this: Unless you radically change Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid, all of which would require legislative action and the signature of a president, there are only two real choices to reduce spending.…
EDITORIAL Uncle Sam, Font of Plenty, Thanks To Printing Presses Ain’t Uncle Sam great! At least his ability to print money. After the year-long COVID pandemic, which cost Otsego County government $10.6 million, the federal government is sending it $11 million. That’s $400,000 in profit, from the greatest pandemic in 100 years. The beauty of it is county government, under the guidance of brainy Allen Ruffles, the county treasurer, had already taken steps to stem the bleeding. The Ruffles Plan,…
