DEBATE AT 22 MAIN Despite Village Atty’s Warning, Trustees Vote To Fly Pride Flag By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A month after voting unanimously to fly the Pride Flag on the flagpole next June, village trustees once again debated and, in the end, affirmed their decision. “I gave every member of this board every opportunity to table this motion,” said Trustee MacGuire Benton, who introduced the resolution at the board’s July meeting. “For any vote you…
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Cooperstown Adopts Short-Term Rental Law COOPERSTOWN – Before a crowd too large to be seated in the board room, village trustees this evening unanimously adopted a controversial short-term rental law, aimed at better controlling the spread of tourist accommodations. Near the end of a self-imposed moratorium on short-term rentals, scheduled to last until March, the law is structured to discourage non-resident parties from investing in and renting out properties in Cooperstown. “It seems like we’re just creating false barriers here,”…
