Herzig To Retire Despite COVID-19, Much Let To Do, Mayor’s Decision Firm: It’s Time To Go By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com With would-be successors able to circulate petitions in the next few days, six-year Mayor Gary Herzig Tuesday, Feb. 23, announced what many expected and others anticipated with regret: He will retire when his term ends on Dec. 31, 2021. “During the past six years, by working together, the people of Oneonta have achieved remarkable progress,” he said…
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LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Impeachment Burnished At Least One Politician To the Editor: We saw something this week in the Impeachment trial that is a rarity – a politician who followed the law, not his party line. The idea of being faithful to the law is the essence of the inscription at Thermopylae, where 300 Spartans held the line against the Persian army. Herotodus mentioned the plaque commemorating the battle: “Go tell the Spartans that we 300, ever faithful to…
LETTER from GERRY WELCH Is ‘Stop The Steal’ Just A Beginning To the Editor: “Stop The Steal.” Buccaneers didn’t win the Super Bowl! Stage a coup at the NFL headquarters. Take it to the Supreme Court. Day of infamy! If none of these contemptuous acts work, wallow in disdain. GERRY WELCH Cooperstown…
‘False Equivalency’ Or Not? County Board Split On How To React To Capitol Attack Editor’s Note: For an hour at its monthly meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 3, the Otsego County Board of Representatives debated two resolutions: H, condemning the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. And G, condemning both the attack on the Capitol and summer-long riots that followed George Floyd’s death. RESOLUTION NO. G RESOLUTION: CONDEMNING VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND REAFFIRMING THE BOARD’S COMMITMENT TO THE RULE…
EDITORIAL In Troubled Times, Let’s Try ‘The Seward Way’ In reflecting on Jim Seward’s tenure as our state senator, one vignette always comes to mind. It was the fall of 2006, and Cherry Valley’s Pam Noonan, on a Sunday afternoon at her home on Montgomery Street, was hosting opponents of Reunion Power’s 24-turbine wind farm proposed for East Hill. Senator Seward had been invited and, prior to his arrival, attendees expressed some vexation that the senator, with his interest in…
LETTER from ANITA LEMONIS Treat All Writers With Respect To the Editor: As a former long-time resident of Otsego County, I still appreciate our community’s hospital workers, responsible gun owners and polite neighbors – even when we don’t always agree. Unfortunately, these are things Rick Brockway doesn’t seem to understand or appreciate. I was struck by the angry and personal tone in one of Brockway’s latest rants when he attacked long-serving public health providers, including Mary Ann Whelan, for recognizing…
Scrappy, Innovative GOP Chair Resigns, Focuses on Consulting By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com It was 2013. The issue was fracking. And four prominent local Republicans knocked on Vince Casale’s door. “It was conveyed to me that the party was in some trouble,” said Casale, who last week advised the Republican County Committee he is resigning as chairman. “My work is done,” he said. “It’s time for a change.” He recommended Lori Lehenbauer of Worcester, Republican county elections commissioner,…
EDITORIAL 3 Democrats Prove They Believe In Bipartisanship Let’s Call It: ‘Profiles In Fairness’ It’s a bit of a Christmas story, coming out of the Otsego County Board of Representatives, of all things. It involves at least four of Pope Gregory’s “Seven Virtues” – Charity, Patience, Kindness and Equanimity. (The Seven Deadly Sins, of course, have a higher profile.) Famously, talk is cheap, when it comes to bipartisanship (and generally). But three county representatives – Andrew Marietta, Andrienne Martini and…
LETTER from ANDREW STAMMEL After Vacancy Rift, Bi-Partisan Trust Needs Rebuilding To the Editor: The run of bi-partisanship on the county Board of Representatives has been interrupted by the Republican caucus’ recent efforts to steamroll through a replacement for Representative Oberacker. During my two and a half terms on the county board, cooperation between parties has ebbed and flowed. Since the 2017 election it has been split 7-7 between Democrats and Republican-affiliated members. Thankfully, a bi-partisan governing coalition and leadership…
Column by Adrian Kuzminski for December 14, 2018 Public Banks, ‘Greenbacks,’ Might Close Gap Between Rich And Poor I brought up the Green New Deal in my last column as the only political agenda I’ve seen which, whether we agree with it or not, at least tries to measure up to the magnitude of the two biggest problems we face: climate change and economic insecurity. Let’s take a closer look.…
