TAGUE DROPS OUT OF RACE Oberacker Runs For Seward Seat By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SCHENEVUS – Partner in his father’s market, executive with a multinational food corporation, entrepreneur in his own market-research firm, town supervisor, county representative and, now, candidate for state Senate from the Otsego-County-centric 51st District. Grounded in Main Street and Wall Street, Peter Oberacker confirmed Tuesday, Jan. 28, that he will seek to carry forward the 34-year legacy of the retiring state Sen. Jim…
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Will Impeachment Vote Since Delgado’s Future? GOP: Freshman Voted Against Constituents; Democrats: He Was Following His Conscience By JIM KEVLIN • Special To www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Impeachment is part of the issue. The other part is: By voting for President Trump’s impeachment, is freshman Congressman Anthony Delgado, D-19, endangering his chances of reelection? Yes, said Otsego County Republican Chairman Vince Casale: “He’s going against the majority of the will of his constituents, against how they voted in 2016.” Regardless, Delgado…
INCUMBENTS RUN; SO MAY INCUMBENTS Rare Races Possible For Mayor, Trustees By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh says she’s running for a second term in next March’s village election, adding that first-term Trustee MacGuire Benton is likely to as well. And Joe Membrino, also in his first term, said he’s planning to run again, too. But for the first time since the GOP debacle in 2011, the Republican Party may be running a slate as…
LOCAL PARTIES REACT Democrats Back Delgado; Casale Says, ‘Do Your Job’ The Otsego County Democratic Party praises Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, for his “judgment and commitment to the critical oversight role” in changing his mind and now supporting President Trump’s impeachment. But Republican County Chairman Vince Casale said the first-term congressmen is simply “appealing to a small angry group of socialist liberals who control his re-election.”…
Magazine Includes Cooperstown Firm Casale Group Make List Of ‘Top 50’ Consultants COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown-based Casale Group has been listed as Number 31 in the “Power 50,” New York State’s most influential political consultants, in the City & State New York magazine. In particular, Vince Casale and Lynn Krogh, the husband-and-wife team, are identified as key advisers to Marc Molinaro, both in his gubernatorial run last year and this year’s race for his reelection as Dutchess county executive. …
Republican Chair: More Races Likely For County Board ‘A Few Potential Candidates’ Will Run As Independents, Casale Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – More Republican candidates then initially thought will be challenging Democrats this fall, county Republican Chairman Vince Casale said after Thurday evening’s AllOTSEGO.com report on petitions filed. While it appeared only two county board seats would be contested this fall, the GOP chair said “a few potential candidates” will file independent petitions to challenge Democrats…
CASALE: ‘Gotcha’ Politics May Backfire For Democrats By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – Democrats are in for “a huge beating,” Otsego County Republican Chairman Vince Casale said in the wake of Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s non-indictment outcome of a two-year investigation of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. “They’ve hung everything they’ve had on ‘collusion’ over the past two years,” said Casale, who is also a political consultant in statewide campaigns in New York. “Now…
MUELLER’S WORK IS DONE GOP Chair Skeptical; Democrat Anticipates Release Of Particulars The reactions of Otsego County’s top Republican and Democrat differed to the news Special Counsel Robert Mueller has completed his investigation of Russian involvement in the 2016 Presidential campaign and transmitted his finding to the Justice Department. Given the news was not released until 5 p.m. on a Friday suggests it “contains little information the author wants people to know,” said county Republican Chairman Vince Casale, Cooperstown, when…
FROM THE CHAIRMAN’S PEN Anti-Amazon Forces Alive – In Oneonta Don’t think for a second that the Amazon debacle we just experienced in New York City isn’t happening right here in our community. This was more than evident at the City of Oneonta State of the City Tuesday, March 5, as reported on www.AllOTESGO.com. What should have been a good evening for the city turned into a complete mess. A small group of people with an unreasonable view on the…
Seward Appointed Top Republican On Finance Committee Newly In Minority, Senator Vows He’ll Fight For Upstate By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Otsego County’s state senator, Jim Seward, R-Milford, today announced he has been named ranking Republican member of the Senate Finance Committee by the Republican leader, John Flanagan. With Seward on the committee, “Our budget priorities will be widely known and well-articulated, and we will stand up for taxpayers at every turn,” Flanagan said in announcing…
