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Gun Sanctuary Resolution Goes Before Committee

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County Board’s Partisan Divide Comes To Fore

County Board's Partisan Divide Comes To Fore Resolutions On Hot Current Issues Blunted, Or Sent Back To Committee County Reps. Dan Wilber, a Republican, top row, center, and Clark Oliver, the county Democratic chairman, in box below him, jousted this morning in discussion of partisan issues.   Others in top row are Vice Chair Meg Kennedy, from county office building, and Ed Frazier, top right.  Second row, from left, Reps. Keith McCarty, Michele Farwell, Jenifer Mickle and Adrienne Martini.  Third row, from left, are board Chairman David Bliss, County Attorney Ellen Coccoma, Andrew Stammel and Jill Basile.  Bottom row, Danny Lapin.…

County administrator reassures Oneonta it will not be doubly taxed for ambulance service

County administrator reassures Oneonta it will not be doubly taxed for ambulance service By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — Joshua Beams, the new Otsego County administrator, met with Rep. Jill Basile, D-Oneonta, on Friday, Oct. 8,  to reassure her constituents "there will be no fiscal impact for Oneonta" with regards to the new EMS plans for the county. Beams stressed Oneonta, which has its own community-funded EMS, will not be double charged for the county's supplemental ambulance service, which is direly needed in rural areas of Otsego. According to Beams, the EMS service would be an "opt-in…

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