THE VIEW FROM ALBANY End COVID Crisis, Then Revisit Farm Wages As we continue to navigate our way through the COVID- 19 pandemic, everyone is making adjustments. Whether it is at home, at work, or any other daily activity, we are doing things differently. One business in particular that has been hard hit is farming. Our farmers, who contend with a host of difficulties on a regular basis, are coping with a number of new complications. Certainly, it is not…
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GUEST COLUMN from MALACK AL-HARAIZAH Students Expected More From SUNY As a senior at SUNY Oneonta, I should be shocked at the events that transpired in the return to campus. At a place that has been a safe space for students, a place whose motto is, “Founded in Honor and Good Faith,” a place where we expect our leaders to do what is right by us, I should be shocked. And yet, I wasn’t. Students from all over the state,…
Message From Kenosha, America, Be Great Editor’s Note: At an Aug 25 press conference on the shooting of her son, Jacob Blake, by police officers in Kenosha, Wisc., mom Julia Jackson made a plea for national amity. As I was riding here, through the city, I noticed a lot of damage. It doesn’t reflect my son or my family. If Jacob knew what was going on as far as that goes, the violence and the destruction, he would be very…
EDITORIAL Turmoil At Bassett, But It’s Good Turmoil. And It Can’t Be Avoided Intriguing news is filtering out of the vicinity of One Atwell Road, Cooperstown, as Dr. Tommy Ibrahim, new Bassett Healthcare Network president/CEO, takes hold. Some people are leaving, voluntarily or not, which is common in this kind of transition. But there’s a particularly intriguing addition: A tech guy, Michael Thompson, VP/systems improvement, recruited from Integris, Ibrahim’s former employer, based in Oklahoma City. Last week’s announcement described his…
LETTER From TOM RUSSO Benton Energetic, Forward-Looking To the Editor: I enthusiastically support MacGuire Benton for election to the Cooperstown Village Board. I have observed and evaluated the perspectives and agendas of the candidates. No one has been more accessible to his constituents. No one has greater willingness to examine issues and listen closely to public questions and concerns. No one has more honest, pragmatic or hopeful insight into our community’s problems and needs. No one has more energy or…
LETTER from R. SCOTT DUNCAN Mix Medicine, Wisdom Of Ages To the Editor: So Bassett has a new machine to fight cancer. The TrueBeam. It makes you think that this is the final answer. Have you ever noticed how man is always looking for something outside of himself to heal himself? It’s like COVID: Everyone is wearing masks to protect themselves, and others, and many are waiting for a shot that they think will save them. The trouble is, a…
LETTER from LEWIS HAMILTON Rabid Bat? Play Ball! To the Editor, Your last edition shows a photo of Congressman Delgado briefing the proprietor of the Cooperstown Bat Company. Immediately beneath in large bold print: “2 Infected in Cooperstown by Rabid Bat.” Journalistic levity or Steele Dossier class opposition research? Respectfully submitted, LEWIS HAMILTON Cooperstown…
LETTER from KENNETH J. KAVANAGH Fauci’s Fault: He Tells The Truth To the Editor: It is sadly another fractured irony floated by the “stable genius” at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. that Dr. Anthony Fauci was “inherited,” implying Trump has no choice. Trump’s displeasure with Fauci is repeatedly more than evident throughout his diatribes for one reason and only one: Fauci tells the truth. His statements are based purely upon scientific data. His refusal to go along with Trump’s political spin, as…
COVID RETREATS Graduate Students Adults, Don’t Need To Be Babied Sorin Convinces SUNY To Keep CGP Open By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – There’s a difference between grads and undergrads, said Gretchen Sorin, Cooperstown Graduate Program director. “The graduate students are adults,” she said. “They know how to behave. The undergrads are less grown-up.” Following SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras’ announcement Thursday, Sept. 3, that the SUNY Oneonta campus would close for the remainder of the semester, students reached…
COVID RETREATS Drugovich’s Hard Line Contrasts With Morris’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Hartwick College Margaret Drugovich has a message for students unhappy with the school’s stringent COVID-19 code of conduct. “We’re asking the students who don’t want to follow our rules to volunteer to leave campus,” said Drugovich during a meeting of Mayor Gary Herzig’s Oneonta Control Room on Monday, Sept. 7. “As hard as it is to say, if you violate our rules, you have…
