VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT Save Eagles From Environmentalism In 1969, our country moved from demonstrating against the Vietnam War to marching for environmental protection. That year, Congress passed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which required federal agencies to do an Environmental Assessment (EA) and/or an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prior to granting a permit allowing a “project” to go forward. If it was determined the project wouldn’t cause any “significant” environmental impact, a Negative Declaration (Neg Dec) could be…
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VIEW FROM ALBANY Art Lawless Rewarded And Lives Endangered? At this time of year, I normally review positive policies and new laws that have been adopted in Albany. Unfortunately, there was more bad news than good coming from the state Capitol during 2019. One item that will benefit homeowners is a permanent 2-percent property tax cap. I have long supported this tax relief measure and have helped pass Senate legislation on a number of previous occasions to guarantee this savings…
2ND EDITORIAL The New Decade Will Bring Pretty Much What We Expect County Rep. Meg Kennedy, in her interview on being named this newspaper’s Citizen of the Year for 2019, shared this story, which captures just the right note as we begin the new decade. A customer pulls up to a local gas station. As the owner is filling the tank, the driver asks, “I’m moving to this town. How are the people here?” “How are they where you come…
EDITORIAL 2019 Full Of Oddities, But Things Can Change GREEN LIGHT LAW, BAIL REFORM ASTOUND Many sages over the centuries have concluded: The future has not yet been written, (if it ever is). Whatever we’re going through, this too shall pass. • You may have seen the Associated Press dispatch the other day: The Government Justice Center in Albany is suing to prevent Governor Cuomo from getting a pay raise, saying Section 7, Article XIII of the state Constitution prohibits…
Public Hearing Set For Bassett Hospital 150-Car Parking Lot By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.COM COOPERSTOWN – Bassett hospitalized 4,324 patients in 2018, and many of them and most of their loved ones needed to park. “We’re a victim of our own success,” said Johnathan Flyte, Bassett vice president, corporate services & facilities management. “People can’t get the basic need of parking their car. And that’s what we’re after. It’s part of our goal, to make us more accessible.”…
CLICK HERE TO DONATE FOR NEW SHELTER ‘Shelter Us’ Campaign Ups Goal To $5 Million By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It hasn’t been easy, but in the year since the Susquehanna SPCA launched its “Shelter Us” capital campaign to build a new animal shelter, more than $3.2 million has been donated towards the project. “We’ve had a lot of support, and we’re so grateful,” said Stacie Haynes, executive director. “But it’s always challenging. We’re trying to…
Woman Treated At Albany Med DOT Said ‘No’ To Grant; Now, Pedestrian Struck By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In 2018, the City and Town of Oneonta collaborated on a state Department of Transportation grant that would have built sidewalks and increased lighting on both sides of Lettis Highway, from Main Street to Route 23, the Southside strip. “The roadway could be safer for pedestrians,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “It is used by pedestrians out of necessity…
THE GOAL: IGNORE NY ‘SAFE LAW’ Social Media Buoys Gun Sanctuary Idea New County Rep Brockway Finds Proposal Going Viral By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A Facebook Group aimed at making Otsego County a “Sanctuary for the Second Amendment” is picking up momentum. On Dec. 20, an active hunter and gun owner, Kaleb White of Oneonta, created the “2A Otsego County Sanctuary Group” on the popular social media platform. In just over a week, more than 800…
MACIEJ ZOLTOWSKI CHOSEN Catskill Symphony Search Decides On Polish Conductor By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In the end, The Catskill Symphony Orchestra chose Maciej Zoltowski. “In advance of the first rehearsal, Maciej asked for a roster and he studied it,” said Diane Williams, CSO board chair. “One musician told me that pleased him so much that Maciej knew his name when he called on him.” The selection of Maciej, the former managing and artistic director of…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Jan. 2-3, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Social Media Buoys ‘Gun Sanctuary’ Effort Catskill Symphony Picks Polish Conductor DOT Denied Grant; Now, Pedestrian Felled ‘Shelter Us’ Campaign Goal At $5 Million Public Hearing Set On Bassett Parking Lot EDITORIALS 2019 Full Of Oddities, But Things Change In New Decade, We’ll Get What We Expect COLUMNS SEWARD: Lawless Rewarded, Lives Endangered? ZAGATA: Save Eagles From Environmentalism LETTERS to the EDITOR…
