LETTER from P. JAY FLEISHER Trust Science On Climate Change To the Editor: Science reveals the truth about many things and can be trusted. It explains things we take for granted, such as why the seasons change, why flowers blossom in the spring and leaves fall at the end of summer, and even why water runs downhill. Indeed, science explains much of what we see in our daily surroundings – it can be trusted. We tend to take it for granted…
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LETTER from ROGER MacMILLAN MacMILLAN: Limit Flagpole To Stars, Stripes To the Editor: The citizens of this village owe you a huge debt of gratitude for last week’s editorial! Its message will hopefully serve as a wake-up call. Some of the Village Board’s decisions have been stupefying, like injecting a suggestion to fly the POW/MIA flag on the village flagpole. Another future issue will be flying the Rainbow Flag on the village flagpole. That proposal is outrageous. That flagpole should…
LETTER from RICK HULSE Sr. HULSE: Village Trustees Urged – Listen To the Editor: “Because they can” Cooperstown is someplace, not anyplace. As residents read in last week’s editorial about running for a seat on the Village Board, the reasons to do so are clear. Incumbents running unopposed has contributed to board decisions with little concern for their consequences. Recent examples of this are placing red flashing stop signs in residential neighborhoods, proposed zoning changes for village houses, and, in…
LETTER from TERESA CHAGRIN Cases Like Zoe’s Common, PETA Headquarters Reports To the Editor: The horrific case of Zoe, an emaciated German shepherd who chewed off her front leg after being confined to a flimsy plastic carrier outdoors without any food or drinkable water, is a wake-up call to citizens to keep an eye out for “backyard dogs.” Unfortunately, cases of extreme neglect like Zoe’s aren’t unusual. Dogs relegated to the backyard 24 hours a day are commonly deprived of…
LETTER from AL COLONE As Upstate Declines, There Will Be More Schenevuses To the Editor: What’s to blame for the financial stress currently being experienced by the Schenevus Central School system? Mismanagement? Nah. A ban on hydro-fracking? I doubt it. I think it’s regional population loss which has negatively impacted much of Upstate. If there’s anyone or anything to blame, I’d suggest putting it on the multi-generational commercial decline within the City of Oneonta and the surrounding urban center! Small…
LETTER from BETSY HOLLAND In Death, Companion Dog Brought Out Best In People To the Editor: The compassion and quick response of Good Samaritans makes a story of loss and grief bittersweet. Pace was a guide dog trained to assist and lead people who are blind and visually impaired around obstacles found in daily life. Pace was Ken’s dog. There are over 80 million working service dogs in America, but Pace definitely led the pack. He was a beautiful Golden…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Hotter World = More Fires To the Editor: Like everything else, the wildfires in California have been politicized by President Trump, who blames them on “bad forest management.” Catch is, most of what’s burning are not trees, much less “forests” but grass and shrubs. We lived in California for years. Except for the Sierras, most of California is a desert – right up to the beach. When the hot Santa Ana winds blow in from the…
LETTER from R. SCOTT DUNCAN If Laws Don’t Work, Let’s Try A Little Tenderness To the Editor: It always amazed me to see the picturesque and charming villages in Vermont. How is it that the townsfolk work together to create what I think are charming well keep towns? What you see with your eyes effects your health. This is an ancient concept that has now been proven by modern science. Isn’t that one of the reasons we live in the…
ISSUE & DEBATE Frazier: County Manager Job Won’t Pay For Itself Editor’s Note: Mr. Frazier’s letter arrived after this week’s editions of Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal had gone to press, and is published here so the public may review it before the first information meeting on the county manager position, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. this Thursday, Nov. 14, at Oneonta City Hall. A second is planned at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the county courthouse…
LETTER from JOSEPH SKOVIRA Keep Town Justices, Police Separate To the Editor: Delaware County, where I previously served as Delhi town justice, did not have the apparent problems as indicated in Otsego County concerning the arraignment of arrestee. I was available for those early morning arraignments, sometimes covering for an unavailable justice court judge. One such arraignment was for a burglary committed at a far end of this county. The arresting officer thought it was to his advantage to disregard…