ENDORSEMENT EDITORIAL United We Stand, With Oberacker, Dan Buttermann This year, Otsego County faces a big challenge, and big opportunities. The threat: State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, is retiring after representing us in Albany for 34 years, where he was able to maintain Otsego County at the center of the 50th District, then the 51st District, through three redistrictings. A Republican when the Senate was usually Republican, he partnered with our Democratic then-assemblyman, Bill Magee of Madison County, to obtain (probably…
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LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 We Must Deal With Both Sides Of Pandemic Now, as the levels of COVID fatigue mount, emotional issues among the public and providers, especially those greatest at risk, continue to grow. This is producing new cases of morbidity and mortality related to the disease, but not directly due to the virus. Social isolation is the state of having minimal contacts with the world. Loneliness is an emotion, a feeling of being isolated from others.…
BE AFRAID, BUT DO IT ANYWAY Fearsome Retirement Mom told me that they promised her the “Golden Years,” but she got the “Rust Years.” She dreamed of retiring. Yet after a couple of weeks into retirement her litany changed from “can’t wait to retire” to telling me – “don’t do it.” • My Mom was born when women were supposed to stay home, while their husbands supported the family. But my Dad, Mom’s husband, lost their farm and his health.…
LETTER from KENNETH J. KAVANAGH He Fired Them; Fire Him To the Editor: The list never ends. General John Kelly (former Chief of Staff), General Jim Mattis (former Secretary of Defense), Rex Tillerson (former Secretary of State), Richard Spencer (former Secretary of the Navy), John Bolton (former National Security Adviser) and on and one. The common denominator through them all is “former.” They were ALL wrong and summarily in time dismissed. In each and every case, Trump was always right.…
LETTER from MARY ANNE WHELAN County Reps Take Oath To Uphold State’s Laws To the Editor: Considerable attention is being paid to the anticipated request by county Rep. Rick Brockway, R-West Laurens, that the county board adopt a resolution declaring our county a “gun sanctuary,” by which is meant a declaration that the police need not enforce the state’s SAFE Act. This is, to begin with, an inappropriate request. As a county representative, Brockway took a signed and sworn oath…
LETTER from SAM GOODYEAR Sam Goodyear Plans Tribute To Chuck Schneider Saturday To the Editor: Along with countless members of our community, I was saddened to read of Chuck Schneider’s death. It stirred multiple memories, as I had the privilege of singing in several Glimmerglass operas and Orpheus Theatre musicals under his direction. In every instance, seeing him in the pit made me feel safe and secure. I felt that he was not only keeping his eye on the production…
EDITORIAL In Places Like Oneonta, Town Needs Gown, Vice-Versa Both college presidents, SUNY Oneonta’s Nancy Kleniewski and Hartwick’s Margaret Drugovich, were key members of the City of Oneonta’s DRI committee. It was formed in 2015 to figure out how best to spent $10 million provided by Governor Cuomo’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative. The committee, no doubt, benefited mightily from both leaders’ wisdom, experience working within institutions and calm demeanors; no bomb-throwers there. In turn, Kleniewski and Drugovich likewise benefited, no doubt,…
LETTER from GARRETT deBLIECK County Reps Take Oath To Protect Constitution To the Editor: It serves as a necessary reminder to some that America is a representative republic based on Constitutional law. This is exampled by the requirement that every elected official must swear an oath to “support” or “protect” the Constitution of the United States before taking the seat that he/she was elected for. As such, the Otsego County Board of Representatives is by no means an exception. It…
GUEST COLUMN Is Ordering Pupils Back The Right Way To Go? Editor’s Note: Two Charlotte Valley Central School parents provided this commentary on the reopening of the school. By ELIZABETH HITT & SARA LOTTERMAN Over the last several months, it feels like we have watched the world fall apart. We have felt scared for our country, for the world, for our families and friends, but most of all we feel scared for our children. Most recently we were shaken by…
LETTER from BUZZ HESSE American Democracy At Stake This Election To the Editor: After months of listening, reading and seeing a litany of positions on the upcoming 2020 Presidential election, I have concluded it all boils down to the following: Do we as Americans want to give away the hard-fought fight of democracy to socialism? Or keep our democracy as intended by our forefathers? Simply put: • TRUMP – Pro democracy; pro United States Constitution; pro U.S. Bill of Rights.…
