FOOD FOR THOUGHT Identity Politics Big Loser It wasn’t clear by Wednesday afternoon who had won the White House, but one bad idea was soundly defeated on Tuesday: identity politics. The concept that the country should be divided into aggrieved categories based on race, national origin or sex – now a core tenet of the Democratic Party – lost from coast to coast. It lost in Miami-Dade County, Fla., where Cuban-Americans delivered votes for President Trump. We don’t know the…
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Appointing Oberacker Successor Complicated By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Peter Oberacker, elected state senator on Nov. 3, will be leaving the Otsego County Board Dec. 31 at the latest and is blocked by the county board’s Rules of Order from voting on his successor. Absent bipartisanship, that creates a deadlock. There are 6,228 “weighted votes” distributed among the 14 county reps, and without Oberacker’s 534 votes, the Republicans don’t have the 3,115-vote majority to fill his seat…
Theresa’s Emporium Lifts Oneonta’s Morale By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Theresa Cyzeski believes that, as Christmas approaches, Oneonta could be a destination not just for holiday shopping, but for holiday cheer. “We could be like a Hallmark movie,” she said. “I had such a blast doing the scarecrows with the college students. Why couldn’t we have people downtown decorating light poles or making snow sculptures?” A Main Street staple for more than a decade, Theresa’s Emporium…
HOMETOWN HISTORY November 12, 2020 150 Years Ago Oneonta Local: The first snow of the season fell here on Sunday, October 29. There was a heavy thunder shower on Thursday morning last – the sign of a hard winter. Conductor R. V. Humphrey is preparing to build a new house on his lot opposite James Cope’s on Elm Street. The cellar is already completed for a new house. The person who borrowed or took a copy of French’s Gazetteer of…
BOUND VOLUMES November 12, 2020 200 YEARS AGO We are indebted to the politeness of Mr. Luca, the Deputy Marshal authorized to take the Census of this County, for the following statement of the population of this Village (Cooperstown): 371 Free White Males; 387 Free White Females; 1 Male Slave; 2 Female Slaves; 6 Free Colored Males; 16 Free Colored Females; Total population 783. Female Fashion: The Weatherfield Grass Bonnet, which obtained a premium at the Hartford Fair, has been…
LETTER from GARRETT deBLIECK Founder’s Goal: Individual Sovereignty To the Editor: Recent discourse has revealed an alarming ignorance concerning the Bill of Rights. It seems a prudent reminder that the origin of these listed Rights was, in fact, part and parcel to how America became a nation. The foundation of our Bill of Rights comes directly from the Declaration of Independence. For the Declaration itself listed “certain unalienable rights,” which were transgressed by Great Britain. The Bill of Rights echoes…
LETTER from BUZZ HESSE Early History Here Involved ‘Savagery’ Editor’s Note: Proceed with caution here. Some of the descriptions are pretty rough. To the Editor: I would like to address the controversy surrounding the “Sullivan Expedition of 1779” plaque erected in 1912 in Neahwa Park by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Oneonta Chapter. Common Council member Luke Murphy, who is seeking a review of the plaque, has referred to some of the language and ideas on the marker as…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID In COVID Era, Makin’ Whoopee Even in the throes of a major worldwide pandemic that has killed over a million people, will probably kill millions more, has damaged the health of at least as many, and caused an economic recession, there is still a need for scientific research to progress. COVID-2 has spurred thousands of studies and research papers in all fields but I think I found the one that probably tops them all.…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Nov. 5-6, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Oberacker, Salka Lead Republican Romp Rockefeller Center Again Taps Local Fir COVID Dips; Hartwick Uptick Flattens New GM Rosenthal On Helm At Otesaga This Weekend, Watch 27 Movies For $50 Retiring Village Administrator Honored EDITORIALS Let’s Understand History, Not Censor It Lacking Options, Celebrate Vets In Our Hearts LETTERS HESSE: Early History Here Involved ‘Savagery’ LONDNER: Let’s Be Civilized Land, Edit Plaque…
LETTER from STEVE LONDNER Let’s Be Civilized Land, Edit Plaque To the Editor: It’s been nearly 50 years since Oneonta’s Neahwa Park actually fronted the Susquehanna River, as still claimed in the plaque there that commemorates Sullivan’s 1779 Expedition. And it was 60 years earlier, in 1912, that the plaque was written and commissioned. Time passes. Things change. Language matters. And history does seem to want to repeat itself. As detailed in his article, “Massacre & Retribution: The 1779-80 Sullivan…
