VIEW FROM ALBANY Reform Bail Reform – And Here’s How By SENATOR JIM SEWARD • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.COM Another week in Albany but still no legislative action has been taken to fix the disastrous bail/discovery laws that are continuing to wreak havoc across our state. Protecting the public is one of the most important responsibilities of government, and when a crime has been committed, the victim, not the criminal, should be our first concern. Unfortunately, the disastrous new bail laws…
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LETTER from ROGER LAFRANCE Misinformation Can Lead To Unreasonable Worries To the Editor: In a recent edition of this newspaper, Mr. Brockway offered an explanation of his support for a resolution to make Otsego County a “Second Amendment Sanctuary.” He prefaced his argument with his opinion that, contrary to an accusation in a prior letter, he is not a fearmonger. However, much of the information he cites to support his case is distorted or factually incorrect – the type of…
LETTER from HAL LEGG Gun-Control Advocates Equal Hitler – Really? To the Editor: This news organization recently published a letter in which Otsego County Rep. Rick Brockway, R-Laurens, presented his opinion – certainly worthy of your readers’ consideration – about the general availability of firearms. In contrasting his perspective with that held by Democrats running for president, Representative Brockway wrote: “Adolf Hitler said, ‘To conquer a nation, you first must disarm its people.’” History rules out the acceptability of lightly…
CHERRY VALLEY INNKEEPER ASKS: Did Van Buren Sit HERE? By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com CHERRY VALLEY – During home renovations, Barbara Hall and her husband, Gary Lozier, found where President Martin Van Buren likely sat when he visited the village in 1839. Not a chair. A toilet seat. “The whole back room was garbage,” she said of the former Story Tavern, now her refurbished home at 171 Main St. “As we were cleaning it out, we realized the…
AT MINIMUM, IT WILL PAY $875k IN TAXES West Laurens Solar Farm May Bring Bonanza Here By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com LAURENS – Young Ryan Storke came across as a level-headed, knowledgeable, straightforward chap. Asked by farmer Gary Lull who would clean up after the 3,000-acre solar farm he is proposing in West Laurens eventually wears out, he matter-of-factly said the state Public Service Commission (PSC) requires a line of credit be maintained sufficient for the job. “All…
HOMETOWN History Feb. 14, 2020 150 Years Ago The Bible in Ohio Public Schools – The Judges of the Superior Court have rendered their decision in the case involving the question of the exclusion of the Bible from the public schools. The action was to discuss an injunction heretofore granted to restrain the operations of the School Board, declaring that the reading of the Bible and religious books should not be permitted in the schools. Judge Hagens held that the…
VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT What Was Objectionable In State Of Union Speech? By MIKE ZAGATA • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com This past week we had an opportunity to observe our President highlight his accomplishments and lay out his agenda for next year. Every president does this annually in the State of the Union Address. As is almost always the case, depending on party affiliation, there will be things covered that draw applause and some that draw frowns – and once in…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Feb. 13-14, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE 2 ‘Tortured’ Dogs Find Foster Home Did President Van Buren Sit HERE? Solar Farm May Bring $875K Bonanza Richfield Board Ponders Plan’s Future Centers Pioneers Inhouse Child Care EDITORIAL ‘Trusted Traveler’ Revocations Or Not, ‘Green Light’ Bad Law DHS: ‘Green Light’ Law Endangers U.S. COLUMNS SEWARD: Reform Bail Reforn – Here’s How ZAGATA: What Was Objectionable In State Of Union? LETTERS to…
‘Tortured’ Dogs Find Foster Home As Probe Continues In Franklin, Susquehanna SPCA Took In 6 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com HARTWICK SEMINARY – What a difference a few days makes. “All six dogs are doing great,” said Stacie Haynes, Susquehanna SPCA executive director. “We’ve named them all after candy, because they’re all so sweet.” On Wednesday, Feb. 5, Haynes, alongside Karen Matson, Broome County Humane Society executive director, were called the Delaware Valley Humane Society shelter in Sidney,…
HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS: ‘Green Light’ Law Endangering U.S. Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Acting Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf’s Feb. 5 letter notifying the state DMV that New York licensees are no longer eligible to participate in the department’s “Trusted Traveler” program. This excerpt accompanied the editorial, “‘Trusted Traveler’ Revocations Or Not, ‘Green Light’ Bad Law.” New York State’s “Green Light” Act prevents DHS from accessing relevant information that only New York DMV maintains, including some aspects…
