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FLY CREEK – Town Supervisor Anne Geddes Atwell said a few minutes ago she “was very surprised” by former Town Board member Julie Huntsman’s call for her resignation.
“I’ve always backed the things she’s done,” said Geddes Atwell. “I’ve supported her. If she had a problem she should have talked to me.”
She added, “The only difference we had was how to deal with difficult people.”
HUNTSMAN ASKS ATWELL TO ‘RESIGN IMMEDIATELY’ FLY CREEK – Former Otsego Town Board member Julie Huntsman this evening called for Town Supervisor Anne Geddes Atwell, “for the good of the town, to resign immediately.” “This is not my opinion here,” Huntsman, who resigned last night, said a few minutes ago. “It’s about her competence and leadership. And, by my experience, she has not demonstrated competence or leadership.” She said Jon McManus, 35, the engineer who confronted the town board Tuesday evening, “was clearly out of control. I don’t condone the way he delivered his message.” But she said she did…
POLITICAL LETTERS Editor’s Note: Due to the large number of Letters to the Editor of Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal, all that didn’t make it into this week’s print editions will be published on www.AllOTSEGO.com before Election Day, next Tuesday, Nov. 7. The polls will be open from 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Click here for sample ballots. This is the first round, with more to follow. KUZMINSKI: Vote For Democratic Slate GEDDES-ATWELL: Vote Party, Not Person WILBER: Walker Disciplined, Experienced HENRICI: Marietta Brings Wisdom, Humor (MORE TO FOLLOW TOMORROW)…
Disorderly Conduct Charged In Confrontation With Town Board FLY CREEK – Jon McManus, 35, the engineer, was arrested last evening on disorderly conduct charges after confronting the Otsego Town Board at a 5 p. m. meeting in the town hall here, according to sheriff’s deputies. “”Following a disturbance in the parking lot” of town hall, according to the sheriff’s press release, McManus was arraigned in Hartwick Town Court. However, he was back in the municipal building for the 7 p.m. ZBA meeting, according to Town Supervisor Anne Geddes Atwell. By evening’s end, Town Board member Julie Huntsman, who had been considering resignation, had…