Campaigns Off To Fast Start In ’21 Revised Calendar Requires 6-Month Campaign Season By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Election Day is still six months away, but in the past few days it’s been off to the races, the local races. With Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig’s announcing his retirement last week, three candidates immediately emerged to succeed him, a Democrat and two Republicans. Leading up to Tuesday, March 2, the first day nominating petitions can be circulated, a similar…
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Oneonta’s Oliver, Party Chair, Seeks 2nd Term As County Rep ONEONTA – County Rep. Clark Oliver, D-Oneonta, who is also the county Democratic chairman, announced today he plans to run for a second term. His district includes Wards 1 and 2, encompassing the city’s East End and the colleges. “I’m very grateful to the people in my district for placing their trust in me, and hope they will do so again,” he said. Oliver said “the unexpected events regarding the…
EDITORIAL • July 11-12, 2019 County Board’s ‘Green Light’ Resolution Was Litmus Test – And Democrats Failed It First, it should be said that there’s a troubling lack of interest this year in running for the Otsego County Board of Representatives, whose reach, from road building to social services, touches all 60,094 of us. In the 14 districts, there are only three contests coming out of the June 25 primary: In District 2, the one-term Democrat, former Morris Town Board…
Editorial, June 22, 2018 In 40 Visits, Brian Flynn Earns Democrats’ Support If for nothing more than the knowledge he’s gained about Otsego County and its issues in 40-some visits over the past year, Brian Flynn is the logical candidate for local Democrats to support in the party’s 19th Congressional District primary Tuesday, June 26. The polls will be open from noon to 9 p.m. Absent someone actually from Otsego County – Cooperstown’s Erin Collier was an attractive entry, but…
Congress Hopeful Flynn Hosted At Meet, Greet…
Congressional Candidate Due At 2 ‘Meet And Greets’ Locally Brian Flynn, Democratic candidate for the 19th Congressional, is being hosted locally at two “meet and greets” next week, one in Cooperstown and one in Oneonta. Leslie Berliant, the recent candidate for county board is hosting Flynn 5-6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4, at The Shack in Hartwick Seminary.…
‘REFORM CAUCUS’ WINS DECISIVELY Absentee Ballots May Erase Chair Clark’s Narrow Victory By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The “Reform Caucus,” a coalescence of forward-looking minds, decisively took control of the Otsego County Board of Representatives Tuesday, Nov. 7. The caucus claimed nine of the 14 seats, and 3,746 weighted votes against 2,482 for the stand-pat coalition that had gathered around county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego/Laurens. Strictly along party lines, Democrats rose from a 4-11 deficit to…
MORE 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 SECOND round, with more to follow. BERLIANT: Glad For DiNapoli’s Support HOHENSEE: Thank You, Andrew Marietta WEINBERG: Gelbsman Saves You…
KUZMINSKI: Vote For Democratic Slate To the Editor: Sustainable Otsego has endorsed the following candidates for county board: Leslie Berliant, Nicole Dillingham, Gary Koutnik, Danny Lapin, Andrew Marietta, Adrienne Martini, Chad McEvoy, Cathy Nardi, Pat Ryan, Liz Shannon, Tom Spychalski, and Andrew Stammel. They all support the principles of sustainable living, economic self-reliance and home rule. As we face the future, it’s clear that we can no longer rely, as we used to, on distant governments and corporations to provide…
EDITORIAL ENDORSEMENTS Reelect Marietta, ‘Reform Caucus’ Editor’s Note: This is the editorial opinion of www.AllOTSEGO.com, Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal. Letters to the editor on political topics received after 10 a.m. Tuesday will appear on www.AllOTSEGO.com. Polls are open 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7. With all the sturm und drang over the years surrounding the Otsego County Board of Representatives – MOSA or not, road patrols or not, economic development or not – a central truth was lost:…
