POLLS OPEN 6 a.m.-9 p.m., NOV. 7 12 Races Contested For County Board Questionnaires that have been submitted so far by candidates for the Otsego County Board of Representatives in the Nov. 7 elections are highlighted below. As the rest of the candidates respond, the links will be updated. Please click on highlighted link to read, in candidates’ own words, why they are qualified to serve. And don’t forget to vote! Polls are open 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7.…
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Pro, Cons Aired Over XNG Trucks Attendees Urged, Write Sen. Seward; Responder Says Crash ‘Handled Well’ By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Sometimes with apocalyptic descriptions, activists Bill Huston from Binghamton and Craig Stevens from Silver Lake, Pa., held sway for much of this evening’s informational meeting on XNG’s “virtual pipeline” of trucks bearing compressed natural gas across Otsego County. For instance, if a “fully loaded” Titan, one brand of truck the two said XNG is…
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Republican To Challenge Marietta For County Board Dems Berliant, Martini Target Bliss, Gelbsman COOPERSTOWN – Tim Walker today officially announced his candidacy for Otsego County Board Representatives in District 8, Town of Otsego (which includes most of Cooperstown). He is challenging Democrat Andrew Marietta, who is completing his first term and plans to run again. While the deadline for filing petitions is still a month away, the fall campaign is already heating up. In the last 24 hours, Leslie Berliant,…
Is Homeless Home Hotel Or Shelter? Reject It, Richfield ZBA Advised, As 250 Attend Tonight’s Hearing By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – When is a hotel a hotel, or a homeless shelter? That was the question this evening as 250 neighbors in Otsego County’s third largest community gathered to express their dismay about the feared fate of the former Mielnicki’s Restaurant, 155 Lake St., abandoned for more than a decade. At issue was a proposal by James…
CLICK HERE TO READ TEXT OF OPINION Opinion Affirms Board Chair’s Right To Name Committee Chairs COOPERSTOWN – County Attorney Ellen Coccoma today released her opinion sought by county representatives to settle a dispute on naming county Board of Representatives’ committees, and she affirms the status quo. “The board chair has the authority to appoint committee chairs and … a committee does not have the authority to choose its own chair,” the county attorney concluded. Last week, two committees – Health…
CHALLENGE TO ‘PAST PRACTICE’ AT END Gelbsman Assumes Chair Of Admin Without Incident…
Rep. Powers Denies ‘Queenmaker’ Role By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – County Rep. Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, denies he was the kingmaker – or queenmaker – in Wednesday’s split vote that allowed county Rep. Kathy Clark, R-Otsego, to remain chair of the county Board of Representatives for another year. “This business of me being the kingmaker is baloney,” he declared when reached yesterday afternoon at his farm near South New Berlin. Supporters of county Rep. Len Carson,…
CLARK RULES! (AT LEAST IN ’17) Chair Turns Back Challenge, But Colleagues Are Divided By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Four-year Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, was elected to another year on the helm of the county Board of Representatives, but it was ugly. She ended up with 3,341 weighted votes, comfortably above the 3,115 majority, but hardly a landslide. Three of the eight Republicans on the board didn’t vote for her: her challenger, Len Carson, Oneonta, voted nay, and…
CLARK STILL LACKS VOTES TO KEEP JOB By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – According to tally just received, Kathy Clark, R-Otego, still lacks sufficient votes to keep her chairmanship of the Otsego County Board of Representatives. Clark has six of the 14 votes, a minority. Under the board’s weighted voting system, those county reps have more-than-average clout, but their combined votes only add up to 2,842, still short of the 3,084 votes she needs for reelection. The…