Jeff Beals Promotes Progressive Agenda 19th District Congressional candidate Jeff Beals, a former CIA agent and State Department staffer in the Middle East, this afternoon burnished his progressive credentials before 40 voters in Sunday forums in Cooperstown Village Hall for candidates running against U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook. He embraced his endorsement by Bernie Sanders’ progressive, called for “Medicare for All,” and told the gathering when they here any of the seven Democrats being called “carpetbaggers,” they should respond that…
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Cooperstown Grad Runs In 19th Vs. ‘Those Boys’ If She Beats 6 Democrat Men, She Faces Faso COOPERSTOWN – Erin Collier, a Cooperstown Central graduate, nationally ranked tri-athlete, and daughter of a local beef farmer, announced today she is running for Congress in New York’s 19th District, where she will be the only woman against six Democrats. “I’m not going to let those boys beat me,” she declares in a video posted on http://people.com/politics/erin-collier-running-new-york-district-19/…
Faso Uninjured in Virginia Train Crash CROZET, Va. – Congressman John Faso, R-Kinderhook, was aboard the Amtrak train that crashed into a garbage truck on the tracks in rural Virginia earlier today. “We spoke to John and he is fine,” said his media director, Joe Gierut. “They’ve towed the train back to Charlottesville.”…
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.…
As Pledged, Faso Votes Nay On Republican Tax-Cut Bill As he signaled Wednesday afternoon that he would do, U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook, today joined 12 Republicans and 192 Democrats – 205 in all – in voting against his party’s $1.5 trillion tax-cut bill. Enough members of the Republican majority – 227 – voted aye to pass the bill. The U.S. Senate is preparing its own version of tax reform, and the versions will have to be reconciled before becoming…
Former Congressman To Sign Book At Mall ONEONTA – Former congressman Chris Gibson, R-19, will be autographing his new book, “Rally Point: Five Tasks to Unite the Country and Revitalize the American Dream,” 5-7 p.m. this Friday, Nov. 17, at Blacktree Books, Southside Mall. Gibson, who lives in Kinderhook, represented Otsego County for two terms, also draws on his experience as an Army colonel.…
Assemblyman Pete Lopez New Regional EPA Boss SCHOHARIE – President Trump today appointed Assemblyman Pete Lopez, R-Schoharie, whose district includes Cherry Valley, Roseboom, Decatur and Worcester in Otsego County, as regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The region he oversees includes New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He succeeds Judith Enck, the Obama appointee. Lopez was elected to the Assembly in 2007, and currently serves on the Committee on Environmental Conservation. He considered running for…
Frazier Revives Debate Over Collins-Faso Idea He Says Medicaid Mandate Unique To NY, Unfair To Poorer Counties By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – After last month’s gallery of objections to Otsego County supporting the controversial Collins-Faso Amendment, it looked like the idea was dead. Today, county Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, brought it back to life. As the county board’s monthly meeting neared an end, the vice chair stood and distributed a sheet of numbers to his colleagues,…
