Faso Says He Is Voting For Obamacare Repeal Otsego County’s congressman, John Faso, R-Kinderhook, announced today he will vote for the Republicans’ replacement for Obamacare, the American Health Care Act. The vote is anticipated sometime this afternoon. “After careful review of the changes to the American Health Care Act, I believe that this legislation addresses my concerns and I will support the AHCA as amended,” the congressman said in a statement. Here is the CNN synopsis of how the ACHA will effect…
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OBAMACARE REFORM SPURRED RALLIES Congressman In Oneonta Discussing ACA’s Future By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Congressman John Faso, R-19, is in Oneonta today, meeting with key players in the medical community on the future of the Affordable Care Act. The meeting has been sought for several weeks by Dr. Carolyn Wolf-Gould, director of Bassett Healthcare’s Fox Hospital Susquehanna Family Practice and The Gender Wellness Clinic, and county Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta.…
2018 RACE ALREADY JOINED Anti-Trump Activists Divert Anger At Faso Grass-Roots Organizations Form, Collaborate Around 19th District By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.COM With the 2016 campaign just over, the 2018 campaign in Otsego County’s 19th Congressional District is already starting. Multiple grass-roots groups in Otsego County that have sprung up since Donald Trump’s election as president Nov. 8 are planning to rally with perhaps “several thousand” of like-minded people at Congressman John Faso’s Kinderhook office this weekend. Shortterm,…
Grass-Roots Activists Unite In 19th Congressional District YOUR NEWSPAPERS AVAILABLE AT THESE STORES TRY CONVENIENT DELIVERY OF FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…
ELECTION NIGHT 2016 FASO TIDE SINKS TEACHOUT IN 19TH With 647 of 687 precincts reporting in the 19th Congressional District, it appears John Faso will succeed his Kinderhook neighbor, U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, in the district that includes Otsego County. As of a few minutes ago, Faso was leading Democrat Zephyr Teachout by 145,825 to 118,141, and word was the former Republican gubernatorial candidate in 2006 was preparing a victory speech. Teachout, a Fordham law professor who moved from The…
Gibson To Endorse Faso Today KINDERHOOK – U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19th, will announce his endorsement of John Faso to succeed him at noon today at the Gibson home at 25 Hudson St., Kinderhook. Both are Republicans. Faso also lives in that Columbia County village, where he and his wife, Mary Frances, a registered nurse, have raised two children. Gibson, who has represented Otsego County since 2012, is retiring at year’s end. According to the announcement, Gibson will discuss Faso’s…
Faso, Teachout Romp Here, Throughout 19th COOPERSTOWN – Republican John Faso and Democrat Zephyr Teachout will joust Tuesday, Nov. 8, for the 19th District Congressional seat after each trounced opponents in today’s primaries. In Otsego County, Faso, a former Assembly minority leader and gubernatorial candidate from Kinderhook, beat businessman Andrew Heaney of Dutchess County 1,041-394, or 72 percent to 27 percent.…
Katz, Herzig Endorse Teachout In 6/28 Congressional Primary ONEONTA – In advance of last night’s debate at Foothills, the mayors of Otsego County’s largest communities – Oneonta’s Gary Herzig and Cooperstown’s Jeff Katz – endorsed Zephyr Teachout for the 19th Congressional District seat.…
THE FOOTHILLS DEBATES HEANEY VS. FASO TEACHOUT VS. YANDIK DEMOCRAT AND GOP PRIMARIES ARE TUESDAY, JUNE 28 TO REVIEW LIVESTREAM BROADCASTS, CLICK HERE…
Farms Under-Appreciated Resource In 19th District, 5 Candidates Agree By CATHY B. KOPLEN • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A vision for the future of the Southern Tier – including healthy, productive farms; maximizing natural resources; and a saturation of high-speed, broad-band Internet access – was touted by five candidates vying for the 19th district U.S. Congressional seat Tuesday. The candidates, Republicans John Faso, Andrew Heaney and Bob Bishop, and Democrats Zephyr Teachout and Will Yandik, were invited to speak with…
