LETTER from DAVID ROWLEY If Flawed, Change ‘Safe Act’; But Leave Constitution Alone To the Editor: In his recent Letter to the Editor, Mr. Anderson suggested that “arguably the most important amendments in the Bill of Rights are the first and second”. He was half right. Clearly, the First Amendment, which guarantees our inalienable rights or basic freedoms, distinguishes a democratic nation like the United States from – as Jefferson believed in 1776 – the King of Great Britain. It…
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ONEONTA ROTARY REDOUBLES EFFORT Challenged, ‘Operation Warm’ Aims To Keep More Kids Cozy Editor’s Note: To donate to “Operation Warm,” send checks to Oneonta Rotary Fund, Box 1122, Oneonta, NY 13620. For tax deduction, write “Operation Warm” in the memo line. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A decade of Operation Warm has created a decade of warm memories. “The pride of ownership is something new for a lot of the kids,” said Oneonta Rotarian Dave Mattice.…
Falsehoods Helped Sink Town Board Campaign Edition of Friday, Sept. 26 To The Editor: I lost the Democratic Primary in the Town of Oneonta, but I am proud to say that I did so with my integrity intact. Not one negative article was written, no personal attacks were launched and petitions were not challenged. As I visited homes throughout the town, I tried to focus on my positions and to explain my experiences in municipal governance. However, this became very…
Democratic Primary Firms Up For Oneonta Town Board Seat ONEONTA – A contest is heating up for the Oneonta Town Board seat vacated when Republican Janet Hurley Quackenbush joined the county Board of Representatives Jan. 1. Democrat David Rowley, the retired school superintendent, submitted petitions to run on both the Democratic and Republican lines this fall. And Republican Patricia Riddell Kent, whom the town board appointed to fill Quackenbush’s seat, did the same. Both of Rowley’s petitions were challenged, however…
Attention: OHS Pool Needs Help! By LIBBY CUDMORE DA-duh … DA-duh … DA-duh-DA-duh-DA-du-DA-duh. Beneath the placid surface of the OHS swimming pool lies something sinister. “All the mechanical systems are in tough shape,” said David Rowley, former interim school superintendent. “The vents, the filter, the pumps, the main drain line, the piping system and the timer for swim meets.” The pool, which was built for the 1979-80 school year, used to be part of the phys-ed curriculum and site of…
Eventually, Unity Will Help Grow Greater Oneonta By JIM KEVLIN It wouldn’t be cheaper right now, but the town and city of Oneonta should eventually form a “single entity” to provide municipal water in “the most cost-efficient and cost-effective manner.” That’s the conclusion of an ad hoc citizens group – former interim school superintendent David Rowley, former DEC commissioner Mike Zagata of Davenport and Roger France, a former state Health Department engineer – who took it upon themselves to delve…