Letter from Hudi Podolsky No Excuse for No Debate How can voters make informed choices if candidates refuse to debate? The League of Women Voters has long been trusted to take a completely non-partisan approach to hosting debates. We provide a neutral forum, with the rules clearly specified in advance to minimize any partisan activity by the audience to ensure that all candidates are fairly heard. Under the rigorously fair conditions we enforce at debates, we cannot see any legitimate…
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BULLETIN O’BRIEN WINS HARTWICK – With 233 votes, Democrat Robert O’Brien has won the Town of Hartwick Supervisor race, beating Republican incumbent David Butler, 229 votes and Independent Juli Sharrat, 151.…
Judge Dowd May Rule By Friday On Hartwick Candidate Challenge By DON MATHISEN • for AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – State Supreme Court Judge Kevin Dowd is expected to rule Friday on an effort by Republicans to knock the Democratic candidate for Hartwick supervisor, Juli Sharratt, off the November general election ballot. Sharratt won the Democratic primary, but Republicans claim one of Sharratt’s petitions lack her address. They also allege that not all required documents were filed on time. But Sharratt’s attorney,…
Conservative Party Backs Butler For Hartwick Town Supervisor HARTWICK – The state Conservative Party executive committee, meeting in New York City today, endorsed incumbent David Butler for Hartwick town supervisor. That sets up a three-way general election on Nov. 3, with Bob O’Brien as the Republican nominee, Juli Sharratt as the Democrat, and Butler on the Conservative and Hartwick Pride lines. All three primaries were tied Sept. 17 when absentee ballots were counted. The GOP town committee chose O’Brien; the Democratic…