The Town of Otsego’s informational meeting was structured in two parts. Initially, attendees heard presentations by Steve Helmin and Keith Schue, two persons familiar with current green energy issues.…
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The Partial Observer by Otsego 2000 NIMBY Is Not What It’s All About The movement toward carbon-free energy production and our local and regional participation in that movement is complicated. Climate change provides an unquestionable sense of urgency to the issue. While the long-term solutions will include evolving technologies, the current tools available for expanding clean energy production are solar and wind. New York State has made a commitment to dramatically expand energy production from these sources.…
Opposition Builds to Governor Hochul’s Part N Amendment STAFF REPORTOTSEGO COUNTY In the days following the March 1 Otsego County Board of Representatives’ unanimous vote to send a letter of opposition to Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposed amendment to the state’s Real Property Tax Law 575-b, known as Part N, town boards across the county have begun to act in similar fashion. Following the county board’s vote, Cooperstown-based environmental organization Otsego 2000 mailed a model resolution to all 24 Otsego County…
Otsego Board of Reps WeighsOpposition to State Budget Rules OTSEGO COUNTY Last Wednesday, the Otsego County Board of Representatives heard concerns from three area residents about the threats to home rule posed by Part N of the Article VII Executive Revenue Bill contained in Governor Kathy Hochul’s Budget Proposal. Dan Sullivan of Richfield, Nathan Seamon of Columbia in nearby Herkimer County, and Keith Schue of Cherry Valley all urged the county representatives to oppose Part N.…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta March 9, 2023 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Bassett Chief Looks to Future Otsego County EMS Reaches Crossroads Butternut Valley Alliance Joins Otsego Outdoors Collaborative Inside The Paper People & Businesses in the News Carnival Capers Village of Cooperstown To Receive $4.5 Million Via NY Forward Program An Upstart Orchestra’s Progress Continues in the New Year Otsego Board of Representatives Weighs Opposition to State Budget Rules Chancellor John B. King…
The Partial Observer: Adrian Kuzminski Fate of Home Rule, State Budget Now Depends on State Legislators On March 1, the Otsego County Board of Representatives stood up for their constituents in what could be an historic vote. In a welcome show of solidarity, the board voted unanimously to oppose key provisions of Governor Hochul’s proposed New York State budget for 2024, which would concentrate state power at local expense while trampling our constitutional right to home rule. This newspaper, reflecting…
Letter from Ted Potrikus Mixed Messages Threaten Article IX Last week’s editorial, “Saving Article IX,” appropriately cautions New Yorkers to defend home rule and guard against efforts that would erode our right to govern our localities as we see fit.…
Letter from Wayne Mellor Sustainable Otsego Announces Endorsements Sustainable Otsego is a non-partisan, social media network and political action committee with three guiding principles: 1. Sustainability; 2. Economic independence; and, 3. Home rule. For the November 8, 2022 election we endorse:…
VIEW FROM FLY CREEK Let Home Rule Guide Sanctuary Movement By ADRIAN KUZMINSKI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com As Americans have become dissatisfied with various policies imposed by the federal government, they have sought ingenious new means of resisting them. One strategy, first developed by activists upset with federal immigration policy, was to establish “sanctuary” communities to protect undocumented immigrants, particularly from Central America, who were targeted by the federal government as illegal aliens to be deported. In 1985, San Francisco…