Cheering OUT & Swearing IN! At Oneonta’s First Night, Greg Lee and other members of his Cosmic Karma Fire troupe, left, spin flames for onlookers outside Foothills’ Atrium. At right, the Elite Dance Company’s Dejalei Champen and Emily Kane hoist Lillian Stalter up in the air. Rod Roberts, above, swings Cuca, his wife of 36 years, around the dance floor to “What a Wonderful World.” At right, tiger-faced Leah Puylara…
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Newly Elected Assemblyman Salka Named To Food, Farm Committee Assemblyman-elect John Salka, R-121, today announced he has been appointed the ranking minority member on the Food, Farm & Nutrition Committee of the state Assembly. Salka, the Republican elected Nov. 6 to represent Otsego County, will also serve on the Aging, Banks, Higher Education and Social Services committees. He succeeds Democrat Bill Magee of Nelson, who represented Otsego since 1991.…
Editorial for November 16, 2018 State Zigged To Democrats, But County Zagged To GOP The Wall Street Journal headline was sly: “Blue Wave Breaks Softly.” The article reported that, as of Nov. 6, Election Night, Democrats gained 27 Congressional seats in the midterms, regaining control of the U.S. House of Representatives. That pales compared to Democrats losing 63 in the first Obama midterms in 2010, and losing the House as well; still, even one-vote control is control. (As canvassing ensued,…
DEVLIN WINS FOURTH TERM Salka Beats Magee In 121st COOPERSTOWN – Richard J. Devlin, Jr., is sheriff for another four years. By day’s end, canvassing underway at the Otsego County Board of Elections had counted all but 387 of the absentee and affidavit ballots, and found Devlin leads challenger Bob Fernandez, the retired state trooper, by 821 votes.…
Madison County’s Salka Plans 3rd Run At Magee BROOKFIELD – Republican John Salka, Town of Brookfield supervisor, today announced he will launch a third bid this year against Assemblyman Bill Magee, D-Nelson, for the 121st District seat. “We won 19 towns in 2016, up from a single township in 2014,” he said, “and now seek the majority to win the assembly district! Nearly 25,000 voters approved of our message in the last campaign, and we have gained considerable name recognition through…
League Of Women Voters Hosts Candidate Debates…