Absentees Affirm ‘Reform Coalition’ Can Take Control But Republican Chairman Declares: GOP Will Construct Working Majority By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Today’s count of absentee ballots confirmed the Nov. 7 election results: A bipartisan “Reform Coalition” can control the Otsego County Board of Representatives after Jan. 1, if like-minded Republicans and Democrats continue to find common ground. At the end of an afternoon-long recount, with Lynn Krogh, a partner in Casale Associates, representing the GOP, and…
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Absentee Ballot Counts Due First In Tight Races Key Tallies To Be Done Next Wednesday By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Absentee ballots will be counted first in close races where they might change the outcomes, Elections Commissioners Lori Lehenbauer and Mike Henrici said today. Usually, absentee ballots are counted in alphabetical order, according to the names of the jurisdictions, they said.…
LEONARD CARSON JR. COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 13 Fifth and Sixth Wards, City of Oneonta COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: Oneonta EDUCATION: Laurens Central School AAS in Fire Science, Corning Community College, Corning, NY (42) National and/or NYS Certified course materials PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: United States Air Force: 1983-1987 ( Active) & 1990-1992 (Reserve) Owner of Construction Technology: 1990-2000 City of Oneonta Fire Department: 1989-2015 (Call, PT, Provisional, Career) NYS Fire Service Instructor: 2008-2015 Co-owner of DCMarketing: 2011-present Otsego County Board Representative: 2016-present…
DC Marketing Withdraws Downtown Billboard Plan ONEONTA – An anticipated debate at the city Zoning Board of Appeals tonight fizzled when DC Marketing proprietor Len Carson withdrew an application for a digital billboard proposed by the Main Street viaduct just beyond the limits of the National Historic District.…
DC Marketing Seeks Approval For Digital Billboard Downtown ONEONTA – DC Marketing, which has two digital billboards next to I-88, is seeking permission for a third at 76-78 Main St., according to the city Zoning Board of Appeals agenda released this afternoon. DC Marketing’s proprietor, Len Carson, will appear before the ZBA at 7 p.m. this coming Monday in City Hall, seeking a variance to allow installation of a 200-square-foot digital billboard in place of a 200-square-foot non-conforming vinyl billboard.…
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Clark Removes Carson From Key Committees COOPERSTOWN – Elections DO have consequences. County Rep. Len Carson, R-Oneonta, who fell short in his attempt yesterday to replace Kathy Clark, R-Otego, as chair of the Otsego County Board of Representatives, lost his committee chairmanship and was removed from the board’s two key committees. As board chair, Clark appoints the committees at the county board’s annual reorganization meeting.…
CLARK RULES! (AT LEAST IN ’17) Chair Turns Back Challenge, But Colleagues Are Divided By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Four-year Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, was elected to another year on the helm of the county Board of Representatives, but it was ugly. She ended up with 3,341 weighted votes, comfortably above the 3,115 majority, but hardly a landslide. Three of the eight Republicans on the board didn’t vote for her: her challenger, Len Carson, Oneonta, voted nay, and…
COUNTY BOARD TO VOTE ON CHAIR Carson Offers Plan Of 2017 Priorities COOPERSTOWN – In asking his colleagues to elect him chairman of the county Board of Representatives, county Rep. Len Carson, R-Oneonta, laid out a detail plan of goals to strive for in 2017. The county board is scheduled to vote on the chairmanship at its reorganizational meeting at 10 a.m. today. Here is a copy of the the Carson plan.…