Letter: Up to ‘here’ with the headlines To the Editor: I don’t know about you, but I am up to “here” with daily news. Degraded natural systems, regional draught, forest fires, tornadoes, the virus uptick anticipating hospitals under stress, anti-vaxxers crying government overreach, old white guys telling women what they can and cannot do, school kids yelling racist and anti-Semitic insults at classmates, public shootings, those who think gays and women don’t deserve a voice, America’s Democracy rating degraded due…
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Letter: The right to choose Roe vs Wade was argued in Texas by Texas lawyers in front of Texas judges. When the Supremes upheld the Texas trial court, they not only tossed out Texas’s abortion law, but all state abortion laws as being unconstitutional for one profoundly simple reason: The Constitution does not prohibit abortion.…
Letter by Buzz Hesse Did you know we live in the Mohawk Valley Region? Traveling east on I-88 at exit 12 (mile marker 46) there is a relatively new NYS sign promoting area businesses. At the bottom of the sign in huge letters it says: “MOHAWK VALLEY REGION”!…
Fly Creek UM Composes Letter Voicing ‘Dismay’ FLY CREEK – Some members of the Fly Creek United Methodist Church have allied with their Oneonta colleagues, penning a letter expressing “disappointment and dismay” that the international church has affirmed bans on gay pastors and gay marriage. Thirty-seven regular attendees also signed it, said Julie Huntsman, who drafted the letter with Chris Kjolhede. But the pastor, the Rev. Sharon Rankins-Burd, did not sign it, and Huntsman said it is not the Fly…
ST. JOHN: Jastremski Devoted To Youth To the Editor: I’m eager to recommend electing Kim Jastremski to the Cooperstown Central school board. A mother of children in our school, she is devoted to the welfare and education of young people and feels great respect for our teachers and administrators. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College, received an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, was a Fulbright Scholar at Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, and is a UNC Royster Society Fellow. Add to…
WALKER: Markusen Will Communicate To the Editor: The time is now. Over the past few years, our Cooperstown Central school board has been in decline. Lack of communication. Lack of regard for the public (aka, the people who hired them). They are completely out of touch with the people of this district. Scandal after scandal the Board has continued on a backwards course. There is only one solution to the problem. We need someone who will talk one on one…
KATZ: Jastremski Transformed Library To the Editor: I’ve been fortunate to work with Kim Jastremski the past few years. In her role as Library Board president, Kim has lead the way in converting the library’s funding structure, spearheading the successful public funding ballot initiative, which has put the library on solid financial footing, and pursuing New York State library construction grants. These much-needed changes have transformed our much loved library both financially and physically. Residents throughout the school district have…
ALLSTADT: Jastremski Intelligent, Worker To the Editor: I am writing in support of Kim Jastremski for election to the Cooperstown Central school board. In a field of very good candidates, Kim stands out for her hard work, intelligence and experience. Kim has made major improvements to the Village Library of Cooperstown by working cooperatively with Friends of the Library, the library staff and the Village Board. The most visible are the physical improvements to the main hall and the west…