There is a need both for younger persons and for people who can work at non white-collar jobs—on farms and elsewhere. At the same time, there has been articulated resistance coming from the Otsego County Board of Representatives to accommodating any resettlement of immigrant/refugee persons to Upstate New York, as proposed by Governor Hochul (See FJ/HO April 2023).…
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Mary Anne Whelan
Many persons have expressed their intent to pray for Trump after the attempt to assassinate him. They might like to add the names of the nine persons who died as a consequence of the political violence he instigated and supported on January 6th, and which he continues to defend as a legitimate protest against his lost election.…
We note that Stefanik was dismissed from her Harvard committee at the Kennedy School as a senior advisor because of her persistent intellectual dishonesty in denying the validity of the past presidential election.…
Letter from Mary Anne Whelan Politicos Need To Read the Bill The recent letters to the editor by State Senator Peter Oberacker and Assemblyman Chris Tague condemning the recently passed Clean Slate Act (Freeman’s Journal Nov. 23, 2023) suggest that they either have not read the bill, or don’t know how to interpret it correctly, or are gambling on taking a hit against a Democratic governor and Assembly, or all three. Interested readers can read it directly by looking it…
In his “Partial Observer” opinion piece of August 10, Mr. Caiazza focuses entirely on the relative costs of electric bills to the consumer. His analysis is incomplete. What are the costs to us and to the planet—of ongoing global warming?…
On Sunday, after attending the opera, I came home to find that my newly-acquired dog was nowhere to be found. She had been securely shut in the house and had dog door access only to the well-fenced back yard. As I had had her for less than 24 hours, she did not yet have dog tags and was not chipped. She comes obediently when called, but didn’t. My heart was in my mouth as I searched—the path where we had…
Letter from Mary Anne Whelan Support for Programs Is Encouraged I would like to urge people to contact Governor Hochul’s office (518-474-8390) in support of the Hunger Prevention and Nutrition and Nourish New York programs. At the food pantry here in Cooperstown last year, we saw a 25 percent increase in demand and distributed over 85,000 meals to more than 5,600 people. With the expiration of SNAP Emergency Allotments next month, there will be an average loss of $87 per…
Letter from Mary Anne Whelan Transfer Station Still Under Review I want to pass on that I did, after my last letter, hear from the regional director of the “transfer station.” Also, that she lives in Oneonta and has in fact previously visited it. We agreed to meet there today and she came with three other members of Casella and the Otsego County Director of Solid Waste Management. We reviewed the situation. An important fact to be considered is that…
Letter from Mary Anne Whelan Transfer Station Needs Attention While it’s all very well that things get recycled once they reach Albany, our local “Northern Transfer Station” is a disgrace. Anyone who doubts this is cordially invited to visit—Tuesday or Wednesday are especially good days. It is a stinking, filthy mess. Furthermore, the bins in which recycled material is supposed to go, are open: When weather gets in and dampens the contents, they go to garbage. Casella may be the…
Letter from Mary Anne Whelan ‘I Want My Republican Party Back’ To the Editor: I am writing as a Registered Republican and in protest of Stefanik’s representation of our party. She is a person who consistently misrepresents herself, just as she does the results of the past Presidential election. This is a person who said that Pence, the honorable Vice-president during the Trump administration, did the wrong thing by certifying the clear results of the Electoral College and the popular…