Experience with policy and procedure are invaluable in an office that handles personal information, legal documents, and critical filings. I know that Jennifer will continue to operate the office at a high level of accuracy and proficiency. I support her election as the next Otsego County clerk.…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Making Democracy Work With Adrienne Martini & Meg Kennedy DEMOCRACY FORUM – 7 p.m. Join Otsego County Board Members Adrienne Martini & Meg Kennedy to learn how they decided to run for office, and what the individual can do for democracy at the local level in this presentation ‘Making Local Democracy Work Better.’ Free, all welcome. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Held at Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Visit www.lwvoneonta.org…
Former Daily Star Editor To Challenge Meg Kennedy By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – Emily Popek, former Daily Star manager editor, has posted on her Facebook page that she intends to run for county representative in District 5, challenging Meg Kennedy, the board’s vice chairman. District 5 includes Milford, Hartwick and New Lisbon. Under the county board’s weighted voting system, the position has the most people, and thus the most voting clout, of all the 14 districts.…
Editorial If You Want Public Office, You Ought To Say Why Publicly The county board’s Administration Committee set a poor precedent in deciding to interview candidates for state Sen.-elect Peter Oberacker’s District 6 seat in “executive session” – that is, in secret, out of the public view. The county attorney, Ellen Coccoma, last week advised the Admin Committee when it interviewed the Republican candidate, Jennifer Mickle, that whether to do so in public or not was optional, up to the reps.…
Special Admin Meeting Scheduled For Nov. 30 Democratic Prospect To Succeed Oberacker To Be Interviewed Then COOPERSTOWN – A special Administration Committee meeting has been scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 30, to interview the Democrat-backed prospect to succeed state Sen.-elect Peter Oberacker in the county board’s District 6, Admin Chairman Meg Kennedy, C-Hartwick said today. The meeting will not be Dec. 2, as previously reported. The Democrats have already identified a prospect in District 6 (Maryland, Worcester, Westford and…
CASALE: DEMOCRATS DIDN’T PLAN Kennedy Extends An Olive Branch Across The Aisle She Schedules Admin Meeting To Vet D-6 Democrat Prospect By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – To calm troubled political waters, county Rep. Meg Kennedy, C-Hartwick, has scheduled an Administration Committee meeting for Dec. 2 to give the Democratic prospect to succeed state Sen.-elect Peter Oberacker a hearing before that day’s county board meeting. “I felt this was the right thing to do,” she said a…
TRY NEW VENUE TOMORROW (SATURDAY) Oneonta Farmers Market Inside Foothills For Winter ONEONTA – This Saturday, the Oneonta Farmers Market will find their new winter home inside atrium of Foothills. “The walkway space we usually use for the winter market was too close for social distancing and improperly ventilated,” said Meg Kennedy, market president and owner of ARK Floral. “It wasn’t a safe space with the pandemic going on.”…
JULY MEETING HELD TODAY County Board Retreats From Threatened Cuts To Promotion Agency By JIM KEVLIN ׇ• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – After tabling the measure two weeks ago, the county Board of Representatives today rallied behind Destination Marketing of Otsego County, with nine reps rejecting a resolution to reduce funding for its promotional arm from 15 percent to 24 percent. Rep. Andrew Stammel, D-Town of Oneonta, proposed the larger cut for DMCOC, saying, “With the present state of the…
HERE’S TEXT OF DEBATED RESOLUTION Let US Decide How To Reopen, Oberacker Says He Votes Nay But, After Lively Debate, Republicans, Democrats Come Together By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Otsego County shouldn’t be waiting for Governor Cuomo’s permission to reopen as the coronavirus threat wanes, says county Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus. Oberacker, who is also running for state Senate, was the sole “nay” vote as a resolution asking the governor to reopen the county “safely and…
ADMIN COMMITTEE ASKS: Let Counties Like Otsego Be 1st To Normalize Full Board May Act May 7 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The county board will be asked to ally itself with similar counties – Schoharie, Delaware and Chenango, for instance – to be first in line to phase out of the coronavirus shutdown, county Rep. Meg Kennedy, R-Hartwick/Milford/New Lisbon, said this evening. When it met earlier this month, Kennedy said, the county board’s Administration Committee,…