DAVE BLISS COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 7 COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: Middlefield EDUCATION: Cooperstown Central School, Regents Diploma; SUNY Oneonta, BA in History with a minor in Economics, BS and MS in Social Science Education; NYS Real Estate Brokers License with over 225 hours of Continuing Education credits; NYS Professional Coaching License with over 120 hours of Continuing Education credits PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Owner/Operator of 300-acre organic farm (1983-present), NYS Real Estate Broker (1995-present), CCS Girls Varsity Softball Coach (2001-present). Town of MIddlefield: Zoning Board of…
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Oneonta’s County Rep Candidates Debate This Evening At Morris Hall ONEONTA – Six candidates from Oneonta running for the Otsego County Board of Representatives will debate at 7 this evening at SUNY Onenta’s Morris Hall. They are: District 12 (Wards 3 & 4): Craig Gelbsman and Adrienne Martini District 13 (Wards 5 & 6): Leonard Carson, Jr. and Danny Lapin District 14 (Wards 7 & 8): Lizabeth Shannon and Wilson Wells…
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Frazier Revives Debate Over Collins-Faso Idea He Says Medicaid Mandate Unique To NY, Unfair To Poorer Counties By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – After last month’s gallery of objections to Otsego County supporting the controversial Collins-Faso Amendment, it looked like the idea was dead. Today, county Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, brought it back to life. As the county board’s monthly meeting neared an end, the vice chair stood and distributed a sheet of numbers to his colleagues,…
Republican To Challenge Marietta For County Board Dems Berliant, Martini Target Bliss, Gelbsman COOPERSTOWN – Tim Walker today officially announced his candidacy for Otsego County Board Representatives in District 8, Town of Otsego (which includes most of Cooperstown). He is challenging Democrat Andrew Marietta, who is completing his first term and plans to run again. While the deadline for filing petitions is still a month away, the fall campaign is already heating up. In the last 24 hours, Leslie Berliant,…
READ TEXT OF TODAY’S RESOLUTION COUNTY BOARD EXPLODES OVER MANAGER MOVE Marietta’s Resolution From Floor ‘Disrespectful,’ Frazier Declares By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – County Rep. Andrew Marietta’s attempt to introduce a resolution to hire a county manager quickly blew up into high drama and parliamentary gamesmanship a today’s county Board of Representatives meeting. The vote itself was quickly derailed. Marietta made a motion, Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, seconded it, and Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, with some prompting from…
Jail Sprinkler System Faulty, Sheriff Reports But Repairs May Not Happen Until 2018 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The sprinkler system in the Otsego County jail is faulty, Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. told the county board’s Public Safety & Legal Affairs Committee this morning, but repairs may not come anytime soon. “What I was told, if the system is activated, it will probably clog,” he told the committee at its monthly meeting. Although it’s unclear…
READ MILFORD SUPERINTENDENT’S STATEMENT Silence About Threat Called ‘Unacceptable’ Milford Superintendent Berates County Board By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Failure over four months to alert Milford Central School about Sgt. Ros Devlin’s alleged threat to “shoot up” MCS and Oneonta schools is “totally unacceptable,” the school’s new superintendent, Mark A. Place, told the county Board of Representatives this morning. “Each day we are held responsible for keeping safe over 400 students and 100 employees,” Place said,…
IN MEMORIAM: Betty Anne Schwerd, 66; Former County Representative EDMESTON – Betty Anne Schwerd, 66, of Edmeston, the former District 10 representative to the Otsego County Board and Burlington town supervisor, died Saturday, March 18, in Cooperstown. As a Republican and Conservative, she served five two-year terms on the county board, representing Burlington, Exeter, Plainfield and Edmeston, until a primary loss in the 2015 elections. Prior to that, she served for six years as town supervisor. A full obituary is forthcoming.…
FURIOUS LOBBYING FOR CHAIRMANSHIP Some Say Rep. Powers Shifts To Clark; Others, Outcome Still Too Close To Call By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Furious lobbying is underway this evening as support for the next chair of the Otsego County Board of Representatives sea-saws between incumbent Kathy Clark, R-Otego, and Len Carson, R-Oneonta. Word was circulating that county Rep. Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, who mounted an unsuccessful challenge to Clark last year, had just this evening agreed to…