Sternberg Asks For Second Look ‘Indian’ Erasure Revisited By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN –Enough with “11th hour resolutions,” Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch is concluding. At issue at hand is a resolution, passed unanimously by the Village Board Monday, June 22, asking the state Education Department to consider removing the word “Indians” from the Historic Marker at Council Rock, and perhaps the one at the Indian Mound marker, too. As the trustees’ meeting was coming to an end,…
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Resolution On ‘Indian’ Withdrawn Hearing ‘More Knowledgeable People,’ He Changed His Mind By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Village Trustee Richard Sternberg is withdrawing his resolution that would seek the removal of the word “Indian” or “Indians” from historical markers in the village, he announced a few minutes ago. “After discussions with people much more knowledgeable than I about tribal histories and affairs, I realized that my wording was poor and that I didn’t even state well…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 The Elephant In The Room To me, there is no more important concept in The War Against COVID-19 than triage. Merriam-Webster.com defines this as “the sorting of and allocation of treatment to patients, and especially battle and disaster victims, according to a system of priorities designed to maximize the number of survivors.” So far, triage is being used to determine who is taken to, or just allowed to go to, hospital emergency rooms. EMTs…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 Why Wasn’t More Done Sooner? By RICHARD STERNBERG • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Over the last several days I reviewed a great deal of material regarding COVID-19 and the novel coronavirus. I looked at videos. I read scientific and lay papers. I scanned media reports. All to determine what to write about. It was like drinking from a fire hose. But the Monday, March 30, announcement by Dr. Deborah Birx, response coordinator for the White…
LETTER from RICHARD STERNBERG Trustee Backs Colleagues In March 18 Village Polling To the Editor: I endorse and urge you to go out and vote for Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh and Trustee MacGuire (Mac) Benton for re-election and Trustee Joe Membrino for election to the Cooperstown Village Board. I have worked with all of them on the board, on village committees and other boards, and in other endeavors, and they have all been selfless in their positions, working for the best…
Cooperstown Rotary Applauds Delgado Detail In Congressman’s Remarks Lauded Introduced by Cooperstown’s Richard Sternberg, a state Democratic Committee member, Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, acknowledges applause at today’s noontime Cooperstown Rotary Club meeting at The Otesaga. At left are Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch and her predecessor, Jeff Katz; at right, Melinda Hardin, a Democratic activist. Delgado’s description of his legislative efforts ranged from aid to small farms, to combining all federal regulatory requirements on one website, to creating a Medicaid-…
Unilaterally, SSPCA Plans To Levy Fees On County, Towns Sternberg Speaks On Shelter’s Behalf At This Evening’s 2020 Budget Hearing By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Richard Sternberg, saying he was acting on behalf of the Susquehanna SPCA, told what appeared to be a partly surprised county Board of Representatives this evening that the Shelter will begin unilaterally levying fees Jan. 1 on county entities and towns that require its services. “We will be initiating a billing…
LETTER from RICHARD STERNBERG Revolution NOT Yet Won, Minority Designations Show To the Editor: I think your editorial in last week’s newspaper about the installation of SUNY Oneonta’s new president made a gross mistake in concluding: “The revolution is over. It’s won.” The revolution, or whatever the changes have been, are not over. There has been improvement, especially in our society, but the “battle” has not been won. I crowed at my minority friends exactly the same sentiment when Barack…
LETTER from RICHARD STERNBERG AOC’s Family Lived In U.S. Since 1898, How About That? To the Editor: I have a problem with Mike Zagata’s last opinion piece. In it he quotes Donald Trump’s tweet, “So interesting to see ‘Progressive’ Democratic congresswomen who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don’t they go…
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