In numerous past village elections, the contest was between two qualified candidates, but such is not the case with the present election for the Otsego County clerk.…
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Letter from Dr. Roger MacMillan Repeating History One reads with dismay and horror about the destruction and atrocities being committed by the Russian forces in the present war in the Ukraine. Apparently such activity has a precedent by such forces in the past. In the memoirs written by George Kennan, the noted American diplomat and historian, he wrote of the Soviet westward advance in World War II between Berlin and Moscow as they “liberated” this region. “The disaster that befell…
LETTER from ROGER MACMILLIAN Robbins Offers Fresh Outlook To the Editor: I wish to clearly support the candidacy of Mary- Margaret Robbins for trustee of the Village of Cooperstown. She is forthright, inventive, courageous and smart, having no hidden agendas. Her allegiance is to Cooperstown, not any political party, though she does have bipartisan support! Further, she has the maturity and circumspection to not support flying the rainbow flag from the village flagpole. She represents the opportunity to add another…
LETTER from ROGER MacMILLAN Reserve Village Flagpole For The Stars & Stripes To the Editor: I am opposed to flying the rainbow flag from the Cooperstown village flagpole during Pride Month this June. Let me make myself clear, I have many friends who have their personal orientation and I fully support them in every sense of the word. As such, it is none of my business concerning their individual persuasion. However, I believe that the American flag flown from the…
LETTER from ROGER MacMILLAN MacMILLAN: Limit Flagpole To Stars, Stripes To the Editor: The citizens of this village owe you a huge debt of gratitude for last week’s editorial! Its message will hopefully serve as a wake-up call. Some of the Village Board’s decisions have been stupefying, like injecting a suggestion to fly the POW/MIA flag on the village flagpole. Another future issue will be flying the Rainbow Flag on the village flagpole. That proposal is outrageous. That flagpole should…