2018 MIDTERM ELECTIONS Devlin-Fernandez Final Count Due By Next Friday GOP Chairman: Absentee, Affidavit Ballots Usually Track Day-Of Tally By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – With candidate Bob Fernandez unwilling to concede, the outcome of the Otsego County sheriff’s race will be uncertain until Nov. 16, a week from tomorrow, according to the county Board of Elections. Lori Lehenbauer, the Republican commissioner, said the canvassing – the tallying of absentee and affidavit ballots – will begin next…
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2018 MIDTERM ELECTIONS SHERIFF DECLARES VICTORY ONEONTA – Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. isn’t waiting for his challenger, Bob Fernandez, to come around. “We are very confident, we are declaring victory,” the incumbent Devlin declared after Fernandez, a retired state trooper and registered Republican who is running as a Democrat, declined to concede the hard-fought race.…
2018 MIDTERM ELECTIONS DEVLIN’S THE ONE FOR A THIRD TERM…
GOP, And One Democrat, Gather For Pancake Feast Dave Bliss, Republican chair of the Otsego County Board and a Rotarian, pours coffee for state Sen. – and candidate – Jim Seward, R-Milford, a few minutes ago at the traditional Cooperstown Rotary Club Election Day pancake breakfast at the Vets’ Club. With the senator are, from his left, daughter-in-law of two months Kelly Ann, daughter Lauren, wife Cindy and son Ryan. Seward is being challenged today by Democrat Joyce St. George,…
Democrat Committee Did Endorse Republican Fernandez, Chair Says ONEONTA – The county Democratic Party chair this morning issued a statement confirming that Republican Bob Fernandez has indeed been endorsed by the Democratic county committee in this Tuesday’s election. The new chair, Aimee Swann, said there has been some confusion in this regard.…
Bob Fernandez Assertion On WKTV False, DA Says CLICK HERE FOR FULL WKTV REPORT…
CLICK TO SEE DEPUTY RASO’S LETTER DEVLIN READS LETTER TAKING SON OFF HOOK Fernandez Uses Expletive As Rancorous Debate Ends By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr., ended this evening’s rowdy League of Women Voters’ debate in the packed Fenimore Museum Auditorium with a blockbuster. Having faced criticism from his challenger, retired state trooper Bob Fernandez, on how Devlin handled the case of his prison-guard son, Ros, the sheriff read a letter…
EDITORIAL: April 20, 2018 Sheriff’s Shown He’s Tough, Smart First, voters should want a county sheriff who’s steady under fire. Over the past 15 months, county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. has proved he is. With his son Ros, a guard at the county jail, accused in a workplace disturbance and ordered off county property by the county Board of Representatives, Devlin hung tough, arguing he was the target of a “political witch hunt.” That didn’t seem completely out of…
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Sheriff Surrenders Authority Over Son By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – After a 15-month standoff, Ros Devlin’s fate as a correctional officer is now in the hands of the chairman of the Otsego County Board of Representatives. With one abstention and two absences, the county reps voted a few minutes ago to accept Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr.’s proposal to turn over authority for investigating and possibly removing his son from his job to county board Chair…