What About Health, Retirement Benefits? To the Editor: Have you ever decided your own salary for the coming year? If so, did you opt to use another person’s money to give yourself a nearly 30-percent raise? Unlikely. Many of us would consider that unethical and shocking. The Otsego County Board of Representatives recently did just that, including their own generous raise in a half-million-dollar management salary reset. Some downplay the financial impact, but the county board raise alone will cost…
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STAMMEL: Service, Experience Qualify Pat Ryan To the Editor: There are many fine Democrats running for Congress in the 19th District, but Pat Ryan rises above the rest. His selfless commitment to public service, deep ties to our district, and authentic support for progressive values make Pat Ryan the best champion for the working people and middle class families of our district. This year will be the first opportunity for Democrats to weigh in on the divisive policies of the…
Abbate, Stammel Split On Teachout County Committee Meets Feb. 10 To Endorse COOPERSTOWN – A majority of the 19th District’s Democratic county chairs, including Otsego’s Richard Abbate, supported former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout to run for the seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19, at year’s end. The chairs, with Abbate participating by speaker phone, met in Hudson on Saturday, and the chair said he would seek a unified front when he convenes the full county committee Tuesday,…
LETTER TO EDITOR STAMMEL: Fire Commissioners Should Consider Resigning Posts To the Editor: It is now 2016 and the failure of the Town of Oneonta fire commissioners to execute a fire protection contract with the City for this year is a serious and concerning matter. The town and city governments continue to work together on a host of efforts, including economic development, communications, sewer and water and highway work. Most of the town’s residents and businesses currently rely on the…
Stammel, Quackenbush Disagree On Last-Minute Mailing’s Origin By JIM KEVLIN • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Andrew Stammel, county board candidate for District 4, has lashed out against a last-minute mailing, received Saturday, reporting that, as a public defender in 2010, he had represented an accused Sidney sex offender. “The campaign against me in District 4 has stooped to another low,” said Stammel. The mailing was a copy of a news clipping. Handwritten across the top was: “As your neighbor, I…
Rep. Rowinski Ponders Whether To Run Again COOPERSTOWN – County Rep. Linda Rowinski, D-Oneonta, is weighing whether she will run again, Democratic County chair Richard Abbate told the county committee meeting here this evening. Rowinski engineered the election of county Rep. Kathy Clark, R-Otego, in 2012, only to break with her after last fall’s election. After being elected chair in January, Clark removed Rowinski from her committee chairmanship. While she has not completely made up her mind on leaving the…