LETTER from TOPHER HAMMOND Friend Reports Standoff With Bassett’s New K9s To the Editor: I wrote previously about the new K-9 at Bassett Hospital, and I predicted that the dog would be used to intimidate people. On Oct. 2, I got a phone call from a friend who has lived next to the hospital for decades. She was in a state of shock because six Bassett security personnel had just chased a skinny black man off Bassett property with the…
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LETTER from TOPHER HAMMOND Stop Dunkin’/Baskin Incursion Into Town To the Editor: Cooperstown residents should stand up against the Baskin Robbins/Dunkin Donuts franchise proposed for the corner of Walnut Street and Route 28. Our town has consistently resisted the invasion of huge corporate franchises for decades, and we should oppose this incursion into our small village as well. So far, we have kept McDonald’s and Pizza Hut at bay, by keeping them several miles outside of town. Anyone who drives…
Letter from TOPHER HAMMOND Hospital, Country Going To The Dogs To the Editor: I read the article about the new K-9 security dog at Bassett Hospital, and felt the article was deceptive. The article emphasized how friendly this dog supposedly is, and how it could be approached by children as long as they first got an “affirmative response” from the dog’s handler. Presumably, if they don’t obtain such consent, they might be attacked. If you read between the lines, it…
from TOPHER HAMMOND Trust In ‘Intelligence Community’ Ill-Founded To the Editor: Last week in your newspaper, I read with concern the interview with Otsego County Democratic chair Aimee Swan about the end of Robert Mueller’s two-year witch-hunt regarding alleged “Russian interference” in the 2016 election. Ms. Swan stated that “there should be a trust, a loyalty to our intelligence community.” The so-called “intelligence community” was behind the ridiculous allegations that Russia was the cause of Hillary Clinton’s resounding defeat in…