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Dean Of City Pastors Retiring But Pastor Mel Farmer Will Continue Preaching Via Radio, TV
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New York Summer Music Festival Executive Director Jungeun Kim watches Naamah Romano, 12, of Otego, practice her saxophone during Romano’s two-week residency at the festival, hosted by SUNY Oneonta. At the end of her two weeks, she will perform in a free, public concert with the symphony orchestra and jazz bands.
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on’t allow chickens to be raised in the city, resident Barbara Stevens asked Common Council during its Tuesday, July 15, meeting. Where there are chickens, foxes follow, she warned. Already, she said, “a grey fox appeared next door and tangled with a cat that bit me, and I had to get shots,” adding, “I’m not looking forward to having chickens in my neighborhood.” Mayor Miller responded, “We’re a long way from having chickens.” If such a proposal were made, it would be well publicized, he added. 15TH TERM: State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced Thursday, July 10, that he is running for another term. He has represented the county since 1986. MODULARS HERE: All pieces of Newman Development Corp.’s Hillside Commons modulars have been delivered to the Blodgett Drive site. The housing for 320 students is expected to be ready for occupancy when SUNY Oneonta opens for classes.
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Pastor Mel at River Street.
n a way, Foothills Performing Arts Center gave Bill Youngs the best birthday present he could have asked for. On Aug. 2, 2013, Yankees star and jazz guitarist Bernie Williams played a show at Foothills. Youngs would have gone, but his band, Soco Mojo, was playing the
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B-Side Ballroom that night. After Williams finished Please See YOUNGS, A3
City Council Asked, Let Citizens Help In Search
ART In The Family
Three generations of Scheeles – from left, twins Toni and Tessa, their grandmom Gerri and mom Christie, have a family exhibit in progress at CANO.
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rt is second nature for the Scheele family. “Growing up in a family of artists, I’ve been learning from them my whole life,” said Tessa Scheele, 22. “It’s intuitive.” Tessa and her twin brother, Toni, along with their mother, Christie, and her mother, Gerri, opened an
exhibit of their work, Forest & Field, Friday, July 11, at the CANO gallery in the Wilber Mansion. Though the theme of nature runs through all of their creations, the four artists work in separate mediums: Tessa works with natural materials, weaving birch baskets and sketching botanical drawings, Anthony does lithographs, Christie paints landscapes and Gerri crafts ceramics. “There’s got to be somePlease See SCHEELES, B4
et citizens with expertise help recruit Oneonta’s next city manager, Common Council was asked at its Tuesday, July 15, meeting. “We need the experience of community members who can search for executives and CEOs,” said Rissberger Rissberger, who chaired the Charter makes his plea. Commission in 2010 before running for Common Council. “There are very few of us on the council who have done that in the past.” He gave credit for the idea to Steve Londner, who broached the subject with Common Council’s Human Resources Committee last week. During the public comment period at Tuesday’s meeting, another Charter Commission member, John Dudek, also endorsed the Please See SEARCH, A3
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ayor Dick Miller issued a defense of the search process to date to replace City Manager Mike Long, but pledged the process will be “thoughtful and independent”/SEE TEXT, A4
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YOUNGS/From A1 his show, he brought his band over to the B-Side just as the clock struck midnight – Aug. 3, Youngs birthday. The band wanted to take the stage, but Williams’ bass player couldn’t use Youngs’ left-handed bass. “So I got to sit in with them! And I thought, ‘This is a good thing, having Foothills right down the street’.” Now Youngs, who has operated Priority Eyewear, a wholesaler and eyewear importer, for two decades, will be part of that “good thing.” Foothills board unanimously selected him Monday, July 14, as the performing arts center’s top executive; his title will be managing director. “I’ll be retired for about three days,” he said. “I’m selling the store on July 31 and I start at Foothills the first week of August.” Youngs and his wife,
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Adele, came to SUNY Oneonta from SUNY Cobleskill, graduating in 1979. “We thought we’d just stay for the summer,” he said. “But four kids and 35 years later, we’re still here.” He worked in sales for several other optical companies before starting Priority Eyeware in 1995. He also taught business and sales classes at the Utica School of Commerce and SUNY Cobleskill. “It was a dream come true to be able to go back there and teach,” he said. He was already in talks to sell Priority Eyewear when he heard that Foothills was looking for a new managing director; he knew it would be a perfect fit. “I love music, I love the arts and I love business,” he said. “I’m just what they needed. I’ll be able to transfer a lot of my skills to a different environment. There’s such a potential to do a lot more with what they have, to make it not just city hub, but a regional one as well.”
Mayor Delays Expanding Search Committee SEARCH/From A1 idea. “I urge the Common Council to consider adding at least two respected community members to the search committee,” he read from a prepared statement. “It would allow the common council to tap into available local experience and expertise.” Rissberger, Londner and Dudek all served on the original Charter Commission, and are now members of a Charter Revision Committee Mayor Dick Miller appointed after the Oneonta’s first city manager, Mike Long, resigned effective May 30 after less than two years on the job. Common Council had designated its own HR Committee as the search committee to replace Long. But the Charter Revision Committee, fearing the mayor is favoring City Treasurer Meg Hungerford for the job even before any candidates are interviewed, raised the idea of adding
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Charter Revision Committee member John Dudek seconds Rissberger: add citizens with expertise to the city manager search committee.
independent citizens to the search group. But not everyone is jumping to be on the search committee. “There is a list of potential individuals floating around town and I am on that list,” said Kay Stuligross, a member of the Charter Commission, in a statement read during the public comment period. “I would like to say that I am
not remotely interested in joining your commission – we would not bring the objectivity that you need.” Though this drew laughter from the crowd, Dudek made similar remarks in his statement. “These comments are consistent with what we’ve been hearing,” said Miller Next Monday, July 21, the search committee, along
with Common Council, will meet with Nick Mazza, the search consultant hired by the city, to review applications and figure out the next steps. “We’ll discuss adding people to the search committee and then go into executive session to discuss specific candidates,” said Miller. Rissberger is hoping to bring two or three community members on the committee. They would be invited to review applications for those candidates the search committee has set aside for interviews, as well as being part of the interview team. “We don’t just want it to be a meet and greet,” said Rissberger. “We want them to look at the final resumes of the candidates we bring forward.” If no city manager is selected, the community members would then aid the search committee in reviewing the next round of applications or begin a new search process.
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In Bassett’s Future, Boon To Oneonta, Questions For Cooperstown
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bserve Cooperstown’s municipal happenings for a while, and you get the impression that Bassett Hospital is one thing only, a parking problem. Of course, it’s much more than that. It’s the largest employer, the mainstay of the village’s professional class, the foundation of a pricey real-estate market, the support of high-end restaurants and everything else in a 265-day off-season. It’s a magnet for well-off retirees, who contribute their brains and experience to community betterment. When it’s not being discussed as a parking problem, it’s a source of community pride, as it should be. • It’s also become so much bigger than the Village of Cooperstown, home to 1,800 souls, down 15 percent from 2,100 since 1990. As just-retired 30-year president/CEO Bill Streck understood and acted on, only by growth could Bassett survive in the dramatically changing healthcare environment of the last quarter century. Even today, the eight counties that depend on Bassett have a 600,000 population, when the latest target for a sustainable healthcare system is 1.2 million. In recent months, Streck and his team came to see Bassett’s future as not just buildings and trained physicians but, perhaps foremost, as an insurance system. If Bassett Gold, the system’s product on the state’s Obamacare exchange, can flourish, enrolled patients can be funneled to Bassett services exclusive of others. In other words, a healthy Bassett Healthcare Network will not depend on bigger and bigger buildings in Cooperstown, a community that resists an expanded campus, but on focused, thriving, specialized nodes, strategically placed to best serve market niches. Enter, Fox Hospital, Oneonta. •
healthcare system however necessary, makes sense. • Meanwhile, the Village of Cooperstown was creating a complicated “hospital zone” to regulate Bassett Hospital’s growth. For the first time, the village code actually recognizes Bassett’s right to exist, and that’s great. However, any variances would still have to go through the regular process, and plans would have to gain approval of the Historic Preservation Architectural Review Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Board. New parking requirements triple Better coordination between Bassett, left, and Fox hospitals is under study. the needed spaces, meaning that Bassett, although grandfathered, couldn’t move to It should be fascinating to everyone, • its current site if it wasn’t there already. cheering to Oneonta, and a caution for At first blush, and second blush, upgradWhen the proposed zone – it goes to Cooperstown, that one of the first missives ing Fox’s offerings makes perfect sense. public hearing at the Village Board’s Monto the Bassett community from Streck’s sucOneonta is the region’s population center day, July 28, meeting – was raised at last cessor, Dr. Vance Brown, called for “studyand the center of Bassett’s Otsego-Delamonth’s meeting, the concern was immediing opportunities for improved integration ware-Chenango-Schoharie sphere, with ate: How can we protect the single-famand better coordination of services” beCooperstown, Delhi-Walton, Sidney and ily homes along Fair Street, and thus the tween Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown and Cobleskill within a half hour, and I-88 runstreetscape? New concept, old thinking. Oneonta’s Fox, in four priority areas: ning through it. (It’s less convenient to the In the course of the hospital-zone deliber• Cost savings through “expanded inteMohawk Valley affiliates.) ations, the bigger picture – Bassett’s stratgration of support services.” With Cooperstown’s population and egy for the future – was not even discussed. • Consolidating inpatient child-bearing Cooperstown Central’s enrollment dropThat discussion should begin immediately, and child-caring at Fox. ping, and Oneonta’s young families produc- before a hospital-zone vote. That is, if • Consolidating eye surgery at Oneonta ing the region’s children, it certainly makes Cooperstown wants to assure – maybe not Specialty Services, Dr. Jim Elting’s former sense to move obstetrics and pediatrics – that the institution remains Cooperstowncampus on outer River Street. there. Plus, there’s excess space and plenty centric. (There is plenty of room to expand • Expanding the FoxCare Center on the campus toward the Clark Sports Center Oneonta’s east side. It now provides a range of room to grow. Last year, the Oneonta community raised in the Town of Middlefield.) of services, from a gym to outpatient testing $1.5 million for Fox in a matter of months: Undoubtedly, Bassett’s board and decito MRIs. If Cooperstown is ambivalent about Bassett, sionmakers have a sentimental attachment • Expanding dental care at Fox Hospital. Oneonta certainly is four-square behind to Cooperstown. But it’s a cold, cruel world (This is still a crying need throughout the Fox. Paired with an $8.5 million state of healthcare out there, survival of the fitU.S., a shameful one, given that remedies grant, the local match launched the most test. Bassett will do, and must do, what it are so straightforward.) must to survive, much less flourish. The recommendations grew out of a four- ambitious upgrade since the 1960s, creatCommunities would be wise to align their ing 56 state-of-the-art single rooms, plus a year study, initiated when Fox entered the strategies for the maximum benefit of our futuristic observation ward for ER patients Bassett system in 2010. Brown called the region’s largest employer, its patients and and other innovations. situation “extremely complex” and requiremployees, or be left behind. Oneonta will. Oneonta’s on the make, and tying its ing “detailed analysis,” but he expects a Cooperstown should. fortunes to Bassett’s, accommodating the decision in six months.
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How Bad Is Natural Gas Compared To Coal, Oil? Editor’s Note: That natural gas is the worst contributor to global warming has been an article of faith for some Constitution Pipeline opponents. This perspective is an excerpt from the New York Times by Global Warming reporter Justin Gillis.
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ne of the biggest fights involves how much effort to put into stopping leaks of methane gas into the atmosphere... Among a few academics and on the far left of the environmental movement, cries are going up that the president is about to lock America into a supposed solution to climate change that will be worse than burning coal. Is that claim plausible? The basic scientific facts are pretty clear. By far the most important greenhouse gas that humans are spewing into the atmosphere is car-
bon dioxide, which comes from burning fossil fuels. The second most important is methane, which comes from many sources. It is released when coal is mined; it escapes when wells are drilled for oil or natural gas; and it leaks from pipes that distribute natural gas. Certain agricultural practices also throw up a huge amount. Pound for pound, methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. But in stark contrast to CO2, methane breaks down quickly in the atmosphere. Every time you flip on a light switch, causing more coal to be burned and CO2 to be released, you are slightly altering the earth’s climate for thousands of years. Release a puff of methane, scientists say, and the climate influence will be gone in a few decades.
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Mayor Miller Pledges To ‘Fully Respect’ Council Decision On Next City Manager To the Editor: As one who has benefitted from your support, I have known that when it comes to editorials, the sword cuts both ways. I write to correct errors in your piece in last week’s edition of your newspapers and to give you my perspective on the subjects you addressed, which varies greatly from yours. Now to the facts, and the process to date. A small thing, but you state that I only have two more years in office. The fact is that I have three and a half more years in office. Common Council could choose to exclude me from the search committee. But whether or not I am on the committee, only council members will vote on the appointment of the new City Manager. I will vote only if there is a tie. Interestingly, the Charter prepared by the original Commission states “the Common Council shall conduct the search.” As to the process, on April 7 the council’s Human Resources Com-
Painted, Flag Pole Now Looks Great To the Editor: A couple of weeks ago I wrote a letter to this newspaper publishing my complaint about the unsightly and poor condition of the village flagpole located on Main Street at Pioneer. A day or so later I had the occasion to speak with Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz on the street and he explained the village’s short- and long-term plan regarding maintenance of the flagpole. A week or so later, I received a phone call from Village Trustee Ellen Tillapaugh who told me of the upcoming plan to paint the flagpole, and just a few days later, it was finished! And it looks great. Thank you to the mayor and trustees for doing what needed to be done in a very timely fashion. DAVID K. BUTLER SR. Cooperstown
mittee conducted a wide-ranging conversation, in which Laurie Zimniewicz participated. You and Denise Richardson from the Daily Star were present at the meeting. Laurie was the only member of the public, besides the press, who chose to attend. The outcome of that meeting was that I was asked to make a recommendation to the council, which they then accepted at their meeting on April 15. The recommendation was public, and the process thus established has been faithfully followed and is on schedule. At the same meeting I informed the council that I was asking members of the original Charter Commission to reconvene with a specific charge to review the document, reporting back to me by June 30. That action did not require council approval and came upon the recommendation of your newspaper and Laurie Zimniewicz (who, incidentally, had worked hard on my re-election). The charge to the committee specifically excluded involvement in the search process and,
as I understand the likely content of some of its observations, I expect the council to act promptly to embrace many of them. More on the facts. While it is true that I believe Meg Hungerford is an excellent candidate, I stated clearly to you on Monday afternoon, July 7, after the Human Resource Committee at which Steve Londner delivered his letter, that she could not possibly be my first choice because I did not know who the other candidates were at that point. In the end, I want the best possible candidate appointed to the position. Anyone who questions that doesn’t know me. Paul Scheele raised the issue of the MPA as a qualification, which started an immediate e-mail discussion among council members as to whether it was an inviolate requirement. The exchange of ideas among people of various opinions required, in my judgment, legal input. City Attorney Merzig’s interpretation, which, by Please See LETTER, A6
Southside Water Plan Raises Questions To the Editor: I have a few questions surrounding the idea of bringing public water to Oneonta’s Southside; and none of them are concerned with where the water is sourced. Here they are: • When was the last time Town of Oneonta government led on an $8.8 million capital project; for that matter, when was the last time the town led on a $4.4 million capital project? This town water plan idea is four times larger than the town’s annual budget. • How many good-paying, longterm jobs will result from this water project? More minimum wage jobs will do nothing to raise the standard of living and consumer power of the people in our area. We need good paying jobs! Whenever public funds are involved, the number and value of new jobs needs to be the top priority before funding is approved!
• How is the town’s Southside water idea positioned towards extending water throughout the entire town to include the West Oneonta area? This Southside water idea seems to be strictly “a shoot from the hip” effort and not part of a comprehensive town-wide water plan. • Where will the added Southside water go after it’s used; does it have an impact on the city’s waste-water treatment facility and operation? Will capacity at the existing plant have to be increased or will it require the town to develop its own wastewater system? Who might have to pay for an expanded or new system? Before any money is spent on this idea, more research and study needs to be done and more answers need to be provided to all area taxpayers! ALBERT COLONE Oneonta
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History
Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
125 Years Ago
The Oneonta Chair Company – Ground was broken for the original building June 15, 1887 and work began January 1, 1888. The company now manufactures about 20 varieties of chairs, ranging from the kitchen chair to the more expensive spring rocker. Most of the work, however, is on the less costly varieties. All the common hardwoods of this vicinity are used, veneered in some cases with the more valuable black walnut. Most of the output is shipped in bundles to New York and other cities, where it is put together and finished, but some of the work is finished here. The frames are sent out to be caned. None of this work is done in the factory. The women who do this work receive from five to fifteen cents per piece varying with the size of the chair. The factory now employs 55 workmen. Add to these the number employed in the woods and in hauling logs and we have about 70 on the payroll, whose monthly wages amount to about $2,500. In other words, the chair company alone is now paying $30,000 a year to the working men of Oneonta. The company now turns out over 12,000 chairs per month, an average of nearly 500 per day. When the new building, now under construction, is completed, they expect to be able to send out from 15,000 to 16,000 chairs a month. The new building will be of wood, 40 x 72 feet, three stories high and with a basement. July 1889
100 Years Ago
The famous aeronaut Frank Burnside, a former resident of this city, accompanied by his wife, survived a 2,000 foot plunge into the Hudson River last Tuesday as the 90-horsepower motor of his hydro-aeroplane stalled out within sight of Manhattan after leaving Seagate for Dobbs Ferry. The flying boat was working perfectly at a speed nearly a mile a minute when a scattering of spectators gathered below at Greystone heard the barking of the motor cease. The speed decreased and the aeroplane seemed
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to sink on its wings and pitch forward. It dived, brought its head up, dropped and dived again. In the tricky wind that played over the Palisades it turned half around as it fell. Mrs. Burnside could be seen, a long veil streaming behind her head, sitting bolt upright beside her husband. A moment later the craft righted itself and skated off at an angle, striking the surface of the river. There was a cloud of spray and then the boat appeared. Edward Cook, Superintendent of the Tower Bridge Yacht Club jumped into a launch and went to the rescue. He attached a line to the air boat and towed it and its passengers off to Dobbs Ferry about two miles away. July 1914
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thinnest scandal in American history,” says that if the charges against him were true, “I wouldn’t serve for one minute. But I know they are not true and therefore, I will stay here, do the job that I was elected to do as well as I can and trust to the American constitutional process to make the final verdict.” The President’s comments were made in a broad-ranging interview with Rabbi Baruch Korff, a Nixon supporter from Providence, R.I. July 1974
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A secretary who purchased a lottery ticket on Friday the 13th claimed the entire $15.6 million prize Sunday in the Massachusetts Megabucks Lottery. It was the world’s largest gambling haul by one person. Marcia Sanford, 45, a secretary from Westfield Massachusetts, will receive $780,994 a year for 20 years. The winning numbers were 8-13-27-28-30-36. Most of the numbers she chose were from family birthdates. Sanford’s husband David is a mechanic. Mrs. Sanford had just finished trimming the hedges outside her rural home when the winning numbers came over the radio. “I started shaking and crying,” she said. The previous record was a $10.2 million jackpot won in New York in March by a Queens, N.Y. woman. July 1984
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Eight Rules to Prevent Marriage CrackUps: 1. Yield on little points. 2. Be as fair to your spouse as you would to your business partner. 3. Be sure you both have common interests and then work together for common purposes. 4. Don’t conceal financial worries or financial successes. 5. Avoid letting your family or your friends influence you against your mate. 6. Be moderate in work and play. 7. Respect the privacy of your spouse and suppress your curiosity. 8. Keep a sense of humor at all times. July 1934
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The government is planning a device that could sound an advance warning within each home in a target area in the event of an atomic or hydrogen bomb attack. One such device, still in the experimental stage, could be installed in a bedroom and set off by a change in electric current if enemy bombers approached. Civilian Defense Administrator Val Peterson disclosed the idea before a House Appropriations Committee looking into the cost of preparations for the mass evacuation of American cities in an emergency. Peterson conceded that the mass evacuation concept under which millions of city dwellers in target areas would flee to the countryside presents “staggering problems.” But he said it is the only practi-
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July 2004 cal approach to the H-bomb threat. Peterson repeated predictions that within two years an elaborate detection system would be able to give target cities two to six hours advance warning of an enemy bomber attack. Peterson’s testimony was given last May but released for the first time today. July 1954
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The oldest traces of human life in New York State have been uncovered in a swamp on private farmland near Lake Ontario. More than 100 early Indian hunting tools, fireplaces and other artifacts are believed to be around 11,000 years old, nearly a 1,000 years after the Ice Age ended. Nomadic hunters followed the receding ice sheet into the area looking for caribou, mammoth and stag moose. Tools for cutting meat and scraping animal hides were found including flint arrowheads. July 1994
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Now Is The Time For Massive Investments In Wind, Solar, Not Oil, Gas To the Editor: Why is Mike Zagata a lightning rod? Because, in previous issues of our local papers, as with your July 3-4 editions, far too much space has been allotted to someone whose claims are unsubstantiated. The scientific findings that oppose his agenda are substantial. Yet you print his complaint that “we’re ignoring the science “ regarding wildlife’s needs for young forest. Apparently he’s ignoring a three-year study by the USDA and
Penn State showing that pipelines are dissecting forest habitats of Pennsylvania and can lead to the extinction of numerous songbirds. The Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society opposes the Constitution pipeline for this very reason. Contradicting Zagata’s claims, they state that birds benefiting from such cutting already have adequate habitat in the region and those that will lose interior forest are already in decline. If young forest was needed, we could certainly provide it through selective cutting, not
cutting determined by the “preferred” route of a gas company. You both are ignoring the science when he states, and you print, “Cleaner air will benefit everyone.” The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s findings support studies showing that fracked gas, overall, is dirtier than coal. Your editorial, in the same issue, states that even if we accept that natural gas is dirtier than coal, we’re not going to change things overnight. Well, we’ll never change things
if we continue to promote massive investments in, and subsidization of, gas and oil instead of wind and solar. Your paper’s position is clear. We’ve seen your seemingly endless series of articles by Citizen Voices (whose focus, according to the Daily Star, “has been to oppose attempts to ban hydraulic fracturing”), promoting the expansion of the gas industry for its short-term financial benefits, while ignoring its long-term costs. Why is Mike Zagata a lightning
Mayor Pledges ‘Thoughtful, Independent’ Hiring Decision LETTER/From A4 the way, is consistent with minutes of original Charter Commission meetings at which the subject was discussed, supports the view of many that while an MPA is desirable – unlike a position that requires a license as in the case of a physician – a candidate could be appointed without such a degree if his or her experience was indicative of future success in the position. On the advice of our search consultant, a bachelor’s degree requirement was stated in the advertisement in order to cast the widest net and thus bring the greatest number of candidates into the pool. Steve Londner’s letter was addressed to the Council, which meets on Tuesday night (the 15th) and may consider the matter, if it so chooses, under the correspondence section of the meeting. It came almost three months after the search process was announced. On July 21 our consultant will be presenting to the council, in executive session, a suggested list of the best candidates from which finalists may be selected. Steve’s letter suggests that token involvement late in the process would not be acceptable, and while the council can do as it wishes to adjust the process in place, his request thus seems to immediately disqualify itself. His letter is the first on the subject since the process was announced on April 15. I had a call from Laurie Zimniewicz at the time the process was being designed and another from her last week, asking for more public involvement in the process. But I have heard from no one else on the matter over what is now almost a 90-day period. More to the point, Steve’s letter demeans the breadth, experience, intelligence and
the independence of Common Council members. Members of the Council subject themselves to the election process; each member attends at least four to five meetings per month – 12 months per year. Council members have to live with their decisions and criticism of them on a dayto-day basis. To suggest that they constitute a “good ol’ boy network” governed by “personal whim” is simply inconsistent with my experience with them individually and collectively based on chairing, to this point, 109 council meetings since becoming mayor. Commission members are appointed to accomplish specific tasks, and unless they comprise a body permanently established by the charter of the city, they are discharged after they have accomplished their goals. The original Charter Commission did a splendid job in preparing the new charter and in convincing the public to approve it. I ran in 2009 in part on a platform that recommended a new charter that includes a city manager, on the basis that I felt we needed full-time professional leadership. The group that reconvened at my request to review the charter is made up of individuals whom I consider friends. The group was not asked, as indicated earlier, to review the search process, and I have only heard from three members on the MPA issue or the make-up of the Search Committee. To my knowledge the group has not taken a formal position on either matter, which would be, in any event, outside the charge of the responsibility they agreed to undertake. Your paper’s disclosing the name of a specific candidate and taking a position
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obviously in opposition to the possibility that she might be appointed is unfair to her and, for that matter, residents of the city. If she is the best candidate, she should be appointed. If she isn’t, she won’t be. Meg Hungerford is an extraordinary public servant who has the confidence of the Common Council and department heads of the City. If she turns out not to be the best candidate, I am confident that she will work diligently with whomever is appointed. You have compromised her candidacy and in doing so may be depriving residents of the City of Oneonta of the value of contributions she might bring to the position if she was to be the next City Manager. In doing so, you have done this community a great disservice. Finally, it has been and will continue to be the Council’s decision as to how this search is conducted and who will be chosen as our next city manager. While it is true that I advise and guide the Council, please be
rod? Because you consider his life story to be front-page news worthy of over a full page of print, while in the same issue, devoting a mere snippet to an historic court decision upholding Middlefield’s ban on fracking. So why is Mike Zagata a lightning rod? The answer is simple. He’s not. Your effort to give him credibility and use him to promote your own views are what fuel reactions like this one. MICHAEL STOLZER
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Enjoy country living in this 3+ BR, 2 bath ranch w/separate 1-BR apartment for the grandparents, or rent it out and help pay the mortgage! The apartment previously rented for $750 per month. This nicely landscaped home sits on 3 acres, only 8 miles from Cooperstown and Bassett Hospital. The home offers glorious views, 2 ponds and an attached 2-car garage. Finished basement has extra storage and room for a man cave.
Briar Hill Farm—Nestled into the hills of Springfield, this very early post-and-beam farmhouse is being offered for sale with 1.97 acres. With about 2,300 sq ft, the home offers a formal entry, LR w/fireplace and closet, parlor or downstairs BR, partially renovated full bath, DR w/plank-wainscotted walls, original walk-in butler’s pantry, delightful kitchen. Upstairs are 2 BRs w/en suite baths. Over the kitchen is a large room, perfect for master BR or family room. Attached 1-car garage w/walk-up attic, cut-stone building w/oven, small older barn, in-ground pool w/cabana, slate patio, and building that opens onto a “party patio”. This property has not been lived in for several years. House mechanics seem fine, but it needs some TLC and is being sold “as is”. Otsego Lake rights at Springfield Public Landing. Offered Co-Exclusively by Ashley-Connor Realty $265,000
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Home of the Week Welcome to Paradise! Total privacy, 29+ surveyed acres, stocked pond, plus a spacious ranch w/full walk-out basement. Current owners rent the first floor out for $1,400 a week. First floor features large LR w/propane fireplace, spacious kitchen, DR, 3 BRs and 2 baths. Owners live in the lower level where there is a BR, large family room, full bath and kitchen plus a huge walk-in closet. Full deck w/hot tub. Pond is stocked with catfish, trout, abundance of wildlife on the property. $249,900 MLS#94836
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MLS#90345 $118,000 Reduced again! 3-BR, 2-bath country house w/farm charm.Wood-burning fireplace, garage, barn. Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell) Virtual tour: www Adam Karns.com
MLS#94559 $259,000 Gorgeous views and 28+/- acres! 1790-built 4 BR, 3 bath Federal home w/5 original fireplaces! Once an inn/stagecoach stop. Large 2-story barn, nice gardens. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell) MLS#93225 $86,000 Adam Karns 607-244-9633 (cell)
MLS#94824 $74,900 state Land nearby this chalet w/3 BRs, 1½ story htd garage and workshop. 0.35-acre lot w/views. Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell) Virtual tour: www.realestateshows.com/723055
MLS#95482 $429,000 4 BR, 2½ bath ranch has finished walk-out lower level, fireplace, master suite, laundry. Lake views Spacious 4 BR, 2sun bath house I-88. Large8.63from enclosed porch andis close deck.toAdditional backyard, small shed. Make your acre lot canworkshop/garage, be sold w/this property for $499,000. appointment Priced to@go this week! (cell) Call Katherinetoday. L. Fistrowicz 607-267-2683 Virtual Tour: www.RealEstateShows.com/708598
MLS#95280 $45,500 Fantastic buy! Delaware Cty cottage w/views on 2.57 acres! LR, eat-in kitchen, BR, bath, laundry hook-ups. Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell) Virtual tour: www.realestateshows.com/724110
MLS#93140 $219,000 James Vrooman 603-247-0506 (cell) MLS#91030 $299,900 Move-in condition 4 BR, 2 bath home on 7 acres in Fly Creek. Large LR w/wood floors, family room, entry w/ Cooperstown Village home. paysSpacious closing costs (up woodstove leads to DR andSeller kitchen. master. to offer). Call$3,000 Kristiw/acceptable J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
MLS#94889 $309,500 Nothing Like this on the Market! Architectdesigned new home on 43 acres! Over $100k in upgrades. Hiking/ski trails, creek, huge pond. Call Kimberley A. Thornton @ 607-222-8571 (cell)
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MLS#93726 $125,000 This home is straight out of Country Living Magazine! Homeowner is getting married and must sell this 4 BR, 2½ bath Otego home w/over $35k in upgrades. Call Kimberley A. Thornton @ 607-222-8571 (cell)
MLS#95360 $139,000 outstanding Location and Priced to sell! 3 BR, 2 bath ranch w/additional lot in Milford. Quiet and spacious yard. Oneonta School District. Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell)
MLS#95192 $135,900 Light, bright, updated FHA-qualified Oneonta home in a quiet neighborhood! 3 BRs, 2 full baths, new upto-date kitchen, large DR, good-sized fenced yard. Call Kimberley A. Thornton @ 607-222-8571 (cell)
MLS#93871 $197,000 New Construction! Bright, open floorplan, 2-BR chalet on 7 acres w/views in Jefferson! Possible master suite upstairs, wrap-around deck, walk-out basement. Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell)
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MLS#94842 $182,000 Location, seclusion and beautiful views! Solid contemporary home on over 26 acres has 3 BRs, 2 baths. Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell) Virtual tour: www.realestateshows.com/710440
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MLS#95502 $148,900 otsego Lake views! Year-round cottage features 2 BRs, 1 bath, sunroom, warm pine kitchen, large laundry, spacious DR and LR, vinyl siding, new roof. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
MLS#92256 $280,000 Renovated 3 BR, 2 bath farmhouse and horse farm on 26 acres w/2 barns, 12 stalls w/water and electric. Plenty of open land, electric and wooden fenced areas. Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
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MLS#95498 $289,000 5-BR, 2-bath Otsego Lake home has 25’ of private lake frontage. Hardwood floors, fireplace w/propane insert, new septic, newer windows, roof and furnace. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
MLS#94363 $129,000 This 4-BR, 2-bath ranch is move-in ready. Newer roof and heating system, finished basement w/full bath, large wrap-around deck, lush green lawn. Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
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MLS#95480 $299,000 3 BR, 2 bath, post-and-beam home on 11.60 acres has glassed LR and family room w/gas FP, deck, skylights, high ceilings, wood flrs, DR, stone patio, 2-car garage. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
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MLS#94191 $167,900 Country home w/4 BRs, 1 bath. Spacious kitchen, pantry, laundry. Center staircase, nice wood floors. Upstairs closet plumbed for 2nd bath. Horse barn. Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
MLS#95118 $149,900 Charming Delhi 3 BR, 2 bath home on 1.8 acres. Beautifully landscaped yard, pond w/ fountain and gazebo. Eat-in kitchen, large LR, 3-car garage. Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell)
This lovely 1-BR, 1-bath home is located in a quiet neighborhood on a dead-end street. It features vaulted wood ceilings w/open beams and French doors off of the LR that lead to a large deck for entertaining, and a large fenced yard. Attached garage, newer roof and windows. Close to Valleyview Elementary School, bus route and Wilber Park. $99,900 MLS#95449
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