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COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND
Downtown Valuations Rise, ‘Lake Views’ Drop 7 Years After Bust, Assessments Brought Into Line
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hen the Village of Cooperstown underwent a full property reassessment in 2007, Field View Develop-
ment Inc. had just won a court case reducing the valuation on its newly purchased Key Bank building from $1.2 million to $400,000. So all business blocks were reduced similarly. Since, sales of downtown properties have sug-
gested the reductions were too extreme, and resulting taxes were too low. That’s just one of the wrinkles in the 2007 revaluation of the Village of Cooperstown and Town of Otsego that are being ironed out
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Nominated to run for the Cooperstown Village Board, John Sansevere, left, is congratulated by GOP County Chair Vince Casale.
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Republican caucus Tuesday, Jan. 27, nominated John Sansevere, a member of the village Zoning Board of Appeals, to run for the Village Board in the March 18 election. The first Republican nominee since the Democratic sweep in 2011, Sansevere said he aims to return “common sense” to the deliberations. The Democrats nominated incumbents Jim Dean and Cindy Falk on the 22nd. PAID PARKING +: The Village Board Monday, Jan. 26, added a fourth street – Chestnut, from Main to Lake – to its candidates for paid parking this year. A hearing on that, plus Church and parts of River and Fair, goes to public hearing Feb. 23. NEW BOOK: Mayor Jeff Katz reports reviews are starting to appear for “Split Season,” his new book on the 1981 baseball season, due to be published this spring. HAPPY DAYS! Salestax revenues for the Village of Cooperstown are up 11 percent for 2014, Finance Committee chair Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch reports.
now as revaluation notices arrived in village mailboxes last week, to the surprise of some. After the 2007 reassessment, several downtown blocks sold for well over their valuations, said Village Assessor Al Keck, so “some of the ‘commercials’ have gone up bePlease See REVAL, A6
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hen Kathy Clark assumed the helm of the Otsego County Board of Representatives in 2012 and scanned the horizon, she saw three M’s. The first was The Manor, which was siphoning away $5 million from the $11 million local tax levy. That was sold in October to a private entity that continues to operate it as Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center at Otsego. The second was MOSA, the Montgomery-Otsego-Schoharie Solid-Waste Please See CHAIR, A7
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Cliff and Colleen Coleman boogie down on the dance floor at the Cooperstown PTA Masquerade Ball on Saturday, Jan. 25, at The Otesaga. At right, Roger Davidson and his wife Maureen, owners of Council Rock Brewery, brought a gift to the party – an exclusive American Farmhouse 5 Brew Ale, which was donated for the event by the Davidsons to aid the revelry.
Plunge ‘Heroes’ Aid Record 15 Ill Children By LIBBY CUDMORE GOODYEAR LAKE
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t takes a special kind of bravery to dive into the icy waters of Goodyear Lake on a February afternoon, but to the Waters family, those people are heroes. “We’re doing a theme for the first time this year,” said Brenda Waters, who co-founded
Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump with her husband, Jamie, 20 years ago. “Everyone will go into the changing room in plain clothes, but emerge as superheroes.” “Maybe my mom will even dress up as Wonder Woman,” joked daughter Mataiah, who’s been taking the plunge since she was 3. Her brothers Wyatt and Jeremiah also Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA jump. Milford’s Waters family – Wyatt, Jamie, Please See JUMP, A3 Brenda and Mataiah – kept the jump going.
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Day in the Bullpen Theater Saturday, Jan. 24. Hunt worked at Clinton Central School from 1977 to 2011 as a coach, teacher, athletic director, assistant principal, and principal. He has also been an adjunct professor at Hamilton College, Utica College, and Mohawk Valley Community Hunt College. Long using baseball as a method of teaching young people, Hunt has sponsored research initiatives on Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby and brought many students to SABR meetings while involving them in a number of SABR projects. The Kachline Award, established by SABR’s Utica-Cooperstown chapter in 2002, was named for Cliff Kachline, Cooperstown, the former Hall historian.
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he Binghamton-based Hinman, Howard & Kattell law firm is opening offices in Edmeston and Morris, in addition to the one in Oneonta. Two lawyers, Timothy R. Johnson and Meredith L. Baio, have joined HH&K as part of the expanded venture, and will work in all three of the firm’s Otsego County offices. Johnson, who has been in private practice locally for 27 years, will be resident attorney in Morris and Edmeston. Until December, he had served for two years as deputy chief member counsel at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Asso ciation in Arlington, Va. He graduated from Albany Law School in 1985, after receiving a master’s and bachelor’s from the University of Rochester. He is a member of the county, state and American bar associations, a past
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Perspectives
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015
A-4 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL
EDITORIAL
Hartwick, SUNY Oneonta’s Prime Mission: Keep Getting Better
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hen retired Oneonta banker Cal Chase, often referred to as the Hartwick Hawks’ Number One fan, raised $380,000 of a promised $400,000 in the first year of a $2 million fund drive to keep the college’s soccer team in Division One, the college’s thenPresident Dick Miller responded drily, “You have substantially met your obligation.” And the NCAA status was preserved. That’s how Miller was. He’d often say, in bringing an initiative to an end, “That’s sufficient” or “that’s good enough.” The achievable, not perfection, was his goal. That came to mind when SUNY Oneonta’s UUP chapter, at a Martin Luther King commemoration Wednesday, Jan. 21, declared that college is not doing enough to recruit minority faculty members. While recognizing progress, UUP interim President Rob Compton (Bill Simons is on sabbatical) said more is needed. “I think the college should be a leader in the community,” he said in a follow-up interview. And, in that, he’s right.
• There are certainly areas where SUNY Oneonta might be criticized – the mayhem in the downtown when undergrads returned in September is unfinished business, maybe unfinishable business – but commitment to expanding minority representation on the faculty and in the student body is probably not one of them. The college’s spokesman, Hal Legg, affirmed the statistics: Some 17 percent of the local SUNY faculty is minority (not counting women), while the Census finds slightly less than 95 percent of the general local population is white. SUNY Oneonta’s commitment is also reflected in its leadership hires in recent years, from Provost Maria Thompson, a black woman (but so much more), to the five new deans, from Brazil, the Pacific Rim and India, and two women, (who are likewise, their credentials show, so much more than the labels). With a diverse leadership, greater diversity is sure to follow. That’s not all. In recent years, efforts to erase the taint of the “Black List” episode have been intense
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Native American poet and novelist Sherman Alexie’s “Flight” was SUNY Oneonta’s first “common read,” one of many manifestations of the spirit of diversity there. He delivers the Mills Lecture in 2013.
and continuous, including Cornel West’s 2012 address to a packed Dewar Arena on the 20th anniversary. The “common read,” where the whole campus community reads and debates, then meets the author, of the same book, has featured
a Native American and an Iranian so far. Unlike Cal Chase’s drive to save Division I status, there is no beginning, middle, and end to the journey toward diversity – Compton, for instance, said minority faculty are generally entry
level; he urges hiring of full professors. But it’s hard to argue the issue is being ignored. Quite the opposite. • Job One, of course, isn’t punching the diversity ticket, important as it is: It’s constant upgrading of educational quality, both at SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College. Happily, the trends are positive on both hilltops, with energetic and engaged presidents, multi-taskers both. A picture of Hartwick was positively drawn in Malcolm Gladwell’s “David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants,” (2013). Better-ranked Hartwick grads, hailed by their classmates, are more confident and do better in the real world than poorly ranked Harvard ones, Gladwell found. Innovations in curriculum – SUNY Oneonta’s “Big Data” initiative and Hartwick’s craft food and beverage initiative, designed to serve the growing ag and brewery sectors – show fresh thinking and an eye toward opportunity. Both schools score respectably in U.S. News & World Report’s annual
survey and others. SUNY Oneonta is consistently third in the system’s four-year comprehensive colleges, after Geneseo and New Paltz, and it would be heartening to see the local college ever closing that gap, as its fans hope and anticipate they will. • Fully realizing the two colleges’ potential includes a role for the community. Hartwick President Margaret Drugovich lightly struck an intriguing note at a community breakfast a couple of years ago: A survey of Hartwick undergrads had found Oneonta lacking as a “college town,” failing to be as much as a magnet as it might in attracting top students. It’s unclear what the students were actually saying, but it’s a question the community would benefit from pondering, studying and turning into a program of action. Yes, diversity issues are important, particularly in creating a welcoming community for undergrads as the colleges and Greater Oneonta look to a flourishing future. But there’s so much more.
THE HONORABLE BRIAN D. BURNS OTHER VIEWS
Not All, But Some Elements Of SAFE Act Should Be Preserved Editor’s Note: The Honorable Brian D. Burns is a judge on the Otsego County Court.
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epublicans, for the first time in years, control the state Senate outright and have made clear that repealing the SAFE Act is one of their priorities in the 2015 session. The SAFE Act, introduced by the Governor’s Office and passed by a Democratic majority, added significant restrictions on firearms and is unpopular
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in the mostly rural parts of Upstate New York. As a County and Family Court judge, I am responsi-
ble for granting, or suspending, handgun licenses, and for determining whether to order owners of rifles and shotguns to surrender their firearms during the pendency of litigation. Based on my experience in dealing with firearm issues on a daily basis, I encourage the Legislature to not simply repeal the entire SAFE Act. There are provisions of the Act which are common sense measures that effectively promote public safety. Such provisions should not be repealed simply because
other provisions are ineffective in reaching this goal. The SAFE Act creates a pathway for communication between the mental health field and the court system responsible for issuing or suspending handgun licenses. A mental health provider, who in the course of treating a patient believes that the patient represents a potential danger to himself or herself, or to other members of the community, now has the ability to notify the State Police. The police, in turn, report this information
to the county judge. Locally, the judge will typically immediately suspend the handgun license and order that the mentally ill person’s firearms be surrendered to the police for safe keeping. Of course, the owner has the opportunity to appear in court and be heard on whether the firearms should be returned. The provision of the SAFE Act which created this communication pathway should not be repealed because it does promote public safety by taking guns out of the hands
of mentally ill persons. In fact, this provision should be amended to make it clearer, and perhaps stronger. There are few standards to guide the mental health provider in terms of when they should notify the police of a possible danger. Many mental health providers are using the same standard that determines when a person may be involuntarily hospitalized. This standard requires a finding that the patient presents an immediate and substantial risk Please See JUDGE, A6
LETTERS
Like It Or Not, Natural Gas Is The One For A While To the Editor: In one of last week’s Letters to the Editor – “Thank a Fracker? Don’t Anti-Frackers Deserve Our Thanks, Too?” – George Hovis of
Cooperstown pulls out the old chestnuts of worldwide devastation and local destruction, countering the benefits of fracking to our world and country noted in
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my Jan. 15-16 Letter. Mr. Hovis also “thanks” frackers, crediting them with the disasters of climate change. While a bit hyperbolic for a HVHF technology only 20 years old, it’s typical of many anti-fracking conjectures where the opposite is more likely true. Last year, the EIA reported the switch from coal to gas in electric generation brought CO2 emissions in the U.S. to a 20-year low. New York and other cities are switching from oil to gas to comply with stricter standards. Bus and truck fleets are retooling for savings and compliance. Aging nuclear plants are replaced, megawatt for megawatt, with gas generation. Gas energy lowers emissions. Meanwhile, Germany has gone all-in for renewables. While it gets 9.8 percent of its electric generation from wind and 6.3 percent from solar, 46 percent still comes from coal. The renewables are supported by massive subsidies and market-distorting rules. Somebody pays. German residential electricity sells at 41 cents per KWH. NYSEG sells at 13.6 cents per KWH, onethird Germany’s rate.
Do renewables guarantee cleaner air? No! Last year German emissions increased. Prioritized renewables must be backed up by coal. Here’s the deal. We need warmth, cooked food, cheap/scaleable energy, transportation, and the chemical feedstock for modern life. Renewables? Interesting potential but problems of storage, intermittency, and cost are decades from solution. Gas is the cheapest, most dependable, least problematical current energy source. Final caveat: While Mr. Hovis of Cooperstown and (some) Germans might be willing to pay more for their renewable nirvana, the Third World can’t and won‘t. These emerging peoples WILL have energy, whether we think it’s good for them or not. They will use computers, buy cars, use washing machines. Renewables cost too much. Coal pollutes. Like it or not, gas is the transition to the future. DICK DOWNEY Otego Member, Unatego Landowners Association
Why Should Citizens Pay To Get Our Money Back? To the Editor: I see the senator responded to my letter, missing the point and not addressing my question. He went on with government rhetoric about the program. He was probably afraid I would discourage you from checking. Do not let me discourage you from checking into this program. I am only sharing my experience and telling you to proceed with caution. It’s silly if we have to spend more money to the government than what we will get back. To get the money we have to buy forms from the government. Then we take these forms to another agency of the government. We again have to pay taxes to support this government agency. If we need these forms for anything else we’re going to have to buy another set of forms because we can’t get back the first set of forms that we paid for. If the government was acting in our best interest the one department would call the other department and ask, “do you have this form” “yes” and then they would
check a box. They forget they are public servants, they work for us, they are suppose to make our lives better, not make it more expensive for us to live. Then you should stop and ask yourself why did the government set up this program in the fist place? We have to pay for this government agency to hand out money to us that is ours to begin with. If the government had any concern for the people they represent then the government would have passed a law to make the corporations and companies that are holding this money to be responsible for returning it to its rightful owner. You wonder why government cost so much; well here is one example of a simple issue that was turned into money grabbing game for the government. And of letting corporations be irresponsible while we the people have to pay yet again. That is what I was trying to say, Senitor. R. SCOTT DUNCAN Hartwick Forest
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
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200 YEARS AGO
Fire – On Thursday morning last, at about 3 o’clock, the Distillery near Shankland’s Mills, owned by Mr. William Cook, which was just got into operation, was consumed by fire. His loss is estimated at about 1,000 dollars. Our villagers were again alarmed by the cry of fire, about 11 o’clock last evening, which proved to be in the shop of Jonah Foster, cooper, which was wholly consumed, but by the usual exertions of the citizens, the adjoining building was saved. January 26, 1815
recall other libraries in the history of the village. For several years a public reading room and library was maintained in what is now the Chase Block. This was during the latter part of the 19th century. Among its supporters was the late Mrs. Lucinda Wells, philanthropist. One of the librarians was the late Rufus Potter. The library was finally dissolved and the books sent to a southern school. Another library was sponsored by the Baptist Sunday School in 1930-1931. Miss Pearl Weeks was librarian. January 31, 1940
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175 YEARS AGO
Excerpts from a speech by U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton from Missouri, an ardent proponent of the Doctrine of Manifest Destiny, regarding the Indian wars in Florida, given in support of a bill to direct the raising of an army of one thousand men to protect settlers in Florida: “Armed occupation is the only way of settling a conquered country; it is the way which has been followed in all ages, and in all countries, from the time that the children of Israel entered the promised land with the implements of husbandry in one hand, and the weapons of war in the other. From that day to this, all conquered countries had been settled in that way. The peninsula of Florida is now prepared for settlement. The enemy has been driven out of the field; but, dispersed and solitary, commits individual murders and massacres. We owe assistance and protection to these people from humanity and compassion. They are White people and Christians. They are of our own race. They have suffered every extremity and every horror known to Indian warfare. The mother and the babe, the father and his children, the husband and his wife, the slave and his master, all, all, have been doomed to one undistinguished massacre. ” January 27, 1840
125 YEARS AGO
Dr. Charles A. Ashley, associate pathologist at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, was the speaker at the regular weekly luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club at the Hotel Otesaga on Tuesday. Dr. Ashley and Dr. Theodore Peters, Jr., research biochemist at Bassett, showed slides which illustrated the microscope’s capabilities with micrographs of specimens photographed through the instrument. The electron microscope employs a January 27, 1915 stream of electrons in place of a beam of light as used in conventional microscopes. January 27, 1965
It is a sad task to record the death of one of the oldest and best known merchants of this village, Mr. William E. Cory, though that event had been apprehended for some time past. It occurred on Wednesday morning of this week in the 63rd year of his age after an illness, more or less severe or threatening, of several years. It has been a constant battle, which Mr. Cory fought out bravely, cheerfully, hopefully to the end. As long and often as it was possible for him to do so he came down to his store. We believe the last time he was out was on Election Day in November. Mr. Cory was clerk to his father and uncle, as he had been from his boyhood, and afterwards succeeded them in business. Mr. Cory leaves a widow and four children. January 31, 1890
150 YEARS AGO
Will the South arm their slaves? This is a question which has been very fully discussed North and South, during the past two months. At the South the proposition has met with more opposition than favor, so far as we can judge from the tone of their papers and the speeches in the rebel Congress. The expediency of the movement has been seriously questioned; and we are inclined to think that the idea of a general arming of slaves has been abandoned. If the arming of the slaves is ever to be resorted to, it ought to be done now; and the fact that it is not being done seems to prove pretty clearly that the idea is not seriously entertained by Confederate leaders. January 27, 1865
75 YEARS AGO
Trustees of the new Hartwick Village library organization met last week with Miss Moshier of the State Education Department at the Hartwick National Bank to formulate plans for opening a library. The trustees elected at the Parent Teachers association were Mrs. Jessie Woleben, Dr. A. Franco, Don Perrine, Mrs. James Byard, Jr., Orlo G. Burch, Dr. G.F. Schoolcraft, and H.D. Bilderbeck. Residents can
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The Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, a group of veteran jazz musicians, will perform Friday, February 2, at 8 p.m. in Cooperstown’s Sterling Auditorium. The band, which previously appeared in Cooperstown in 1979 and 1983, is the third offering in the 20th Anniversary Encore Season of the Cooperstown Concert Series. January 31, 1990
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Dedicated students in area schools have already raised $4662 to help aid survivors of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Southeast Asia and eastern Africa in late December. At Milford Central School, a week-log series of efforts garnered $2,600 to help the people of Sri Lanka, shattering their $1,000 goal. The funds will be donated to Citihope, an international humanitarian relief organization based in Andes. School officials expressed their pride in the students’ efforts. January 28, 2005
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Judge Burns: Not All, But Some Of SAFE Act Should Be Preserved JUDGE/From A4 of causing themselves or another serious harm. This is a very high standard, and reflects the constitutional magnitude of a person’s right of liberty. Arguably, a person’s right to possession a deadly weapon is not of that magnitude. So other mental health providers use a lesser standard, that being whether there is a simple risk of harm (one individual reportedly had his firearms seized after seeing a doctor for insomnia). The discussion about the proper standard to apply, however, Please See JUDGE, A6 should not be taking place in hospitals and mental health facilities, but rather in the state Legislature. Unfortunately, this issue is in danger of being ignored as legislators focus on other provisions which are widely unpopular in
significant portions of the state, and which from an objective, informed viewpoint, do nothing to promote public safety. For example, the original SAFE Act prevented hand-gun owners from owning or using magazines (the part of the hand gun that holds ammunition) that hold more than 7 bullets. Only after the law was passed did it become obvious to its sponsors that this provision was impossible to comply with because 7 bullet magazines were simply not manufactured. As a result, the law was amended to provide that the owner could still possess and use a larger magazine, but could only put seven bullets in it. To believe that this promotes public safety, one must accept the somewhat absurd contention that a person contemplating committing the greater crime of multiple murders will be
Chamber Board Affirms Hazzard HAZZARD/From A1 organizations, developing new community events, and serving as a vocal advocate on behalf of Chamber members, according to board president Ken Meifert, a Hall of Fame VP. Hazzard “has shown strong leadership and vision for our community,” said Meifert. His counterpart at the Otsego County Chamber, President/CEO Barbara Ann Heegan, congratulated Hazzard and said, “We anticipate continuing the collaboratively working relationship we’ve already started.” Hazzard becomes the fifth chamber executive in a decade, after Polly
Renckens, John Bullis, Susan O’Handley and, most recently, Pat Szarpa. Since taking on the interim title, Hazzard helped Brewery Ommegang launch the first Cooperstown Field Day, the replacement for Pumpkinfest. He organized the inaugural Rockin’ Around Cooperstown Ugly Sweater Run/Walk with the Clark Sports Center. He is currently leading the Cooperstown Chamber’s participation in the “Twenty Under Forty” initiative, in collaboration with the Otsego County Chamber and The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta newspapers.
deterred by a prohibition on committing the lesser crime of having 10 bullets in the magazine instead of seven. Really? Finally, the SAFE Act omitted a vital provision dealing with the process of obtaining a handgun license. Currently, the applicant need only pass a thorough background check (which includes fingerprinting, criminal history checks, providing personal references, and an inquiry into any past mental health issues or treatment). It does not, however, require the applicant to demonstrate any knowledge of how to safely use or store the weapon. This would be like handing out a driver’s license to anyone who passes a background check, and not requiring that they pass a driving test. It would seem appropriate to require an applicant to take a safety course from a certified
handgun training officer, and to actually demonstrate, at a firing range, that they can safely use the weapon before they obtain a license to own and carry a handgun. Given the significant number of accidental deaths caused by weapons stored unsafely, standards should be set to prevent children from gaining access to loaded guns. Even national gun rights advocacy groups, such as the National Rifle Association, support the concept of requiring training on the safe use and storage of firearms. In short, there are provisions of the SAFE Act, that will not deter crime or promote public safety and it is not unreasonable for people to advocate for their repeal. There are other provisions, however, particularly those dealing with mental health issues, that serve an important role in protecting the
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REVAL/From A1 cause of sales,” adding, “The upper end has gone up since the last reval. The lowest end has gone down.” Keck is available weekdays at 22 Main to answer questions property owners may have. A Board of Grievance will be convened Tuesday, Feb. 17, to address any disagreements not resolved by then. Since the reval notices began arriving, people have been approaching Mayor Jeff Katz with concerns. Just because your assessment went up, it doesn’t mean your taxes will go up, he is telling them. Still, in cases where values have risen or dropped
compared to the village’s total assessed valuations, taxes may follow. For instance: • “Lakeview” properties like Lakeland Shores, as opposed to lake-front properties, were over-assessed last time, judging from home sales, Katz said. That means their values may drop more than most, and lower taxes will follow. • On Linden Avenue, now heavily travelled since the Blue Lot and arterial opened in 2012, property values have dropped, Keck said. He created a new “neighborhood” – an area with like properties – for that reason, and it includes the northeast corner of Walnut and Chestnut streets, which back up on the Price Chopper parking lot. Taxes are likely to drop. • In the Town of Otsego, owners of property along Otsego Lake’s west shore are likely to see significant reductions in valuations and lower taxes, according to the town’s assessor. Several lawsuits brought by camp owners were successful in lowering their assessments and taxes, according to Town Supervisor Anne Geddes-Atwell. The good news for most residents is that middlerange properties have been selling under assessment, suggesting taxes on those properties will dip.
public and should not be done away with. Rather, they should be clarified or strengthened. The SAFE Act could be further amended to include additional provisions that at minimal expense would promote safe gun ownership, and inure to the benefit of the
community at large. The SAFE Act is not perfect, but few things in dealing with human affairs are, and it would be a mistake to repeal it in its entirety instead of amending it to more effectively accomplish its goal – the safety of the public.
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Resolving 3 M’s, Quelling Revolt, Chairman Clark Looks To Future year, not answering phone CHAIR/From A1 calls or returning messages. Management Authority, She was replaced by Rick begun two decades before with all good intentions but Hulse, R-Otego, who Clark sees as a rising star and lately uncompetitive. That was dissolved in April, with reappointed to chair the Special Committee on GovCasella Waste Systems, ernment Efficiency. Oneonta, taking over local • Kay Stuligross, Dtrash disposal. The third M is microwave Oneonta, chaired the county Health Facilities Corp. towers, and eight of them created to sell The Manor. will be installed this year. But that “sunsetted” when Transition to the $8 million the task was completed. state-of-the-art emergency Even though Stuligross communications system was among those seeking to link the county’s 23 fire to topple Clark, she was departments is expected to appointed to be complete the powerful in 2016. AdministraClark, the tion CommitOtego Retee, (which publican who continues to completes be chaired by her fourth Ed Frazier, two-year term R-Unadilla, a this year, restaunch Clark viewed progsupporter ress to date during the in a two-hour recent board interview turmoil.) following an • Clark said unsuccessshe believes ful effort by Jim Powers, Kathy Clark, R-Otego committee chairs should R-Butternuts, rotate out and rebellious Democrats to deny her every three years, to allow other board members to a fourth one-year term as gain experience and to bring county board chair. in fresh perspectives. UnNot asking to comment der that approach, the key off the record even once, plotters - Powers and Linda she traced progress to date, looked ahead, and expressed Rowinski, D-Oneonta, who chaired Public Affairs and her concern that shifts in Solid Waste respectively committee chairmanships -- would have lost their after the unsuccessful coup were considered by some to chairmanships anyhow. Don Lindberg, R-Worcester, be “retributive.” a Clark ally in the recent Not so, she said, and she fight, and Beth Rosenthal, went into detail: D-Roseboom, who declined • The former chair of the to back Powers, succeeded Intergovernmental Affairs them. Committee, Betty Anne However, Clark said, she Schwerd, R-Edmeston, was further dissatisfied with who, struggling with legal Powers on several issues: problems and a death of a His sometimes angry sparson, disappeared at mid-
ring with county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. over 911 policies; tardiness in launching the job search after Public Defender Otto Rothenberg announced his retirement last summer, and the slowness to resolve issues surrounding microwaves -- what to do about pagers for individual firefighters, for instance. By contrast, she characterized Lindberg’s attitude as: “This is what we’ve got to do, so we’ve got to do it.” Looking ahead, Clark
sketched out issues still to be tackled, foremost economic development, with the county board still reluctant to sign on to the “single point of contact” concept a year after the county Industrial Development Authority recruited Sandy Mathes, the former Greene County economic developer, for that purpose. Clark said there were “some frayed feelings” after the IDA, via the late Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller and Mathes, asked for a
$250,000 annual county contribution. Some people considered that excessive, she said. (Eventually, the county offered $30,000, which the IDA declined.) At issue now is “sub-recipient agreements” associated with recently received CFA grants, such as the one to develop a marketing plan for the D&H railyards in Oneonta. The county board has to agree to pass-through such grants, and there is some disagreement about how often the IDA must
report back progress to the board. “When you privatize things,” she observed, “you lose some of that control.” Raised on Long Island, Kathy Clark first came to Otsego County to attend SUNY Oneonta, where she studied dietetic administration. She return to SUNY a few years after graduating and rose to director of residential dining services by the time she retired in 2000. She and husband Bob have three grown children.
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Nomination Form RequiRements — nominees must be employed and have lived and worked in Otsego County for at least 2 years. — nominees must be under 40 years of age as of march 1, 2015. — nominees must have some community involvement. Community involvement will be strongly considered. nominees who hold political office will not be considered solely on the basis of political achievements. Professionals in business and non-profit sectors are eligible. individuals are also encouraged to nominate themselves. Nominations must be received by February 6, 2015. NomiNee Name: ______________________________________ __________________________________________ First
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MLS#96011 $395,000 10 Minutes to Cooperstown! New in 2007, 3+ acres, 4 BRs, 3½ baths, finished basement, radiant heat, AC. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 Virtual tour: www.leatherstockinghomes.com
MLS#94896 $89,500 One-Floor Ranch! In Village of Richfield on 1+ acre, this home has large oversized garage w/walk-up second floor. Walk to school, Bassett Medical, shops. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520 6512 Virtual tour: www.rodshousetour3.com
MLS#95638 $167,500 Otego 3-Family Home on 2.17-acre village lot. Has a country feel. Nice views! Live in one unit as the current owners do, or rent all 3. Off-street parking. Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)
MLS#97327 $99,000 Money-Making Potential or owner-occupied. Updates include new roof and vinyl replacement windows. Don’t miss out! Call Leanne McCormack @ 607-287-8965 (cell)
MLS#96658 $279,900 Move-in condition, log-sided, 3-BR, 2-bath home is just outside of Oneonta. LR w/cathedral ceilings and woodstove opens to front deck. Spacious kitchen. Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
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MLS#98120 Attention Investors! 34+ acre, 5-lot approved Spacious 4 BR, 2 bath house is closeacres to I-88. Largeland! subdivision is adjacent to 1000+ of State backyard, workshop/garage, shed. Make your Surveyed. Hartwick. Woodedsmall and loaded w/deer! appointment today. Priced to go this week! Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.RealEstateShows.com/708598
MLS#95484 $64,000 Affordable and Solid Home in Morris! This 3 BR home is priced to sell. Spectacular wood floors. Call or text Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
MLS#98104 $99,900 3-BR, 3-bath home on 2+ acres offers master BR w/ walk-in closet, 2 LRs w/wood-burning FPs, kitchen w/island, DR w/bar area. 2 decks, 2 outbuildings. Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
MLS#97402 $299,500 Cooperstown Area Farm Liquidation! Rushing trout stream, 138 wooded and open acres w/wildlife and views. Unbelievable price! Selling below market! Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell) Virtual tour: www.cooperstownland.com
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MLS#98159 $28,000 6 Acres Chenango County Prime building site. Driveway is in, and land gently slopes up w/amazing views. Nice mix of open and wooded land. Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)
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MLS#89932 $59,900 Country living! 2 BR, 1 bath quaint cottage on ¾ of an acre. New roof, new kitchen. Call Gabriella Vasta @ 607-267-1792 (cell)
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MLS#97488 $150,000 Guilford Grand and Glorious Victorian Impeccably maintained home has 3 floors, 4-5 BRs, 2 baths, LR w/ woodstove, foyer w/FP, DR, FR , kitchen w/breakfast nook, laundry room. Very close to Guilford Lake. Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)
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MLS#97561 $99,500 1873 Classic in Richfield features sunroom, 4 BRs, DR, eat-in kitchen, family room, large backyard, garage. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520 6512 Virtual tour: www.rodshousetour.com
MLS#98132 $139,000 4-BR, 2-bath West Oneonta home on .40 acre. Updates include new roof, insulation, tankless HW heater, furnace, well pump, baths. Home warranty. Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)
MLS#93247 $110,000 Income Property in Oneonta This excellent location Cooperstown Villagetohome. SellerCollege pays closing costs (up is walking distance Hartwick and SUCO. to offer). Call$3,000 or textw/acceptable Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
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MLS#96562 $479,900 Welcome Home! Stunning remodeled 4-BR, 2½ bath home on 150+ acres. Complete home renovation! Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell) Virtual tour: www.kristioughhomes.com.
Close to Greater Plains Elementary! New vinyl siding and windows installed in 2006. Updated kitchen with stainless steel appliances and ceramic tile flooring. Bathroom updated with tile flooring. Bright and spacious Living room and dining room. Hardwood floors in the dining room and Bedrooms. Nice front porch, garage and patio area with paved driveway. $129,900 MLS#96258
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MLS#93004 $224,900 Selling Under Value! 25-acre horse farm w/large Morton barn in Morris. 3-BR, 2-bath ranch, pastures. Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell) Virtual tour: www.morrishorsefarm.com
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