Most of you have read how three State Representatives are going to sponsor a bill to change a law in Oswego County for 5 Oswego County Legislators. New York State is losing jobs, New York State has a heroin epidemic, and Oswego County has a poverty level that is almost the highest in the state. The infrastructure in Oswego County is failing.
What a great weekend for sports in our community. It was the fourth annual rivalry day between the Oswego Buccaneers and the Fulton Red Raiders, which took place at the D. Donald Distin Athletic Complex.
At the April 14 full Legislative meeting I requested Chairman Kevin Gardner have the idea of the formation of a County Wide Fire District be brought up for discussion at the next Public Safety Committee meeting.
Oswego County’s health behavior ranking has improved significantly according to data recently released in the annual National County Health Rankings of 2016 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The County Health Rankings, now in their seventh year, provide a snapshot of the overall health of every county across the United States.
Whatever happened to the repair of Phillips Street and that bridge? Driving on any of the city streets can damage a car as well as probably whiplash to the driver. What happened?
Thursday night (2/18) in the city of Fulton the mayor of Fulton along with the Greater Oswego/Fulton Chamber of Commerce hosted a roundtable meeting about economic development in the city of Fulton. I couldn’t help but notice the absence of anyone from the Oswego County IDA (the nine members of the Industrial Development Agency), any of the seven member Oswego County legislature’s EDP (Economic Development & Planning Committee), or any of the eight members of the Economic Development & Poverty Reduction Task Force.
According to ABC and several other networks, people in Flint, Mich., are charged $864 a year for water-sewer usage. This is double the national average. Last year, Oswego city charged a majority of its residents $888.
There has been some up-roar over my suggestion that it may be time to dissolve the city we all grew up in and love. Here are some of the numbers and facts and opinion.
I’m sure most of you have read or heard on the street about my thoughts about dissolving the city we all love. The choice to do this will not be up to me or to six elected officials at city hall.
I’m sure most of you that read my letters and understand them will remember my letter entitled: New Year but the same old Games. In that letter the majority caucus called a quarterback sneak appointing an interim director of central services giving that person a $5,000 raise.
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