Opinion

Marionette: A small figure of a person operated from above with strings from a puppeteer. What we will have with the next appointment being made by the County Legislative majority caucus? In the past few weeks a very fine gentleman has stepped down from the board of the county’s IDA.

The Corps officers, Captain Heather Odom and Lieutenant Alberta Rakestraw, and members of the advisory board of the Oswego County Salvation Army offer their sincere thanks to several Oswego restaurateurs, members of Zonta and the Oswego Lions Club, and members of the public for their generous support of the Guest Chef Dinners of 2018.

Remediation – the Act of correcting an error, fault or evil! An error is missing a grounder in baseball, or dropping a fly ball. If done in the championship game, you won’t be around next year. That is the act of correcting an error and those at fault are dealt with.

Most states use appointment commissions or nonpartisan elections to select judges. New York’s system risks the same politicization of the bench that we see at the national level. Luckily, voters in the Fifth Judicial District, which includes Oswego, will get a breath of fresh air when they look at their ballots this year: a judicial candidate with support from across the political spectrum.

Apex Clean Energy is distributing a postcard in New York posing the question: “Do Wind Turbines Really Kill Birds?” Unfortunately, there is no doubt: They do.

When it comes to being connected to their community, few elected officials compare to Will Barclay. Having known Will for many years and witnessing his work firsthand, I am proud to endorse, campaign for, and support Assemblyman Barclay in his bid for re-election.

Assemblyman Barclay has cost the taxpayers of the 120th Assembly District $1,552,000 over the past 16 years ($97,000 a year —base salary + expenses could be higher). During his time in office he has organized 1 pep rally to save a nuke plant. I’m sure that we could have obtained a private group to do the same for a lot less.

I want to encourage people to support Will Barclay for Assembly in this upcoming election. Will is a great representative. Every time I have talked to him or his staff, I have found that my issues are addressed an am reminded again that he is fighting for this area.

We the people choose our State Supreme Court justices by voting for the person or persons we feel best represent the values we feel a Supreme Court justice should have. On November 6, you will find the name of Scott DelConte on three party lines, Conservative, Independence and Democratic.