Opinion

The appointment of friends and associates to positions of authority, without proper regard to their qualifications. Then there is the old saying “It’s not what you know, but who you know.” There are many that have issues with these types of appointments within government jobs.

Oswego Harbor Festivals, Inc., would like to thank all those who participated in our blood drive for the American Red Cross along with the donations for Human Concerns. We considered it a success, so look for us again next year. We also want to thank LaParrilla’s Grill & Wine Bar for its gift certificate donation.

Political payoffs take on different faces. This one is the face that promises future benefits during a hiring process by some elected officials. During the hiring of the Director of the Oswego County Land Bank (A private non-profit formed in 2015) the promise of a state retirement package was promised to the candidate if they accepted the position.

Thank you to those that have stopped by Save-a-Lot and donated to the food drive taking place. This food will be divided to go towards two programs. The first is Catholic Charities in order to have enough food on hand to get them through some of the rough points this winter. The second organization that will get items is the Meals on Wheels program.

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.