Opinion

I wish to ask all Oswego County residents to imagine this scenario: You have just boarded a 757 jet airliner to make a travel trip by air, and the flight attendant announces over the intercom that your pilot for the flight will be Captain Fred Beardsley.

I would like to sincerely thank the many parents, guardians and community members I’ve had the honor of working with the last two years during my tenure as principal at Lanigan Elementary School and recently at Volney Elementary School. Your partnership and support are sincerely appreciated.

I extend my sincerest appreciation to the Ladies League at Cold Springs Golf Course for hosting their fourth Annual Rally For The Cure Golf Tournament Against Breast Cancer. Thanks to their effort the event raised $2,764 that was donated to OCO’s Cancer Services Program Partnership.

We’ve been hearing the word “regime” in the news quite a bit lately and I decided to look it up. I was shocked when I saw the definition because it sounded oddly familiar. Here is what it said: “Authoritarian regime” – a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people.

One of the most important freedoms we enjoy as citizens of this great country is the right to vote. I would like to thank the Republican and Conservative voters of Hannibal for placing their trust in me and choosing me as their candidate in the general election for Town Justice. This year’s primary election had a great turnout.

I want to thank all of the Conservative voters who supported me in the primary election and all of the voters countywide who took the time out of their day to vote. I also want to take the opportunity to clear up some false and misleading information my opponent, Joey Susino, put out about me.

The Fulton City School District has made good attendance a high priority. A key step is letting families know about the critical role they play in getting children to school on time every day. We will positively reinforce students who meet or exceed our attendance goal of being present and on time at least 90% of the time or more or show improvement in their attendance rates.

Kurt Ospelt, the County Highway Superintendent, signs a contract for a sandpit with Jack Beckwith, a former County Legislator, without any of the other County Legislators knowing about it. They got their mining permit from NY DEC. The County then builds a road on Jack Beckwith’s property, which is private property, to get to the sandpit.

On Wednesday 8/21, I was shocked and disgusted to read Fred Beardsley’s public comments in regards to the County Treasurer’s election court case. He said and I quote: “It`s obvious there was an effort to blatantly disregard the rules and laws regarding the filing of petitions.” To say that this is worse than the pot calling the kettle black would be an extreme understatement.