By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
COOPERSTOWN – After last month’s hour-long fiery debate at the county board meeting over resolutions expressing contrary views on the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, both resolutions went through routinely at today’s meeting as part of the consent agenda.
Well, almost.
County Rep. Rick Brockway, on Zoom from his West Laurens home, answered a question his wife was relaying to him from a caller.
“We didn’t pull either of them,” replied Brockway. “They didn’t pull theirs, so we didn’t pull ours.”
“Rick, you’re not on mute,” one of his fellow Zoom meeting participants called out.
By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
Meg Kennedy
COOPERSTOWN – Both Late Resolution G and Late Resolution H may become the position of the county Board of Representatives.
But H, the Democratic resolution, which decried the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, but didn’t mention summer-long riots in U.S. cities, currently has a better chance of becoming board policy.
Meg Kennedy, who is the county board’s sole Conservative Party member, representing Hartwick, Milford and New Lisbon, voted for both resolutions at the Feb. 3 county board meeting, and could be the deciding vote when the board next meets March 3.
Editor’s Note: For an hour at its monthly meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 3, the Otsego County Board of Representatives debated two resolutions: H, condemning the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. And G, condemning both the attack on the Capitol and summer-long riots that followed George Floyd’s death.
RESOLUTION NO. G
RESOLUTION: CONDEMNING VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND REAFFIRMING THE BOARD’S COMMITMENT TO THE RULE OF LAW, FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, AND THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER
Introduced by Republican Reps. Ed Frazier, Dan Wilber
Reps. Dan Wilber, left, and Ed Frazier.
WHEREAS, on January 6, 2021, pursuant to the 12th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, the House of Representatives, and the Senate met at the United States Capitol for a Joint Session of Congress to count the votes of the Electoral College; and