The village is top
priority for Katz
I met Jeff when he knocked
on our door when first running
for Trustee. Since then,
I have appeared before him
as a Trustee regarding various
Village projects multiple
times. I have worked with him
specifically on my volunteer
duties for the Village while
he has been Deputy Mayor.
I have also worked with him
on volunteer projects for the
Cooperstown Rotary Club. It
is very clear that the Village is
his first priority, with a desire
to be fair with everyone. I truly
believe he will make a fine
Mayor.
Carl Good
Cooperstown
Thanks for support
Our first Annual TREP$
Marketplace was a success! I
couldn’t believe my eyes! The
students displayed their products
and services in creative
and unique ways _ well done
young TREP$! We overhead
so many positive comments
around the room and were
encouraged by the support
and encouragement from the
parents and community.
I want to give a special
thank you to Mrs. Rebecca
Stone, Workshop Facilitator,
Erika Idelson and Kathleen
Gozigian, Publicity Chairpersons,
Annmarie Bascio & Martha
Heneghan, Marketplace
Coordinators. This innovative
program could not have been
implemented without their
hard work and dedication. I
thank them for believing in
the TREP$ program and in our
students.
Also, I would like to thank
our sponsors that allowed us
to purchase the program and
all related materials: Otsego
Economic Development, Farm
Credit East, Rotary Club of
Cooperstown, Lions Club of
Cooperstown, Leatherstocking
Credit Union, Bank of
Cooperstown, Cooperstown
Foundation for Excellence
in Education (CFEE), NYSHA,
and the National Baseball
Hall of Fame and a generous
anonymous donor. Thank you
also to the Cooperstown PTO,
the Cooperstown Board of
Education, Mike Cring , Mary
Jo McPhail, Carol Waller, Mark
LaValley, Bennett and the
custodial staff of the Cooperstown
Middle/High School.
Thank you to our business
mentors that helped guide
our students: Marcy Birch _
Barnyard Swing, Alma Curtis
_ Cooperstown Performing
Arts, Raymond Holohan _ CPA,
Wendy Wright _ co-owner
Go Figures Fitness Center,á
Donna Borgstrom _ Attorney,
Renee LaFond _ BlueSky & Little
Bo’Tique, Peter Deysenroth
_ Connell, Dow, Deysenroth,
Funeral Home, Angie Erway
_ SEFCU, Donna Shipman _
NBT Bank, Yvette Dimaggio _
Dimaggio’s Cooperstown Hot
Dogs, Bruno Talevi _ retired
accountant.
Lastly, I would like to thank
our local newspapers, The
Freeman’s Journal, The Daily
Star and the Cooperstown
Crier for their comprehensive
coverage of our workshops
and Marketplace.
We look forward to bringing
this program to the middle
school again next year and to
our new and returning TREP$
students. We also encourage
you to contact us with any
questions, comments or suggestions.
Carina Franck
TREP$ Chairperson
Support Joe Booan
for mayor
Joe Booan, a fourth generation
Cooperstown native with
longtime family ties, returned
to his roots several years ago.
His passion for our community
and its citizens is clear, as
evidenced by his volunteerism
and involvement in the
community.
Joe’s professional and administrative
savvy stand him
in good stead. He is perceptive
and effective and deserves
recognition for his work
while serving as a Trustee. His
skills and vision provide the
leadership necessary to help
address the challenges facing
the Village.
He is committed to the work
it will take to ``preserve tradition
while ensuring financial
stability.’’ He is aware of the
need to examine the potential
to pursue sustained economic
growth and development as
alternatives for the already
tax-burdened residents of
the Village _ without shifting
unacceptable burdens on our
future generation.
Joe is willing to give service
to the Village and its citizens.
His desire to serve is to work
to find solutions to the problems
we face that will benefit
the community. He has served
us well with his loyalty, professionalism,
work ethic, knowledge
about the Village and its
citizens, and his commitment
to help address the challenges
facing the Village.
Please support Joe Booan
for Mayor of Cooperstown.
Madalyn Cimino
Cooperstown
Joe Booan is the
right choice
Although we reside in Fly
Creek, and cannot vote in
the upcoming Mayoral election,
we would like to show
our support and share our
observations of candidate Joe
Booan. Joe is uniquely qualified,
and without question,
the right person to serve as
the next mayor.
In his professional role as
principal at OAOC BOCES, Joe
is responsible for over 100
faculty and staff members and
450 students. He oversees two
locations and yearly budgets
exceeding $5 million. He
works routinely with students,
parents, administrators, community
groups, and agencies
at the local, state and
federal level such as; OSHA,
the Department of Transportation,
NYS Police, the Otsego
County Sheriff’s Department,
the Department of Environmental
Conservations, as well
as numerous area school districts,
including Cooperstown
Central School. His contacts
within these organizations will
be an invaluable resource for
the village.
Joe is dedicated to the
youth of this community. He
spends countless hours volunteering
with Cooperstown
youth sports programs. He
continually serves as a mentor
and role model. We are confident
that as mayor, Joe will
make decisions that are not
only right for the community,
but also for the future of our
children.
Joe is a third generation
Cooperstonian. As a native,
he has a unique perspective
which will be beneficial when
facing tough and controversial
decisions. He Joe has the
training and the experience
for this multi-faceted position.
Joe is a problem solver
and will serve Cooperstown
residents well. He is positive,
organized, hard working, dedicated,
resourceful, budget
minded and goal oriented.
Joe Booan is the right choice
for Mayor of Cooperstown.
Christopher and Dawn Hage
Fly Creek
We need experience,
availability
Cooperstown is a very
beautiful village and a wonderful
place to live. Because
of its unique history and its
importance to the health and
financial success of Otsego
County and the surrounding
areas of Central New York,
Cooperstown has government
challenges far greater than
typical given the modest size
of the population.
We believe it is critical at
this time to support the candidate
with proven experience
as a leader as well as round
the clock availability. Jeff Katz
has served for five years as
trustee and two of those as
deputy mayor.
He understands the needs
the village is facing for
improving an aging infrastructure
and is willing to consider
options to gain a fairer share
of resources made on the
popularity of Cooperstown as
a destination.
He supports the potential
of the village to become a city
to keep our taxes local. He has
fought for 24/7 police coverage
and brought additional
funds to the fire department.
He has worked with the Parks
Board and Friends of the Parks
to improve the community
and financially support the
future through the Parks
Reserve. He has protected
taxpayer interests in insuring
fair reimbursement for village
resources.
As Chair of Doubleday he
encouraged higher use fees
producing more dollars that
otherwise would have been
needed from taxes.
Likewise he was an early
proponent of paid parking to
claim a fair share of tourism
dollars. The 2009 receipts
from Doubleday field parking
produced the equivalent to a
6.7 percent tax increase.
We are very impressed with
the support Jeff has garnered
from both Democrats and Republicans.
This is not politics
as usual and speaks to Cooperstown
being a village of
involved and caring people.
On March 16 please support
our future by voting for Jeff
Katz _ the candidate with the
experience we need.
Sally Graumlich and Tim Campbell
Cooperstown
Katz has a
history of service
British Statesman and philosopher
Edmund Burke once
observed, ``You can never
plan the future by the past.’’
He did however think that the
behavior of an individual and
an understanding of history
helps to predict what we might
expect in the future. Cooperstown
needs people who
understand the past to help us
prepare us for the future. Jeff
Katz has demonstrated the
cool and rational thinking and
the keen observation skills of
things past before reacting to
the present. Jeff has a history
of service of which he can be
proud and we can be glad.
His experience as trustee and
deputy mayor have shown
his unwillingness to go with a
quick or easy fix demanded by
a poorly thought out but loud
and demanding vocal minority.
Like Mayor Waller who appointed
him Deputy, Jeff Katz
has demonstrated a willingness
to make tough decisions
after careful thought and
consideration. He is patient
and deliberative and learns
from the past but is not stuck
in failed ideas and solutions.
The recent confused and
quick changing votes by
some trustees showed that
poorly thought out quick fix
decision-making that Jeff
refused to participate in.
We have two thoughtful,
intelligent candidates for
Mayor to select from in the
Cooperstown election on
March 16. Only one of them
is qualified. Only one of them
has demonstrated the careful
deliberation necessary to
make tough and sometimes
unpopular decisions. Only
one of them deserves your
vote.
The only thing necessary
for the triumph of mediocrity
in Cooperstown is for good
people to not vote for Jeff
Katz. Oh, and when you cast
your vote for trustee, be sure
to vote for those who will
support Jeff.
Henry J. Nicols
Cooperstown
Booan is best choice
Fortunately, we have been
given the choice for mayor in
the March 16 village election.
Joe Booan will be an excellent
mayor because what
everyone needs and wants
is financial responsibility
and accountability. Joe will
provide both.
It is also fortunate that
both Joe Booan and Alton
Dunn have some engineering
experience, which the village
lacks. Currently, the DPW acts
as the engineering “expert.”
We will definitely need their
expertise in the near future
to guide the village board on
infrastructure repairs.
Theses are difficult times
that require down-to-earth
common sense decisions. I
feel that Joe Booan, Altom
Dunn, Doug Walker and
Michael Molloy for justice
represent the values that
made Cooperstown a wonderful,
safe and affordable
place to live.
As for the criticism that Joe
will not be able to dedicate
enough time because of his
job, I thought it was the quality
of the time spent and not
the quantity that was most
important.
Lee Malone
Cooperstown
Katz has earned the
right to be mayor
I know and like Joe Booan,
and he obviously has done
well in his BOCES administrative
job. But, I was a school
building administrator for 18
years, in both large and small
districts, and I know how time
consuming school administration
is, even overseeing
just one building in a small
district. Joe’s new position
expands his duties and his
territory, and it is hard to see
how he will be available on a
regular, daily basis.
Accessibility requires availability,
and we are fortunate
to have a candidate in Jeff
Katz who spends almost all
his time here in the village.
Equally important is the fact
that Jeff listens. People do
not want input; they want
influence. In his work as a
trustee, Jeff has listened,
watched, weighed the facts,
and then acted. He has
earned the right to be our
next mayor, and we need him
in that position.
David Pearlman
Cooperstown
Katz best man
for the job
I would like to express my
support for Jeff Katz for mayor.
Having worked with Jeff
over the years, I have found
him to be open-minded and
exceedingly committed to
making Cooperstown the
best it can be for residents,
those who work here, and
visitors. In particular, I have
seen Jeff reach out to area
nonprofits to do co-programming
and create partnerships
for the greater good. With so
many fiscal constraints on
the Village, it makes good
financial sense to work with
nonprofits when and where
appropriate.
The hallmark of a good
civic leader is if he or she can
focus on what’s best for the
community as a whole. This
is not always an easy task
and it comes with its share of
ups and downs. It is virtually
impossible to please ever
citizen all the time. However,
on the whole and looking
at his years of service, I have
been impressed with Jeff’s
ability to sort through an issue,
become educated about
a topic, and seek the advice
of constituents and experts,
especially when a complicated
subject is at hand.
Lastly, Jeff has the time and
flexibility to serve as mayor.
While the position remains
a part-time job, the demands and
hours worked are
clearly more substantial
that a few hours here and
there. Just ask Carol Waller!
Depending upon how you
see it, it can be an incredibly
rewarding experience or a
thankless job _ maybe both.
It will take a nimble, creative,
and intelligent person to take
Carol’s place. Jeff has the skills
and time to do the job and
do it well. He will also know
how to juggle the countless
tasks and obstacles along the
way. The people of Cooperstown
will be well-served by
a Mayor Katz.
Martha H. Frey
Cooperstown
Jeff, you
have my vote
Cooperstown is fortunate
to have a talented young
man in Jeff Katz to run for
Mayor.
In these pressing economic
times, it’s good to know that
a smart and dedicated person
like Jeff is willing to take on
the responsibility of doing
a very difficult job (for little
personal economic incentive)
and working with a village
budget that clearly cannot
meet all the pressing village
needs. Good luck Jeff, you
have my vote.
Angus Mackie
Cooperstown
Katz for mayor
While serving as the trustee
in 1997, I was appointed village
administrator, following
the departure of the previous
administrator. I left that
position in 1999 for health
reasons, and having a better
understanding of the needs
of the village, proposed
two possible options to the
board for management of the
village. One plan was to hire
a full-time administrator or
secondly, to have the mayor,
trustees and the village staff
assume the administrative
responsibility for all aspects
of village management and
control. The later course was
chosen. Ten years later, what
was necessary then is still
true today.
Appropriate management
of the village requires mayoral
leadership by a person who
is able and willing to devote
significant time and has “upclose
and personal” knowledge
of what the position
demands. It is my belief that
Jeff Katz has proven to have
these qualifications.
I will not itemize Jeff’s accomplishments.
This has been
stated in many other letters to
the editor. I will simply say that
in all my contacts with him regarding
village matters, I have
found Jeff to be dedicated to
the village and knowledgeable
on the issues facing its
residents. He is receptive and
any ideas/suggestions which
could improve our community.
Most of all he is able to
devote the necessary time to
be a full-time mayor.
In the ever-increasing complexity
of our society, which
affects even our small upstate
New York village, there are no
simple solutions to all issues,
nor does any one individual
possess all the answers. I do
believe, however, that Jeff will
listen to the village citizens
and, with integrity, evaluate
the available information and
will strive to make the necessary
decisions to preserve the
spirit and well-being of our
village.
I fully support Jeff Katz
for mayor of the village of
Cooperstown.
Giles E. Russell
Cooperstown
