Soccer team
is grateful
The 2009 Class C champion
Cooperstown boys varsity
soccer team would like
to thank all those loyal fans
who supported us this
year.
We appreciate all those
who followed us through
our season. We are very
grateful for your support at
our matches during sectional
play.
Sometimes, the weather
was less than favorable but
you were there to cheer us
on.
Knowing so many cared
was like having an extra
player. The shouts, cheers
and applause were always
positively felt.
Our championship is not
just a team award, it is a
community award — Many
Thanks!
Head coach Frank Miosek
and the Cooperstown
boys varsity soccer team
Mayor: enjoy
grandchildren
I have, on occasion,
stopped in the Cooperstown
mayor’s place of business to
offer an opinion on one village
matter or another and
often to give her thanks on
a position she has taken.
I didn’t do it often
enough! It is difficult to see
someone leave office who
has done such an exemplary
job of representing the
best interest of all of us —
business and residents,
young and old, Democrat
and Republican — with
such a strong measure of
good sense.
I’ve spent my career representing
small businesses
in several capacities, owning
my own small business
and reporting on workings
of local municipalities for a
community newspaper. I
understand that local government,
to be effective,
has to deal with its problems
on the most basic
``mop and shovel’’ level.
She has brought to the
job the ability to cut through
the rhetoric to see where
the debris is the deepest
and has worked to clean up
those situations whatever
they were, while others
around her have often chosen
to add to the piles of
woe.
The job of mayor takes
courage to make the decisions
you feel are right —
courage to go against the
wishes of some of your
friends and neighbors —
the people you see every
day, in your place of business,
at church, at the gym,
walking the dog.
It takes a special kind of
courage for an elected official
to cross the aisle to endorse
the candidate of another
party. Mayor Waller
has exhibited that courage
in her endorsement of Democrat
Jeff Katz to be her
successor.
I will save anyone who is
interested from looking up
my registration; I am a lifetime
Democrat. I look forward
to supporting Mr.
Katz in the coming election.
His sign has a place on my
lawn.
I feel his experience and
tempered responses will
keep balance between business
and residential interests.
I think his tenure will
be guided by the same principles,
as was Mayor
Waller’s.
He is capable, but most
of all, he has shown himself
to be fair and reasoned.
And, he has shown himself
to be worthy of the respect
of Mrs. Waller.
To Mayor Waller: enjoy
those grandchildren — and
enjoy going home after time
spent with them.
Sally R. Eldred
Cooperstown
Thanks for
your support
I am writing to thank
your readers who voted for
my second term as a Town
of Otsego board member,
who allowed me to post a
sign on or near their property,
and who supported
me and wished me well in
this election. I think I have
picked up all my signs at
this point.
If I missed one, please
let me know so I can retrieve
it. I think it shows
respect for the citizens to
remove political signs
promptly after an election.
And I want everyone to
know that no matter what
your beliefs or ideas, I will
do my best to act in your
best interests.
I encourage each of you
to talk with me, express
your thoughts, ask your
questions, to tell me what
you think. I can only represent
you if I know what is
on your mind.
I approach each idea
with my mind open and I
look for and study the facts.
I do not jump to conclusions.
And I realize that an
atmosphere of cordiality is
the only one in which people
can truly speak their
minds.
Anne Geddes-Atwell
Fly Creek
This Democrat
is truly grateful
Now that she has announced
that she will not
seek re-election, Mayor
Waller should be inundated
with well-deserved encomiums
from her fellow residents
for her years of dedicated
service to the village.
As an appreciative resident,
permit me to add my
voice to the chorus. During
her earlier service as a village
trustee, I had occasion
to become directly involved
with the village board as an
original trustee of the
Friends of Doubleday. With
some of my fellow board
members, I appeared several
times before the thenmayor
and trustees to discuss
our organization’s
proposals for the preservation
of Doubleday Field.
Although she did not approve
of some of our proposals,
I found trustee Waller
always to be fair, open minded,
and concerned
with putting the interests
of the village first.
During her tenure as
mayor, I admired the decorum
Mayor Waller exhibited
in chairing public meetings,
especially those
regarding parking and last
spring’s budget hi-jinks.
It was amazing to see
her retain her composure
when confronted witháirrational
and emotional outbursts
from the public and
the sometimes disingenuous
comments and positions
of some of her fellow
board members. Her doing
so evinced a remarkable
ability to suffer fools lightly.
For her years of faithful
service to our village, this
life-long Democrat is truly
grateful.
Godspeed Madame
Mayor.
John A. Rudy
Cooperstown
A selfless and
courageous
endorsement
I want to take this opportunity
to thank our esteemed
Mayor, Carol
Waller, for her many years
of dedicated public service
to our community. Her tireless
leadership and knowledge
have undoubtedly improved
the quality of life of
our Village.
Additionally, with her
selfless and courageous endorsement
of Deputy Mayor
Katz for Mayor, she once
again proves her priorities
are for the good of the Village,
by selecting a candidate
that will continue her
outstanding leadership
qualities. I wish Mayor
Waller the best and success
in whatever future endeavors
she decides to pursue.
Richard D. Abbate
Cooperstown
