As regular readers of this website will no doubt remember, Tom Murray -- Cobleskill's N-bomb-dropping, national-news-making town supervisor -- has been facing some righteous citizen outrage lately. Much of it is coming from a group calling itself ACCORD (A Community Committee On Respect and Diversity).
Last week, ACCORD member Sue Spivack got permission to speak at the county supervisors' meeting, which was held last Friday. But on Thursday, the Schoharie Times Journal reports, the board of supervisors changed its collective mind:
In a quiet but heated exchange with County and Town of Cobleskill Attorney Mike West in the lobby, Ms. Spivack argued ACCORD’s right to stand with county mayors, the Chamber of Commerce, and Assemblyman Pete Lopez, all of whom have spoken out against the racist remarks.
“It has nothing to do with the county,” Mr. West said, suggesting an alternative might be to refer it to a county committee.
“It’s not a county issue. The county doesn’t need to address it.”
The weekly Times Journal has been doing a bang-up job reporting the ongoing Cobleskill racism controversy, and continues to follow the town's most divisive news story doggedly, long after the out-of-town reporters have packed up their parachutes and gone home. Let the record state that we are impressed. And this bit really ought to win some sort of award for exemplifying the kind of dry humor Papers of Record the world over live to publish:
However, others pointed out that in the past, speakers have been allowed to address topics like alien space craft and carburetors that run on water—neither of which were being considered by supervisors.
