Otsego County, New York, wrestles with the economic difficulty of operating a long-term care facility, the operation of which could have been more easily supported had the Town of Middlefield not scuttled natural gas development plans that might have supplied the facility.

The continuing discussion about the outcome for the Otsego Manor, our county long-term care facility near Cooperstown, New York, reveals what is a losing situation for all involved. The Manor should never have been built in the first place. The debt load it places on our county is not sustainable now or in the future. There is no other solution at the present time other than to sell and cooperatively work with the new owners. Unfortunately, it also represents an Otsego County opportunity lost.

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