albanyweblog.com
Updated
October 21, 2006
A weblog about the politics and affairs of the old and glorious City of Albany, New York, USA. Articles written and disseminated from Albany's beautiful and historic South End by Daniel Van Riper. If you wish to make a response, have anything to add or would like to make an empty threat, please contact me.
Article Archive - 2008
The Miracle At Eagle Court - The City of Albany takes responsibility for its actions and fixes the damage it caused to lower Morton Avenue, 12/30/08
The Big, Stinking Money Funnel - What Jerry’s Dump, the proposed convention center and the War Against Iraq all have in common, 12/14/08
The Next Mayor Of Albany - The blogger asks a rude question, hoping to find out who wants to run the City, 11/24/08
Trying To Keep It Real - Has our long national nightmare ended with this last presidential election, or can we expect more of the same in a different package?, 11/10/08
Watching The Financial Crisis - Here in the South End, the looming global recession doesn’t look all that bad, 10/27/08
Insane McCain And The South End - The presidential candidate wants the military to kick down our doors and search our homes, 9/28/08
Where The Steck Campaign Ended - At the losing headquarters watching Paul Tonko claim victory after the polls closed, 9/14/08
Glasnost At Hearst? - The ascension of Jay Jochnowitz to the Times Union editorial page may mean a new era of openness and accuracy, or maybe not, 8/24/08
Moss Island And Lock 17 - Our waterways are one of New York’s greatest assets, but they remain mostly unused, neglected and almost forgotten, 08/08/08
Spitting On The Bill Of Rights - Both Michael McNulty and Barack Obama voted against the Fourth Amendment by voting for the unconstitutional FISA bill, 7/27/08
Mastering The Pine Bush Triathlon - Watching The Wife continue her transformation from a sorry weakling into a healthy athlete, 7/20/08
The Right To Bear Arms In Albany - While concerned citizens confront escalating gun violence, irresponsible activist judges undermine gun control legislation and clueless local politicians deny there is any problem at all, 7/7/08
Throwing Money Into The Albany “Landfill” - Reality finally arrives while Jerry Jennings continues to dream of bigger dumps and more revenue
Ending The Freihofer’s Boycott - Despite what Weston did to Troy, The Wife ran this year in the Freihofer’s Run For Women and made good time, 5/31/08
A Positive Political Shift - State Senator Neil Breslin may face a primary challenge from a newcomer worth considering, 5/17/08
Swiftboating Barack Obama - The smearing of H. Carl McCall may show how the corporate media plans to undermine the probable Democratic candidate for president, 5/8/08
The Bogus “Security” At City Hall - Down the road no one puts up with checkpoints, but here in Albany everyone submits and no one asks why, 4/27/08
Dr. King's Early Spring Afternoon - A hastily arranged commemoration of Martin Luther King’s day of death is a success that may happen again, 4/13/08
Diva de Loayza’s Ghost Bike - After a year and two deaths, the City of Albany refuses to remove the staggered stoplight or provide warnings at the corner where Diva was trapped and cut down, 4/6/08
Declining Buildings Next To My Neighborhood - A close look at how apartment buildings in Albany
unnecessarily go vacant and die, 3/22/08The Virtual Assassination Of Governor Spitzer - The White House probed for a weakness and the corporations destroyed one of their most effective enemies, 3/16/08
An Interview With Phil Steck - The first declared candidate for our 21st Congressional seat gives a detailed conversation about the issues in this Albanyweblog exclusive report. Listen to the four part audio interview in mp3 format at the bottom of the page, 3/3/08
What America Needs To Do - Yassin Aref still admires the country that falsely declared him a “terrorist” and offers some excellent advice, 2/16/08
Demolition City - Despite his claims to the contrary, Jerry Jennings is working feverishly to tear down the City he claims to care about, 2/10/08
Alcohol And A Big Gun - A triple gun murder in our neighborhood flashes through the media and disappears, a story neither glamorous enough or white enough to remember, 2/3/08
Property Taxes And Sprawl - The Governor dances around the only solution to New York’s fiscal crisis, 1/26/08
Martin Luther King From Another Perspective - Instead of waiting for the marchers, the blogger sits through blather and strolls through the park, 1/21/08
Sorting Out The Presidential Primary - The electronic machines are crooked and so are most of the candidates, but it’s all about the act of voting, 1/14/08
Democratizing The Planning Process - At long last a Common Council member wants to bring decision making out of the toilet and into the sunshine, 1/6/08
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