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The South End Brought Back To Life
July 31, 2010 Construction begins in earnest on and near the bottom of Morton Avenue in the South End Groundbreaking ceremonies tend to be silly, forgettable affairs. A bunch of elected officials and a smattering of obscure bureaucrats take turns congratulating each other in front of the corporate media. The leaders of society then line…
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The Four Chiefs Beat The Old Boys
June 22, 2010 Congratulations to Albany’s new Chief of Police Steven Krokoff, let’s see if he can keep the promises that got him the job The room was packed, corporate TV camera crews lined the walls getting in everybody’s way. It was an extraordinary, jaw-dropping event and we sat there stunned and amazed, wondering if…
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The Jerry Jennings Memorial Dump Fee Bond
June 2, 2010 A routine backroom tax hike becomes controversial and reveals some of the forces at work inside the new Common Council For the first time in living memory, a City of Albany Common Council has openly defied a sitting mayor on a matter of substance. It began when Jerry Jennings demanded money from…
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Charter Schools And Obscene Profits
May 12, 2010 Why Brighter Choice is so hot to impose even more unwanted charter school buildings on the City of Albany and soak the taxpayers Last week a major story about corruption in the City of Albany broke nationally, but the story has been completely suppressed here in the Capital District. As of the…
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Crossing The Hudson In Style
May 3, 2010 Checking out the very new and very old Walkway Over The Hudson State Historic Park The Wife and I finally made it down to check out the Walkway Over The Hudson State Park, which opened this past October 2009 for the first time. It’s about an hour and twenty minutes driving south…
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A Resolution Asking For Justice
April 17, 2010 Albany’s new Common Council leads the nation by once again asking that the US Constitution be respected It all started with The Wife’s involvement with the obviously bogus entrapment and convictions of Albany residents Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI.) Soon she found herself writing to…
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The Crown Jewel Reopens
April 4, 2010 Howe Library becomes the new cultural and community center of the South End, inside is near perfect but outside problems remain * * UPDATE * * See the old Howe Library desk in action on a Friday night! Inside The Building: The “Grand Opening Celebration” of the John A. Howe branch library…
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David Brown Hates Swimming Pools
March 25, 2010 In the name of profit the CEO of the Capital District YMCA is waging war against the City of Albany * * UPDATE * *: Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings has announced that He wants to take over the Washington Avenue building from David Brown, who appears to be going along with Jerry’s…
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One Very Tough Governor
March 11, 2010 David Paterson stands firm against the corporate media and the public approves I have a friend who manages a hair salon. She’s a busy woman with three kids and little time to spare, so she doesn’t follow the news and figure out what’s really going on as much as she’d like to.…
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Corrupt Water Over The Dam
February 28, 2010 The flood control system for the Hudson River is being badly mismanaged, bringing threats of damage, disease and higher taxes to Albany Talk about an unpleasant surprise, a lightning bolt from a clear blue sky or a meteorite through the roof of your car. An obscure State regulatory agency located somewhere up…