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A Letter To Governor Paterson
February 9, 2010 The blogger begs for money for the South End and partially solves the State budget crisis Believe it or not, for the past few years I’ve belonged to the board of directors of a corporation. I’m quite pleased about this, I never thought a working class man like myself would ever be…
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Marching Through The Slush
January 24, 2010 Lots of citizens but few politicians at this year’s Martin Luther King event in Lincoln Park This year the annual march from the State Plaza to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King statue started late, getting going around noontime. As usual there was no public notice of the march, so I came…
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Inauguration Day In Albany
January 10, 2010 Our elected officials get sworn into office, and the next day the blogger meets the Governor Welcome to Jerryville. Everything in Albany has changed but everything is the same. Jerry Jennings is now officially into His fifth term, and people are talking about Him as Mayor For Life. Some of the bodies…
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Scapegoats For Endless War
December 20, 2009 Now we know why Albany’s Yassin Aref And Mohhamed Hossain have been perjured into prison The Wife knows why the President of the United States recently made the biggest and most fatal political error of his presidency, one so big it will not only destroy his career but may eventually destroy the…
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A Visit To Fort Ticonderoga
Approaching Fort Ticonderoga, Note The Roof Above The Wall
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Killing Our Neighborhood Post Offices
November 15, 2009 The US Postal Corporation wants to shut down our urban post office stations . . . because they aren’t located in the suburbs What a rude, arrogant bunch of clowns. I’m talking about the collection of Albany Postal Service officials and bureaucrats who conducted a required public hearing at 4 PM on…
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One House And One Gang At A Time
November 3, 2009 Mayor Jennings finally takes responsibility for the South End, and slugs The Wife in the jaw I went deep into the heart of the South End to attend one of those ceremonies at the start of a public project, this one at 19 Odell Street alongside Krank Park. Nothing big and exciting,…
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Lincoln Park In Autumn
October 27, 2009 A fleeting moment on a warm sunny day in the South End at the end of October I was driving through Lincoln Park in the middle of the day when I noticed out of the corner of my eye that Martin Luther King was on fire. I glanced again and this time…
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Demolition By Neglect
September 27, 2009 A proven method by which preferred suburban “developers” get around laws designed to protect our urban heritage in Albany * * * UPDATE * * * Once again I’m wrong about something. It seems that the houses have indeed been occupied on and off for the past 20 years, some as late…
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Watching The Big Primary (Part One)
August 24, 2009 A review of Corey Ellis’ battle to bring Albany into the 21st century, part 2 will be about the ward races and other Citywide races * * * UPDATE * * * Current mayor Jennings is getting financial assistance from billionaire Republican mayor of NYC Bloomberg * * * Guest Editorial *…