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The Daily Gazette Commits Suicide
August 5, 2009 The only independent daily newspaper in the region voluntarily disappears from the internet… and the blogger takes a short break from Albany politics to write an obituary * * * UPDATE * * * The New York Times makes a similar argument about web access to print newspapers. They even mention the…
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albanyweblog.com
June 28, 2009 Or, how to get things done in a City with a corrupt government The other day while cleaning up in the house I found a stack of photographs of abandoned wrecked cars parked on Catherine Street. I snapped these photos around ten years ago – before digital cameras had become common. The…
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On Blueberry Hill
April 30, 2009 Checking out a hotly litigated corner of Albany’s Pine Bush on a hot day Check out this first photo. Take a guess where it was taken: Some Strange Land? If you said North Africa or Mongolia you’d be mighty wrong. This photograph was taken the other day within the borders of the…
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Smells Like Medical Waste
April 18, 2009 Is Albany Med flushing raw sewage and medical waste into the Hudson River . . . via my neighborhood? UPDATE – this is a difficult issue that I’ve been trying to wrap my head around for some time. Joe Cunniff has graciously provided some corrections to the article, hopefully everyone will come…
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Single Payer Health Comes To Albany
March 31, 2009 Congressional representative John Conyers and HR 676 pack the Westminster sanctuary on a Sunday afternoon Anyone with a lick of sense is painfully aware that health care is one of the most critical problems facing America today. The stupid privatized insurance scheme that is currently in place is steadily dragging the middle…
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The Mayoral Waiting Game Ends
March 10, 2009 Finally! But now we have a split race as two viable and competent candidates take on the current mayor of Albany . . . and each other For the past four months the potential candidates for mayor have been talking and maneuvering through the political circles in the City, bouncing off each…
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The Jared Holt Project
February 28, 2009 Against all odds, the South End is being rebuilt from the inside out Oh boy, am I happy with what I saw this last Thusday. Sure, I was delighted by the recent opening of Eagle Court Apartments on Morton Avenue down the hill from my house. That renovation project transformed a notorious…
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The King Of Sprawl Is Dead
February 17, 2009 The damage Joe Bruno did to our region is his lasting legacy Perusing the Sunday newspapers a few weekends ago, I stumbled upon an interesting little detail buried inside an article buried in a back section. It seems that construction of the the “Van Rensselaer Square Plaza,” a 250,000 square foot corporate…
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Justice For Wrongly Convicted Muslims
January 30, 2009 A guest editorial from Steve Downs, an appeal to our new President Obama to right the wrongs of the previous administration and defend the Bill of Rights Note: The original petition is complete and has been sent. Sign similar petitions here. It’s funny how life works out sometimes. Attorney Steve Downs has…
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The Day Before The Inauguration
January 25, 2009 The Day Before The Inauguration More people than ever, but hardly any politicians make the annual short march across Lincoln Park to the King Statue The other day a friend said to me, “I never hear about these Martin Luther King events in your neighborhood, at the Rockefeller Plaza, or afterwards at…