Lon McNeil

Albany’s stubborn ignorance

No Comments 04 February 2010

Everyone can be stubborn and or ignorant. Many things can cause us to behave stubbornly. Being ignorant about something does not imply stupidity, but simply a lack of knowledge. I am totally ignorant about car maintenance, beyond checking fluids and tire pressure. Ignorance is a deficit that can be filled with information and education, but [...]

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Searching for Jyquez Miller, missing child found

Lon McNeil

Searching for Jyquez Miller, missing child found

No Comments 11 January 2010

Sometimes events play out in ways that you never see coming, wish had never happened, but nonetheless stick with you as critical moments, conveying something important and special. Recently, such an event pulled in Albanians from a wide cross-section of our community, including yours truly. One such event was the [...]

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RiverQuarium luring in wrong fish

Lon McNeil

RiverQuarium luring in wrong fish

No Comments 18 December 2009

It’s hard to be critical when someone does something for you that is sincerely meant as a nice gesture, but it actually does you more harm than good. You just say, “Thank you,” and move on. In this case though, someone needs to point out the kindness of the Flint RiverQuarium’s offer of a $5 [...]

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Stepping forward Sam Shugart

Headlines, Lon McNeil

Stepping forward Sam Shugart

No Comments 11 December 2009

In the last year or so, Albany has seen an overt move by community-minded citizens to change things. New faces and new groups have come to the forefront, motivated by a desire to serve the city they call home, and to counter what they see as a lack of leadership and questionable ethics. This year’s election [...]

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Put the pen down, ADICA

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Put the pen down, ADICA

No Comments 19 November 2009

And this group is still meeting to decide how to spend millions of our dollars? You have got to be kidding me. It is one of three things; the powers that really run things downtown are either corrupt, ignorant, or apathetic. Actually, I believe it is all three. The Albany-Dougherty Inner City Authority will be [...]

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Lon McNeil

Time’s up; Lott must go

No Comments 04 November 2009

Although there have been no charges by any law enforcement agency against Albany City Manager Al Lott, there is certainly enough of a work history to date to clearly show that our City Manager has not performed his responsibilities effectively. People are fired all the time for simply doing a poor job, never having broken any [...]

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Albany Music Scene: Relapse (sort of) reincarnated

Lon McNeil

Albany Music Scene: Relapse (sort of) reincarnated

No Comments 30 October 2009

Way back in 1992, Russell Martin, Bill Harrell, Mill Brooks, Larry Foreman, Tommy Lashley, and Henry Hart use to get together and play the kind of music they loved: beach music, the classics of Motown, and just good old rock ‘n roll. They had a blast Lashley, Foreman, and Brooks had been tossing around the idea of [...]

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Who you gonna call?  DCPI or SGPI, that’s who!

Lon McNeil

Who you gonna call? DCPI or SGPI, that’s who!

No Comments 28 October 2009

“Who you gonna call?” was the catch phrase made popular in the 80s comedy thriller, “Ghostbusters”. The gizmo-friendly ghost busting team led by Bill Murray and Dan Akroyd blasted their way into American pop culture, investigating — and then capturing — evil spirits running amok in New York City. With proton packs in hand and [...]

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We’re poor! We’re proud!

Lon McNeil

We’re poor! We’re proud!

No Comments 21 October 2009

Wow! What an honor! Albany has been named one of the ten poorest places to live in the entire country! If you’re bring home is under $20,000 a year, you can take a little pride in knowing that you personally helped make this possible. Hey, if the saga of Balloon Boy is any measure, this [...]

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Music Scene: Have you met Thick Ankle Nancy?

Lon McNeil

Music Scene: Have you met Thick Ankle Nancy?

No Comments 10 October 2009

Photo Caption: Thick Ankle Nancy is the house band at Austin’s Barbecue. Its members are (from left) Wendell Brooks, Brandon Bryan, and Trey Cooper. Just when you think you’ve got the Albany music scene all understood and neatly categorized, it gives birth to something nobody was expecting. Such was the case about four or five months [...]

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