Job Investment Fund MUST go forward
Tweet There’s a snag in the job investment fund that commissioner Bob Langstaff first proposed many months ago, but it needs to be worked through and worked through quickly. That job investment fund may be the last, best hope for turning things around in Albany, and we need it desperately. “But Tom, I thought you [...]
Read More →Commission makes the right move
Tweet The Albany City Commission made the right move yesterday. Yes, I actually typed those words. Don’t faint, because it’s true. It’s not a binding move, but it was still the right one. The City Commission needs to have more oversight on the doings of Water, Gas & Light. I know that WG&L employees aren’t [...]
Read More →Ending the gangs
Tweet Two people were murdered Sunday night in a drive by shooting. Another survived the attack. If the gang violence in Los Angeles has taught us anything, it’s that Sunday night could have been far more tragic. As it is, two families must mourn the deaths of their loved ones. Both victims had ties to [...]
Read More →Every time this community seems to let me down…
Tweet I’m a cynical bastard. It goes with the job. However, I also have a bit of optimist inside me as well. Sometimes, that part is crushed, and other times it’s rewarded. Well folks, this is one time I’ve been rewarded.
Read More →Ending the insanity by defending ourselves
Tweet Yesterday, an elderly man was brutally beaten on Clark Avenue. In a town that I can be extremely critical of, this took me to a whole new level of disbelief. The thuggish behavior in this community has been tolerated long enough. Just yesterday, I wrote about how some of this needs to change, and [...]
Read More →The real problem with Albany
Tweet Albany is a city of many problems. Yes, I make my living pointing most of those out. Yes, I blast the City Commission, County Commission, and the School Board with equal regularity. However, the real problem with Albany is something that the government can’t really do a whole heck of a lot about. Much [...]
Read More →Why all the bad news?
Tweet Someone asked me once why newspapers, TV news and news websites focus on the bad stuff. After all, horrible things seem to get all the attention while good stuff gets page 3. Well, I understand the question, and I’m going to lay it out very simply. It’s because of you.
Read More →Feds’ advice to furloughed workers: Do stuff we couldn’t do
Tweet Few are noticing the pinch of the sequester, though we’ve been told it is coming. Civil Service employees at MCLB Albany have been told to lose somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 percent of their income as a result of sequestration. This isn’t unique to Albany either, but rolls across the entire Department of [...]
Read More →Hating Albany
Tweet I’m a negative guy. Don’t believe me? Just ask most of our city leaders. Oh, they may be very polite and not say anything negative about me, but I doubt they would disagree with you if you ask them how negative I am. Take a look around town, and you can see where I’m [...]
Read More →Rand Paul’s question far from offensive
Tweet American politics can be offensive. It’s the nature of the beast on that front. Senator Lindsey Graham called Rand Paul’s question about whether drones would be used on Americans not engaged in combat on American soil offensive. I’m sorry Sen. Graham, but the offensive thing is that it took so long for such a [...]
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