Well, unfortunately I wasn’t able to listen to the debate live on the radio the other day. I’m going to try to catch the re-broadcast this Sunday at 12 noon. But for now, I’m reading accounts from the Mohawk Valley Independent and The Recorder and here are some of my initial opinions and impressions. Selling [...]
Archive for October, 2011
I was actually a bit unsettled today when I read the article Fewer Violent Crimes in Area in the Recorder. I’m glad to hear that according to Amsterdam Police Chief Greg Culick, overall crime rates have “went down a little” over the past year. And I don’t dispute that assertion. What concerns me greatly, however, is this outlook from [...]
The latest editorial from the Recorder offered a gem of a paragraph that begs for some additional scrutiny. The 2 percent tax cap under which Gov. Andrew Cuomo has snugly tucked New York’s municipalities — including the most flailing and failing — is an urging toward merging. Eliminating duplication and layers of government, forcing small [...]
I was encouraged by the Recorder’s account of the Brownfield Opportunity Area meeting for the East End. The most compelling idea that has come out of the meeting is the vision summary, which reads: “The East End will be a city within the larger city with its own definite and coherent sense of [...]
Well I figured it was about time for the Recorder to write yet another editorial singing the praises of consolidation. This time the idea is to consolidate the Fulton and Montgomery County Chambers of Commerce. It’s worth noting here that Recorder Publisher Kevin McClary is a member the Montgomery County Chamber Board of Directors. I found this editorial [...]
Thanks to everyone who helped make the 2011 Meet Your Neighbor Day at Arnold Ave Park a success. We had great weather and got to meet alot of nice folks from the neighborhood! Thanks to my wife Lisa for taking these photos!
