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 [...]
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Inspired by Jerry Skrocki’s creative use of photoshopped imagery as commentary on local politics, I decided to try my own hand at it. I had originally thought about writing a response to Jerry’s post on the recent neighborhood meeting in the East End. However, I think the subject has been fairly well covered on Flippin [...]
So Bill Wills is going to continue to campaign as a write in candidate for mayor. A few thoughts on this… Unless you have good confidence that you have significant support from the other party (ie like Joe Lieberman), a candidate running against someone on their own party runs a high risk of taking away [...]
With the absentee ballots now counted for the primary races, the two close races now have official results. According to Manfred Phemister’s facebook page, Ron Wierzbicki has edged out Phemister for the Democratic nomination for the controller’s race. Also, according to Diane Hatzenbuler’s facebook page, she has secured the Republican nomination for the 4th Ward Alderman’s race. It’s [...]
At http://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/boe/elections/2011primary/results.asp
The Primary elections are coming up September 13th. Here’s a breakdown of the races, links to information, along with my wise and enlightening remarks : ) Republican and Democratic Primaries for Controller’s Office Article from the Recorder summarizing the primaries for the Controller’s office For the Republicans, I would have liked to see some sort [...]
No Debate For You! According to the Recorder 1, Mayoral Candidates Ann Thane and Joseph Emanuele have turned down a call from Bill Wills to hold a debate before the September 13th primaries. Both Thane and Emanuele must believe they’ve got their primary victories in the bag, and at this point, it probably makes sense for them to ”play the game” safe. [...]
