On February 27th, if our illustrious Mr. Cuomo does not get off his ass and make a move on the issue of Fracking in the state of New York, one way or the other, the issue is no...
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Way Too Many For Way Too Little-The Daily Take
We have a new year in full political swing here in the Capital District. Albany County Executive Dan McCoy has thrown out the idea of term limits and shrinking the size of the County Legislature. Term limits, maybe...
The Daily Take – It’s About Ward Lines & Loyalty Lines
Last night the Albany Common Council held it's last public comment opportunity for the citizens of Albany to weigh in on the Redistricting lines that have been drawn up by the commission delegated to do so. While the...
The Daily Take – What Is Wrong With This System Anyway?
It is just plain and simple. The way our government has been running on abject dysfuctionality for the last few months, must be having our forefathers doing 360's six feet under. It was sickening to watch the John...
The Daily Take – It’s Gonna Be An Interesting 2013 In Albany
We are just a few days shy of welcoming in the New Year, and already the battle lines (or redistricting lines) are being drawn. Albany city elections are up for grabs this year, and this time around, the...
The Daily Take – It’s Good To Be Back
After a totally unforeseen but necessary three week hiatus, it is good to be back at the keyboard. I hope my readers have stuck with me. A lot has happened both on the local and national level in the past...
The Daily Take – The Holiday Season Is Really In Gear
It's an incredible event each year. That is the holiday shopping season. As I was typing this blog and had the news in the background, I think that I heard the American people spent something like $60 billion dollars already...
The Daily Take – An Early Christmas Present For Jerry
Just like the holiday music and ads on TV, it appears that the 2013 campaign has begun much too early in Albany. Just yesterday, in a stunning announcement in front of Moses in Washington Park, Kathy Sheehan proclaimed in the...
The Daily Take – The Election is Over- So What
Last Tuesday, we Americans went to the polls to elect our leaders. For Albany voters, the choices were limited. Our new representative in the 109th State Assembly District is Democrat Pat Fahy, who of course won in a landslide. Our...
The Daily Take – What’s Left To Say
Governor Cuomo said it best in a story I read this morning: "We've had two, one hundred year storms in two years." Our local area dodged a huge bullet when the storm took a left and spared --...