“I love the truth. It's the facts I'm not a fan of.” ― Stephen Colbert
Amsterdam, NY (March 11, 2015) — Like most upstate cities, the small upstate city of Amsterdam finds itself struggling with the toll of winter upon its roadways. Faced with a depleted budget for road maintenance and repair, a few Common Council members are reviving an...
Just so we remind ourselves that we should never aim higher or strive for something better: From the Daily Gazette: “On every metric, this survey shows Schenectady County residents are coming downtown at increasing rates and support continuing development,” said Siena Research Institute Director Don...
I’ve had a number of posts on how our local pundits, commentators, editors and politicos misinform and misrepresent the City of Amsterdam financials. But no one quite masters it like the current Council and their supporters. As the latest installment of this financial kabuki ,...
I really try to be reasoned, measured, tempered with what I write. I try to be optimistic and hopeful. I try to be positive. But then, I read this and start to question if I am merely delusional — sitting on the Titanic and believing,...
The full story on the meeting is at the Mohawk Valley COmpass,Downtown businesses voice concerns, plan association. I think this initiative by the downtown merchants illustrates a few key principles that I believe are important to jumpstarting the city as it’s my contention that this...
First, let’s establish the meaning of ‘smear’: damage the reputation of (someone) by false accusations; slander. Next, let’s look at how Council members and their supporters consistently level false accusations against the Corporation Counsel Smear 1: The Corporation Counsel uses city resources for personal business. Here...
Stipend is offered Council nixes secretary post “I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq the City of Amsterdam.” — Faux Stephen Colbert
Here is an excerpt of NBC News official statement on Brian Williams: While on Nightly News on Friday, January 30, 2015, Brian misrepresented events which occurred while he was covering the Iraq War in 2003. It then became clear that on other occasions Brian had...
I kinda missed a few points in previous posts that are important in terms of the city’s financials: From Mohawk Valley Compass, Controller reports good initial response to tax notices , we learn that: Agresta explained that the total amount of back taxes owed on the delinquent...
I’ve written before on how wrongheaded and misguided much of the discussion on the city’s financials truly is. There is without question a desire and intent to cast the city’s finances in the very worst light even when the basis for such claims lack any...
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