The weather wasn’t the only pleasant news today. I will get to the second pleasant item in a moment. But first, ever notice how a little sunshine brightens not just the scenery but your outlook as well? All the bad things are just as bad as they’ve been all along. The feds can’t get their […]
Who’s to blame for the federal budget mess? Everybody, including — sad to say — local governments in places such as the city of Albany and Linn County and their counterparts all over the country. The local paper reports that Linn County is seeking $7 million from the federal government to make improvements on the […]
A couple of weeks ago I made fun of state Sen. Ginny Burdick’s bill to require drivers to use the right lane on multi-lane highways. But it did no good. Her colleagues in the Senate seem to like the bill. So unless good sense prevails after all, we may be stuck with yet another reason […]
By echoing Obama’s predictions of disaster if spending cuts are allowed to take effect on Friday, the networks and the press have done the public a disservice. An exceptiion was the Wall Street Journal, which on Tuesday ran an editorial reporting significant news. The news is that contrary to what Obama has been preaching […]
On the scene in West Albany: Three houses under construction, another small indication of what the media have been reporting as a nationwide trend, namely that the demand for housing is picking up. Through January this fiscal year, the Albany Building Division had issued permits for 63 single-family residences valued at $13,291,484, up from 41 […]
President Obama is going around the country talking about draconian spending cuts that will slow down the economy unless the Republicans in the House come around and quickly approve tax increases. You would think that as the chief executive, he would be more interested in trying to make the best of a law he had […]
Albany: Elections might not hurt
Judging by the letters in the local paper, lots of people are getting exercised about the ballot initiatives now being decided in Albany’s special election, which ends March 12. They may be right to be worried, and the measures are still unnecessary as I’ve said before. But on further reflection, if they are approved the effect is […]
Tags: Albany debt, Albany elections, urban renewal