Albany faces a possible complication with a voter initiative coming up for an election in three months. The issue could be explosive, but it need not be if handled with common sense. The initiative, one of two launched by North Albany resident Tom Cordier, attempts to limit the city government’s debt to the amount that […]
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Tags: absolute majority, Albany debt initiative, Mayor Sharon Konopa, Tom Cordier
Tags: absolute majority, Albany debt initiative, Mayor Sharon Konopa, Tom Cordier
Answer to debt limit unveiled
This is how the Albany City Council plans to deal with voter approval of the debt limit initiative last month: At a work session on Monday afternoon it will preview the draft of an ordinance which the council could then enact on Wednesday. The outlines of the draft were agreed on — though not […]
Tags: Albany City Council, Albany debt initiative