Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
I was at the light at Broadway and Congress at 9pm and one cop car came flying in from the underpass and went straight down Grand Street at high speed. Grand Street is the dead end to the left as you turn onto Old Krueisi Ave. Another cop came down Broadway hill, parked facing downhill directly across from Congress, he jumped out, pulled his pistol and ran down the center of the road and into the parking lot next to Major Muffler. 2 more cars came from downtown and stopped in front of where Emma's newsroom used to be located.
This all happened in less than one minute.
Guns were out, the light changed, I then proceeded on my way, away from the collateral damage area.
Another post with a screaming title that offers no solution. So I'll pose the question. What would the two "faux concerned citizens" do to improve the situation? Would you ban all weapons in the City? Perhaps you're a proponent of rounding up all the undesirables and shipping them off to the Mojave desert never to be heard from again. Maybe you'd like to see a forty foot wall built around the City boundaries with a locked and guarded gate and only allow non-violent citizens to enter. Or maybe armed "goon squads", who patrol the city and quietly eliminate anyone who appears to be a threat.
What's the matter Christine, "cat got your tongue?" Well Mike, what have you got to say? Wellllll. I'm sure two, and I use the terms loosely, intelligent adults have all sorts of creative and sensible ideas to end the "madness".
Humans have been harming other humans since we first appeared on this rock. It's not right, but it's the truth. Why we do this to each other is beyond me. But it happens. Using each incidence of violence in the city as a way to further your agenda, and then not following up with some sort of solution seems to me to be a bit childish on your part.
The only thing that surprises me, is that you haven't found a way of blaming your arch-enemy for the shootings, stabbings and beatings. Grow up.
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,"
HEY.....mc1 has yet to prove for a FACT where s/he lives so other folks can enjoy 'character assassination'!!
As a side note....no one is a victim here. if ya don't like the direction in which your community is going....MOVE!!!
Why do folks continually look to Gov Almighty for their solutions???? OMG!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
HEY.....mc1 has yet to prove for a FACT where s/he lives so other folks can enjoy 'character assassination'!!
As a side note....no one is a victim here. if ya don't like the direction in which your community is going....MOVE!!!
Why do folks continually look to Gov Almighty for their solutions???? OMG!!
People are trying to move. How can they when no one will buy their homes?
If one rents, how do you move when you have a lease?
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
People are trying to move. How can they when no one will buy their homes?
If one rents, how do you move when you have a lease?
Are you speaking from personal experience? what have you done to try to sell/rent your home? have you talked to your landlord about your lease?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Another post with a screaming title that offers no solution.
Maybe in the city's leaders, who some claim are doing a "wonderful job" and say "the city is improving," the leaders need to remove all the tax exemptions and stop giving away the taxpayers money to their billionaire cronies.
The mayor is such a hypocrite, claiming that he was going to require all his department heads to live in the city, but then REFUSES to force the police chief to live in the city, thus the police chief doesn't live among all this trouble. Maybe if he actually lived here and experienced this day to day, he'd know what's going on.
The mayor totally closes his eyes to the falling property values and claims there is no need to reassess. He blames the high taxes on the school tax bill when, out of the total tax bill (county property tax, city property tax, and school tax), the city's portion is the largest for the vast majority of people as the assessed value of their houses is a lot less than the mayor's house, but just because McTHIEF pays more in school taxes than in city taxes for his house he thinks everyone does too which is not true.
Solutions? Make the police chief live among the people and pay the taxes Remove the tax exemptions on their billionaire cronies Stop paying King Phillips salary with taxpayer money (oh, that's county tax money) Enforce the city's law for snow emergencies in the winter Enforce the city's laws regarding trash Instead of going after people for a little peeling paint, or for having a stair railing only on one side, how about going after the people who don't put their trash in cans, who store cans in the front of the house. IMMEDIATELY start a total citywide reassessment so that two identical houses are assessed the same and pay the same in taxes. Stop telling the assessment board members to deny every grievance Mayor needs to start being honest, and start telling people the truth.
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
Are you speaking from personal experience? what have you done to try to sell/rent your home? have you talked to your landlord about your lease?
We do not rent, we own, we have a mortgage, and it's in Rotterdam.
I speak from the evidence, maybe you have not seen the houses for sale that are taking 6 months, a year, two years, to sell and for much less than what they are assessed for.
Do leases have standard clauses in them that say that a tenant can break a lease simply because they don't want to live in a certain neighborhood anymore, or a certain city?
Optimists close their eyes and pretend problems are non existent. Better to have open eyes, see the truths, acknowledge the negatives, and speak up for the people rather than the politicos and their rich cronies.
Maybe in the city's leaders, who some claim are doing a "wonderful job" and say "the city is improving," the leaders need to remove all the tax exemptions and stop giving away the taxpayers money to their billionaire cronies.
The mayor is such a hypocrite, claiming that he was going to require all his department heads to live in the city, but then REFUSES to force the police chief to live in the city, thus the police chief doesn't live among all this trouble. Maybe if he actually lived here and experienced this day to day, he'd know what's going on.
The mayor totally closes his eyes to the falling property values and claims there is no need to reassess. He blames the high taxes on the school tax bill when, out of the total tax bill (county property tax, city property tax, and school tax), the city's portion is the largest for the vast majority of people as the assessed value of their houses is a lot less than the mayor's house, but just because McTHIEF pays more in school taxes than in city taxes for his house he thinks everyone does too which is not true.
Solutions? Make the police chief live among the people and pay the taxes Remove the tax exemptions on their billionaire cronies Stop paying King Phillips salary with taxpayer money (oh, that's county tax money) Enforce the city's law for snow emergencies in the winter Enforce the city's laws regarding trash Instead of going after people for a little peeling paint, or for having a stair railing only on one side, how about going after the people who don't put their trash in cans, who store cans in the front of the house. IMMEDIATELY start a total citywide reassessment so that two identical houses are assessed the same and pay the same in taxes. Stop telling the assessment board members to deny every grievance Mayor needs to start being honest, and start telling people the truth.
Well looky here the 2 "faux concerned citizens" have some solutions. Now what are you going to do about it? Are you going to storm the next city council meeting with all of your suggestions and demand that action be taken? If your past history is any indication of course not. You'll just sit behind your monitor feigning concern, when your real motivation is your dislike for certain individuals, and you use the plight of the city as a vehicle for your pettiness. You two are a joke.
Hey I'm curious, how do you know that the Police chief isn't abiding by the agreement that he made when he took the job. Do you follow him when he leaves work each night? Do you harass and browbeat him the same way you do others? Huh Christine? Cat still got your tongue?
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,"
Well looky here the 2 "faux concerned citizens" have some solutions. Now what are you going to do about it? Are you going to storm the next city council meeting with all of your suggestions and demand that action be taken? If your past history is any indication of course not. You'll just sit behind your monitor feigning concern, when your real motivation is your dislike for certain individuals, and you use the plight of the city as a vehicle for your pettiness. You two are a joke.
Hey I'm curious, how do you know that the Police chief isn't abiding by the agreement that he made when he took the job. Do you follow him when he leaves work each night? Do you harass and browbeat him the same way you do others? Huh Christine? Cat still got your tongue?
Alva, I think you've captured the frustration. With one party rule and a stranglehold on the City Council, Police Dep't., Assessor's Office, etc. etc., there is no hop for one citizen, 2 citizens, 20, 200, 2000 citizens. That's why frustrated citizens try to motivate the electorate through whatever means available. I think you would agree that desperate people do desperate things. How can people trapped with overextended mortgages, reduced property values, over assessed taxes get out? I think you mentioned you were living in an apartment so it is very easy for you to pack up and move, you are highly mobile compared to people trapped in the situations mentioned, families with children in school districts with friends and the like. This targeted tax oppression was the rationale behind the American Revolution. After 2.25 centuries, we're back to square one, and learned nothing??
Alva, I think you've captured the frustration. With one party rule and a stranglehold on the City Council, Police Dep't., Assessor's Office, etc. etc., there is no hop for one citizen, 2 citizens, 20, 200, 2000 citizens. That's why frustrated citizens try to motivate the electorate through whatever means available. I think you would agree that desperate people do desperate things. How can people trapped with overextended mortgages, reduced property values, over assessed taxes get out? I think you mentioned you were living in an apartment so it is very easy for you to pack up and move, you are highly mobile compared to people trapped in the situations mentioned, families with children in school districts with friends and the like. This targeted tax oppression was the rationale behind the American Revolution. After 2.25 centuries, we're back to square one, and learned nothing??
Actually Avon I agree on all your points. I'm as frustrated as anyone else when it comes to what's going on not just in Schenectady but all over. And to be honest I don't have any answers to the problems. I will say this though, I'm also frustrated with some of the posters here who I know have a different agenda than true concern for the city's problems. That's why I direct my somewhat nasty thoughts towards them. I know what's in their minds. It's pure spite and hatred towards certain individuals.
I owned property. I decided that wasn't for me. I sold, invested what I was able to get from the sale and am able to live comfortably as a renter.
High taxes. Hey you're preaching to the choir. Fully 2/3's of my monthly rent payment goes towards taxes. And my rent goes up every year. But I'm not going to sit here on my computer and whine about it. It is what it is. Do I get full value for the money I pay towards my landlords tax bill. I don't have a clue.
So really, my rants are just my opinions and frustration with how some on these boards treat their fellow humans. And as humans we need to find a way we can solve the problems we're faced with on a daily basis. I keep challenging folks here to come up with solutions and act, and all I get is the same hackneyed excuses and accusations of being somebody else.
Hey, I'm done for now. I need a serious cocktail.
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,"
If MC1 lives in Rotterdam, then he probably can't speak at a council meeting because he is not a resident.
As far as my feelings, I pretty much agree with him about the sorry state of Schenectady (and county) politics and its resultant effect on the people that actually live in the city. IMHO, it doesn't matter what party gets in, there is no corruption like local corruption, so the other party are just slaves to a different master.
I plan to leave the county in a few years go up north in the ADK park. As far as my house, of course I'd like to get max dollars for it, but I am realistic about the real estate situation in the County. I'll list it so it sells quick rather than hold out for every dime...and if it doesn't sell quick, I'd consider renting..long enough to make up the difference in profit for what it should go for, and just dump it.
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
Actually Avon I agree on all your points. I'm as frustrated as anyone else when it comes to what's going on not just in Schenectady but all over.
EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's all over the country. Sure there are pockets of prosperity...but that's not the norm. the city of Schenectady disgusts me....but we don't live there (nor would we)...if we did...WE'D WALK AWAY...TRUST ME!!! Life's too short!! our voice doesn't even count anyway. Schenectadians vote these dimwits into office....so ya know what....they get what they deserve. no sympathy here. But remember....this is a 'national problem'....and it doesn't discriminate between party lines!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's all over the country. Sure there are pockets of prosperity...but that's not the norm. the city of Schenectady disgusts me....but we don't live there (nor would we)...if we did...WE'D WALK AWAY...TRUST ME!!! Life's too short!! our voice doesn't even count anyway. Schenectadians vote these dimwits into office....so ya know what....they get what they deserve. no sympathy here. But remember....this is a 'national problem'....and it doesn't discriminate between party lines!!
it's really a people density problem... the more dense the pop, the more likely it will happen.. Does it happen in rural America? Sure...but I'll take my chances there.
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
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