rampage, you, as an innocent bystander, have summed up our dilemma as voters in Schenectady. Even worse, as Bumblethru points out, there is a sizable population that cares neither about corruption nor the tax base, as they like the largesse that has been provided to them and wouldn't change a thing. Some of them are non-residents or felons and therefore cannot vote in city elections. I'm hoping the rest don't understand anything beyond "the government" subsidizes their lifestyle and therefore stay home on election day. After all, "the government" will always be there. Myself, I feel like voting for nobody for mayor, but am leaning toward Roger. Gary McCarthy has been in a position to do something about the horrible downhill slide in this city and hasn't done so. BS puts money for illegal overtime in the budget, nobody puts in for vital safety equipment for firefighters, and the council passes such a budget? I don't think Roger would've condoned a phony-baloney budget submission as a college president, and I don't think he will condone poor performance or total lack of performance by department heads and others. Gary either didn't understand or looked the other way. I'm giving Roger the benefit of the doubt, basically, it's a slim hope but we have no other hope IMO.
Couldn't agree with you more. Gary "Back seat to noone" McCarthy- Would have, could have, should have and didn't for years. 16 years and no accomplishments that he can call his own. Anyone would be better than him at this point.
Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid - John Wayne
TIP TO NEW VISITORS TO THIS FORUM - To improve your blogging pleasure it is recommended to ignore (Through editing your prefere) the posts of the following bloggers - DemocraticVoiceofReason, Scotsgod08 and Smoking Bananas. They continually go off topic, do not provide facts and make irrational remarks. If you do not believe me, this can be proven by their reputation scores or by a sampling of their posts.
Re Oct. 30 Carl Strock column, “Did Hull at Union help or hurt Sch’dy?”: Thank you, Carl Strock, for setting the record straight on the originator of the propaganda slams (Oct. 30) by Schenectady’s current acting mayor [Gary McCarthy]. We, the people of Schenectady, need a man of vision and integrity, not more of the same dirty politics. We need a man to change “business as usual” and take back our city. We are fortunate to have a real choice in this election.
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