when someone voices their opinion on this blog....it is not up to you to determine their IQ
I am just a common sense citizen who has every right to my voice just as you do......at least I am not on here with a log of heresay and etc....that really can't be backed up with facts.. and the same names over and over again are being pointed as the villians.
So far as I am concerned the politics is just another way of saying.....give me give me....and it doesn't matter which one or party is saying it.....they are all alike BUT I keep hoping there is an honest one in the bunch.
Does that make me dillusional? just fell off the turnip truck? So from now on be considerate of those who are no so "SAVVEY" as you may think you are.
when someone voices their opinion on this blog....it is not up to you to determine their IQ
Why does anyone waste their time on this troll?? REALLY!!!
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
Madison Handbags plans move to Albany from Troy Premium content from The Business Review by Pam Allen, Reporter Date: Friday, November 4, 2011, 6:00am EDT
Donna Abbott Vlahos | The Business Review Madison Handbag founder Trish Rost says the staff at the Troy factory will be offered jobs at the Albany location.
Madison Handbags , a make-your-own purse company in Troy, plans to relocate its Troy operation and headquarters to Albany. The proposal for the Albany site, a vacant property at the corner of Ontario Street and Washington Avenue, comes two weeks after the company finalized plans for a second manufacturing operation. An application for that location, a 6,200-square-foot building on State Street in Schenectady’s downtown, was approved by the city’s planning board Oct. 19.........................>>>>.......................>>>>................http://www.bizjournals.com/alb.....-move-to-albany.html
Metroplex gave $40K to Madison with THE HOPES of 40 jobs ...by 2013
The Albany location will bring 40-50 jobs ASAP (the Troy factory is moving there!) and Madison is investing $150K OF THEIR OWN MONEY for renovations.
What the he**!!!! Really Metroplex?!? Is Schenectady County really this stupid!!!!!
Ya just can't make this stuff up!!!!
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
So has anyone heard if they moved to schenectady yet?
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
Madison Handbags to open office in Schenectady October 13, 2011 11:19 AM CBS6 Staff
SCHENECTADY -- Madison Handbags will open an office and production facility at 131 State Street in downtown Schenectady, and is expected to create 40 new jobs through 2013.
"We welcome Madison Handbags and its great success story to Schenectady. The company will make new products here and ship them around the country from their Schenectady address. We are grateful for their decision to open to a facility in our community," said Acting Mayor Gary McCarthy.
The company, founded in 2005, has operated an eco-friendly production facility in Troy for the past three years. The Troy location will continue to produce more than 75,000 handbags each year.
Metroplex will provide $40,000 in grant funding to help with the cost of improving the existing building façade and other building improvements.
Now, more than ever American made products and manufacturing are the key to economic growth. Our company mission has always been to provide opportunities for women, professionally, financially, and socially, and we are honored to be working toward that vision here in Schenectady," said Trish Rost, President and Founder of Madison Handbags.
OK.........so a month before the election, the gazetto prints an article about this business moving to schenectady. There have-been crickets chirping ever since. Did it in fact actually move to schenectady? Where was the big ribbon cutting via the Chamber? The business was suppose to receive taxpayer's money aka METROPLEX/GILLEN.........did it happen or no????? The taxpayers have a right to know.....yes?
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
OK.........so a month before the election, the gazetto prints an article about this business moving to schenectady. There have-been crickets chirping ever since. Did it in fact actually move to schenectady? Where was the big ribbon cutting via the Chamber? The business was suppose to receive taxpayer's money aka METROPLEX/GILLEN.........did it happen or no????? The taxpayers have a right to know.....yes?
Another total f*** up by the morons at Metrograft the idiots ruining the City's tax base. Nothing happened. Remove 50 more jobs from the mythical list McCheese tricked some politards on. There should be an FBI investigation into Metrograft/City IDA/DSIC and the obvious pay to play BS going on in this County. Meanwhile in another unreported story, the entire side of the County DSS building is falling off because of negligent application of the facade. No steel meshing was used as required by code. Another cob job by horrible Death Ray. Another scandal for Death Ray, Judy DAG and her lap dog A-Jello to lie about. Keep the DEM implosion going! lol
SCHENECTADY Custom tote outfit finds home in former Girl Scout building New factory allows Madison Handbags to double production BY BETHANY BUMP Gazette Reporter
In the seven years after Trish Rost gathered 10 or so women in her Hudson living room to talk handbags, her then-infant company became a veritable made-in-America success story. And in the past week, that story began a new chapter in Schenectady that could double the success of Madison Handbags. The company relocated its production facility from Troy to the former Girl Scouts building in Schenectady. Production began last week inside the 131 State St. facility, and city offi cials couldn’t be more pleased. “This is a great time to really be in the company because of our presence in Schenectady,” said company spokeswoman Sandy Washburn. “We really want to be good neighbors and we’re excited to be a part of the com- munity in a business district.” Besides adding 40 employees to the city’s job count, Madison Handbags has also put the building back on the tax rolls. It had sat on the market listed at $529,000 for nearly two years after the Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York moved out and before the design-your-ownhandbag company would enter into a contract to purchase it for $365,000 last September. The sale closed Jan. 26, but the two-story facility needed renovations and some new equipment. Schenectady County’s Metroplex Development Authority board members approved a $50,000 grant to the company in June to put toward renovations, happy to have the successful company in the city’s backyard. “We’re happy they’re coming to downtown and it adds to the momentum we’re trying to build on State Street,” said Metroplex Chairman Ray Gillen at a June 23 board meeting. “It helps create that buzz on lower State that we saw with the Proctors block.” If anybody knows the importance of buzz, it’s the people behind Madison Handbags. The company relies on direct selling through a home party model to sell its handbags. In fact, it’s how the company was able to grow to what it is now. With 500 design consultants across 40 states, women are carrying the Madison Handbag label across the country by word of mouth. Despite the Capital Region’s high concentration of design consultants and customers, Washburn said the company is still trying to get its name out there. “There’s certainly a lot of people in Schenectady and across the country who have not yet heard of Madison Handbags,” she said. Athena Pagnotti was one of those people before she negotiated the sale of the company’s new Schenectady facility. But when the Niskayuna real estate agent invited her friends to a Madison Handbags party at her home last Thursday, she was surprised to find they were already tried-and-true customers. “They pulled out their handbags and said, ‘I bought this tote so and so years ago’ and they’re still carrying it around,” she laughed. “That speaks to the durability and quality of the product.” ...............................>>>>..........................>>>>....................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00102&AppName=1
but the two-story facility needed renovations and some new equipment. Schenectady County’s Metroplex Development Authority board members approved a $50,000 grant to the company in June to put toward renovations, happy to have the successful company in the city’s backyard.
Does Metroplex have any grants for the homeowners who are paying for all of this? Any grants for the homeowners to fix up their own homes?
Why must homeowners forgo fixing up their own homes in favor of giving handouts to a business that can afford to pay their own way?
All these grants of taxpayer money given to downtown, what effect has it had on the city?
What effect has it had on the tax base? What effect has it had on the home values? What effect has it had on the property and school taxes? What effect has it had on the quality of life in the neighborhoods? What effect has it had on the desirability of the city to be a place that people want to buy a home in and live in? What effect has it had on people who, for whatever unrelated reason, need to sell their house and move (job transfer, need for smaller house, need for bigger house, deceased parent, going into a nursing home, etc)
Any answers from the cheerleaders for the city (I trust you can provide the proof from reliable and official websites)?
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.
Why must homeowners forgo fixing up their own homes in favor of giving handouts to a business that can afford to pay their own way?
It's the new "Handouts for Handbags" program. Just ask the Lefties. It's working wonderfully. The jobs will stay here just long enough for them to pay full taxes.
Business district? Where? A bunch of tax exempt fat cats screwing the oppressed City property owners. Lower State Street is a disaster area no matter how many lies Death Ray or Fat Morris spew. They should both be run out of town on a rail. What's the tax exemption Death Ray? Finally, the taxpayers are demanding answers from the DEM insane clown posse.
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