I'm sure the city will remodel the north end of the Boulevard to resemble Hollywood.

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I can't believe that you don't understand that creating jobs and economic activity is a GOOD THING for the area.  So I guess that you and your whining nayboob pals really don't want progress or improvement.

Give every residential property owner in Schenectady a subsidy and tax exemption for their own landscaper, PRESTO - JOB CREATION!  That would be a lot of economic activity, and the homeowner would be the beneficiary.  Imagine all the extra time homeowners and families would have if they had somebody else maintain their landscaping.

Yes, I understand job creation, I also understand who benefits from government subsidized job creation - select developer, select businesses, and of course and most important, the political party in power.

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Yes, I understand job creation, I also understand who benefits from government subsidized job creation - select developer, select businesses, and of course and most important, the political party in power.

He's all for local government job creation.

I heard he's against all the new Obamacare jobs being created to regulate the health care industry.

Funny he doesn't recognize the local trickle down Obamanomics.

Available on Amazon.com:

Obamanomics: How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall Street Friends, Corporate Lobbyists, and Union Bosses

Some interesting facts I learned about the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit:

*Conceived by Henry Ford II and financed primarily by the Ford Motor Company, the Renaissance Center became the world's largest private development .The project was intended to revitalize the economy of Detroit.
*This type of complex has been termed a city within a city.
*In 2004, General Motors completed a US$500 million renovation of the Class-A center as its world headquarters, which it had purchased in 1996.

I got this stuff from Wikipedia. Whoever wrote the piece was promoting the project as being good for downtown Detroit and the city's economy. The article does not mention how much the city contributed to the project, or anything about tax breaks. I find it interesting that we went ahead and copied this concept for Schenectady, and we are still pursuing the "city within a city" idea as being "good for Schenectady" despite all evidence to the contrary. I also wonder about the original choice of that site as it is barely within the city limits.
The last fact, about the 500 million revamp by GM, I did not know that. Hmmm. Easy to throw money around carelessly when the government is there to make everybody else protect you from the consequences.

Portions (lower sections and 1 tower) of Detroit's Renaissance Center were opened in 1976 but the project wasn't completed until the early 1980's.  It has since undergone a major renovation.
On one hand, the center is an amazing piece of architecture but on the other hand it has never really been a profitable venture.  I would also question the statement that it was a completely private development because the Feds, the State of Michigan and the City of Detroit put a lot of money into it and adjacent related development projects.  The "people mover" part of the project ended up being entirely funded with government dollars and even that was having trouble maintaining its viability.
There was - in the late 1970's and early 1980's - a huge controversy because it pulled commercial real estate tenants out of existing buildings in Downtown Detroit -- leaving those other buildings vacant.  

Mayor Karen spent $5 million taxpayer dollars on "Canal Square" which is now a big fat nothing! The same democrats are still running the show and making a lot of nothing.

Quoted from Libertarian4life

I'm sure the city will remodel the north end of the Boulevard to resemble Hollywood.

Or Bollywood? I thought this was about the latest layoffs at GE. 200 white collar workers to be laid off by the end of the year.

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

I can't believe that you don't understand that creating jobs and economic activity is a GOOD THING for the area.  So I guess that you and your whining nayboob pals really don't want progress or improvement.

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SCHENECTADY — Up to 200 white-collar workers at General Electric in Schenectady will be laid off by the end of this year, GE officials said Tuesday.

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

Mayor McCarthy and his team are doing a great job in the city.  Keep up the good work.

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

Since I work and pay taxes, you must be speaking about somebody else.

I guess the dems in the county and plex created your church job, huh?

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

Portions (lower sections and 1 tower) of Detroit's Renaissance Center were opened in 1976 but the project wasn't completed until the early 1980's.  It has since undergone a major renovation.
On one hand, the center is an amazing piece of architecture but on the other hand it has never really been a profitable venture.  I would also question the statement that it was a completely private development because the Feds, the State of Michigan and the City of Detroit put a lot of money into it and adjacent related development projects.  The "people mover" part of the project ended up being entirely funded with government dollars and even that was having trouble maintaining its viability.
There was - in the late 1970's and early 1980's - a huge controversy because it pulled commercial real estate tenants out of existing buildings in Downtown Detroit -- leaving those other buildings vacant.  

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Jusr like YOUR DEM buddy projects in the city of Schenectady and county and plex with tax money at all levels.

NOT a profitable venture.  Leaves an EVER GROWING number of vacant buildings.

And that IS the truth DV and you can't find one shred of evidence to dispute that.  

So many hundreds of millions of tax dollars at all levels.
People fleeing the city in droves leaving behind oodles of vacant house.
People unable to pay taxes causing city to seize the houses leaving more vacant houses.
Long time TAXPAYING businesses downtown closing leaving MORE vacant buildings!

A DRASTICALLY FALLING TAX BASE!!!!!!!!!!!

Your dem buddies are so wonderful



Comment?  Address the facts?   HA HA   TOTAL SILENCE

I posted that Detroit stuff to show that their 'renaissance' project, the 'city within a city', did not exactly have the great effect it was supposed to, and even until recently, it was still being touted as "good for" Detroit. This is apparently where BS got his "city within a city" idea from. You gotta hand it to the guy, it takes real guts to use taxpayer money to copy a failed concept in a city teetering on the brink. Anybody can copy good ideas.

it is a GREAT NEWS that a private company wants to locate and invest in Schenectady.  
It is GREAT NEWS that it will bring a good number of jobs DIRECTLY as well as create additional jobs INDIRECTLY.

Building a film studio is in no way comparable with building Detroit's Renaissance Center, neither is the larger project proposed for the old ALCO site.   Detroit's Renaissance Center is on par with projects like Empire State Plaza in Albany or the Empire State Building in New York City.  By the way, the Empire State Building took many years to reach 100% occupancy and actually operate in the black.  Rockefeller Center had a tough go of it in the early years.  Often times these large scale projects take years to pay off.

Bottomline - this announcements is the first in a series of POSITIVE new developments coming to Schenectady County.  THE RENAISSANCE IS DEFINITELY UNDERWAY.

That is where he copied the 'city within a city' idea from. That's what they called it, that's where they got it. It isn't even "within a city" so that makes it even more stupid of an idea.
If a studio is coming here to freeload, it isn't good for Schenectady. A freeloading business is worse than an empty lot. Go tell the people getting thrown out of their homes what good news this is, see what they say.

THE RENAISSANCE CONTINUES  no matter what the whining, pouting nayboobs say.

Even the city council democrats are jumping ship. More and more packing up and shipping out, every day. They don't want to support a bunch of useless greedy grabbers who couldn't make it in private industry. The only renaissance I've ever heard of where business is booming so well they have to raise taxes and cut services to make ends meet. Where did all the money go? Could it be there never was any money? Could it be that people can't afford to live here because of the incompetence of the last two mayors? Maybe if they would quit wasting our money on cockamamie schemes that only benefit those with a finger in the pie, people who work for a living wouldn't be leaving in droves. I'm only one woman. Half the city couldn't possibly be bailing due to my influence. They must've figured it out for themselves. It isn't right, taking people's hard earned money and giving it away to freeloading adults. People are giving up their homes to get away from Gary McCarthy's bad leadership. It's a fact, drive around, you'll see the signs. Just don't go to State and Hulett, or State and Broadway, either.