Hogging the credit that's due taxpayers Marv Cermak, Covering Schenectady Published 7:57 pm, Monday, April 7, 2014
The Times Union
As of late, the Schenectady red carpet has been rolled out more and more to welcome job creation — in some cases alleged — and new economic development.
Announcement of 100 or often fewer promised new jobs these days receives more staged publicity than years-ago coverage of the local General Electric plant pink-slipping 1,000 at a clip.
Politicians, their high-paid appointees, administration stooges, developers and others on the gravy train have taken all the credit for any improvement of Old Dorp, aka the dimly lighted Electric City.
Well, the major visible development has been pretty much limited to the Proctors block. It's taken a dozen or so years to turn that short stretch around.
During that period, city neighborhoods have failed dramatically.
On a scale of 1 to 10, the residential area failure is about a 14.
While "Happy Days Are Here Again" is the theme song of the self-aggrandizing power brokers, the real credit should go to the taxpayers. They are underwriting the cost of the slow-freight moving downtown transformation.
Some may recall, the decayed Proctors block improvement project started with total underground replacement of sewer, water, power and telephone lines. These costly upgrades coupled with a new streetscape took three construction seasons.
It's no secret Metroplex has been pouring millions in grants, loans and whatever to resuscitate the central business district. And the state, county and city have also contributed more millions to the same cause.
Metroplex is funded by sales tax revenues. The state, county and city financial lifeline is generated by income, property and various other forms of taxation.
So I guess what I'm driving at is that the true unsung heroes in the downtown rejuvenation story are the taxpayers themselves, not the political types who spend the tax dollars and take all the bows.
The politicians in the city are not going to like the press telling the truth.
The tide is changing my friends a Hull/ Alliance/ Republican victory in 2015 is in the works! The media is finally getting the big picture well some in the media. Neighboorhoods are suffering and the rich developers along with the Politicians are doing very well off the broken back of taxpayers!
Regarding this matter Nice to see the TRUTH in print once in a while, or maybe for the FIRST time, ever.
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He's stated the truth so well. It should have been a front page headline.
McC is probably looking to sue him now.
What Marv failed to state, and he should have a Part 2, is to explain that the residents of the city have got NOTHING in return fo9r their "investment." NOTHING in return for the money that the DEMS have STOELEN from the residents under threats of "you pay for downtown or you lose your house!"
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.
He's stated the truth so well. It should have been a front page headline.
McC is probably looking to sue him now.
What Marv failed to state, and he should have a Part 2, is to explain that the residents of the city have got NOTHING in return fo9r their "investment." NOTHING in return for the money that the DEMS have STOELEN from the residents under threats of "you pay for downtown or you lose your house!"
Exactly. The bank excrows are the most transparent when you see the Taxes and FEES up 50 to 75% in 5 to 6 years. The gig is almost up though. They can only squeeze so much blood from a stone. Everyone talking about raising Income for the government and no one addressing the Govt Employee Compensation, Insurance and Retirement costs that are the true burden. All this unemployment and we allow people to work on top of a $90,000 plus pension.....say there is noone else out there that can do the job.......Niskayuna almost closing down Birchwood for a $400,000 shortfall then we pay out a lump sum severance packade close to $150,000 plus benefits to a superintendant who was basically bribed out of the job. Cant even patch the largest and deepest potholes in the most travelled roads. Pure Incompetence.
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The tide is changing my friends a Hull/ Alliance/ Republican victory in 2015 is in the works! The media is finally getting the big picture well some in the media. Neighboorhoods are suffering and the rich developers along with the Politicians are doing very well off the broken back of taxpayers!
Anyone here know what position does the Hull/Alliance/Republican groups take on Plex,Downtown Devl.,Alco Project, etc. Fully support it or do not approve of them?
Anyone here know what position does the Hull/Alliance/Republican groups take on Plex,Downtown Devl.,Alco Project, etc. Fully support it or do not approve of them?
The last election, Hull spoke favorably of Plex. He doesn't see the crime of stealing money from future generations to give it to millionaires today.
Most Union College students don't live on Albany St or Emmett St. He has his own interests.
The last election, Hull spoke favorably of Plex. He doesn't see the crime of stealing money from future generations to give it to millionaires today.
Most Union College students don't live on Albany St or Emmett St. He has his own interests.
^^ This
And if you didn't know, MOONGLOW, Roger Hull is one of the founders of Metroplex.
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