albanyweblog.com
Updated
December 20, 2009
A weblog about the politics and affairs of the old and glorious City of Albany, New York, USA. Articles written and disseminated from Albany's beautiful and historic South End by Daniel Van Riper. If you wish to make a response, have anything to add or would like to make an empty threat, please contact me.
Article Archive - 2009
Scapegoats For Endless War - Now we know why Albany’s Yassin Aref And Mohhamed Hossain have been perjured into prison, 12/20/09
A Visit To Fort Ticonderoga - A warm weather Sunday visit to remind everybody that our nation is built upon Liberal values and that winter will not last forever , 11/30/09
Killing Our Neighborhood Post Offices - The US Postal Corporation wants to shut down our urban post office stations . . . because they aren’t located in the suburbs, 11/15/09
One House And One Gang At A Time - Mayor Jennings finally takes responsibility for the South End, and slugs The Wife in the jaw, 11/3/09
Lincoln Park In Autumn - A fleeting moment on a warm sunny day in the South End at the end of October, 10/27/09
Jerry’s Serious Problem - Winning this last election may turn out to be the worst thing that has ever happened to Jerry Jennings, 10/11/09
Demolition By Neglect - A proven method by which preferred suburban “developers” get around laws designed to protect our urban heritage in Albany, 9/27/09
Watching The Big Primary (Part Two), 9/4/09
Watching The Big Primary (Part One) - A review of Corey Ellis’ battle to bring Albany into the 21st century, part 2 will be about the ward races and other Citywide races, 8/24/09
The Daily Gazette Commits Suicide - The only independent daily newspaper in the region voluntarily disappears from the internet... and the blogger takes a short break from Albany politics to write an obituary, 8/5/09
Winning Through Intimidation - This September, Current Mayor Jennings may try to defend himself from Corey Ellis by scaring the voters away from the polls, 7/21/09
Liability, Sidewalks And Junked Cars - Or, how to get things done in a City with a corrupt government, 6/28/09
The Orange Leachate Of Rapp Road - Looking at the poisonous runoff from the Albany “Landfill” and where it ends up, 5/25/09
Stimulating Delaware Avenue - A tale full of irony as federal money revives a dormant infrastructure project next to my neighborhood, 5/14/09
On Blueberry Hill - Checking out a hotly litigated corner of Albany’s Pine Bush on a hot day, 4/30/09
Smells Like Medical Waste - Is Albany Med flushing raw sewage and medical waste into the Hudson River . . . via my neighborhood?, 4/18/09
Single Payer Health Comes To Albany - Congressional representative John Conyers and HR 676 pack the Westminster sanctuary on a Sunday afternoon, 3/31/09
The Mayoral Waiting Game Ends - Finally! But now we have a split race as two viable and competent candidates take on the current mayor of Albany . . . and each other, 3/10/09
The Jared Holt Project - Against all odds, the South End is being rebuilt from the inside out, 2/28/09
The King Of Sprawl Is Dead - The damage Joe Bruno did to our region is his lasting legacy, 2/17/09
Justice For Wrongly Prosecuted Muslims - A guest editorial from Steve Downs, an appeal to our new President Obama to right the wrongs of the previous administration and defend the Bill of Rights. 1/30/09
The Day Before The Inauguration - More people than ever, but hardly any politicians make the annual short march across Lincoln Park to the King Statue, 1/25/09
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