Community Trees “Game”?
This is essentially a placeholder for a longer post that may be written at a later date. I’ve been kicking around an […]
Read moreAuthor: SamUpstate
A suburban dad enjoying and celebrating life in New York's Capital District.
Working to improve the world by supporting public education and strong, walkable communities.
Software Engineer (by day).
What garbage 😖
A letter to the editor in the Spotlight manages to perfectly capture some of what makes Colonie such a frustrating place to […]
Read moreI’m interested in yesterday’s news that the Schenectady Daily Gazette will be sold to its current publisher. I’ve previously been a subscriber, […]
Read moreBack to the air?
My first career was as a Naval Officer. I went through the NRTOC program in college and after graduating attended Navy flight […]
Read moreProfessional Sports in “Smallbany”
With the recent news that downtown Albany may see a new soccer stadium, with a men’s minor league team and potentially a […]
Read moreAnti-kids practices
When I was a new parent, I wondered how and why our society became so heavily stacked against parents (and by extension, […]
Read moreNIMBY or …?
In the Times Union today, there’s an article about a county suing the state over a law that prevents local taxing authorities […]
Read moreOn the “Clickwrap Agreements” and the Binding Arbitration trend
A quick follow-up to my post a moment ago about the FTC action to ban non-compete agreements. It seems that a week […]
Read moreOn non-compete agreements
The TimesUnion reported today on the recent FTC ruling banning the use of non-compete agreements. Business groups have of course sued, because […]
Read moreIncomplete information
Here’s a great example of why citizens seem to be so poorly informed about the state of their communities, states, the country, […]
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