“Public” Higher Ed?
Wouldn’t it be great if Gov. Hochul and the Legislature decided to get serious about making college “affordable” by actually funding public […]
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).
I’m not the Lorax…
But I’ll speak for the trees. Those of you who know me know that trees have been near the forefront of my […]
Read morePost and Syndicate
Over the past eighteen months or so, I’ve been rethinking and re-tooling my approach to social media and life online. My motivation […]
Read moreCommunity 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 moreWhat 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 […]
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