Hope this turns out better than the $600,000 Trustco Bank purchase (now empty and no taxes being collected for years) and the Gillette House Welcoming Center (over $200K spent in environmental clean-up and renovations only to be sold for less than $50K to a private investor).
Hope this turns out better than the $600,000 Trustco Bank purchase (now empty and no taxes being collected for years) and the Gillette House Welcoming Center (over $200K spent in environmental clean-up and renovations only to be sold for less than $50K to a private investor).
Millions for a small extension mainly for private office space. Architects have all panned the horrible design. Of course, a larger kiddie reading room where bums can sprawl out. We got this scaled down but this County can't afford any additional spending. This includes the Savage County Home that needs to be immediately trashed.
boy, u guys are really stretching it... have u ever been to a library before?
they would have to crawl out from under their rocks to go to a library .. and worse .. they might actually be exposed to facts and the TRUTH if they read a library book
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"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
You should spring for a dictionary and at least spell check. Again it's all about increasing public payrolls not improving the library. It's for the administrators.
As per usual, Schenectady is putting whipped cream, and a cherry, on the top of a turd, and patting themselves on the back over their "achievement".
Wanna improve the library? CLEAN THE DAMNED BATHROOMS!!! I'm not talking about the filth that happens in the course of one day either. It makes the worst, most scummy bar that you could ever think of, at 4AM, look like a sterile operating environment. Seriously, I've seen cleaner Port O'Johns at a biker rally.
I once used an old maintenance supervisor's trick, and left a wad of paper (with the date on it) on the floor, to see how long it would remain there. EIGHT days later, it was still there, and probably longer, because I didn't come back to check, and I wasn't about to try to unfold my now urine soaked paper mache project.
Not in a million years, would ever I let a child use that bathroom unattended, as the last two times I used it, some guy would wander in, check his eyebrows in the mirror, and glance over to see if I was "interested".
Ya know what's fun too? Using the computers with graffiti carved into the monitors, while listening to some welfare mom that has to YELL into her cell phone for 20 minutes, because she has one baby running around the room screaming, and banging things with her toy, while another, an infant, is crying for 20 minutes, and boat day childrens being ignored, becose she be rocking "MySpace" yo, while she shares a set of ear buds with her home girl, listening to Pee Doody's new joint.
UH HUH, DATS WHAT ICE TALKIN' BOUT!
Once upon a time, the Schenectady library was my solace. A fascinating place containing vast amounts of knowledge that you could surf long before the internet existed. Every newspaper for the last 150 years, on microfilm, was worth the visit alone.
Currently, if I really want to read a book, I go online, and they deliver it to the Woodlawn branch, or I just buy it.
As per usual, Schenectady is putting whipped cream, and a cherry, on the top of a turd, and patting themselves on the back over their "achievement".
Wanna improve the library? CLEAN THE DAMNED BATHROOMS!!! I'm not talking about the filth that happens in the course of one day either. It makes the worst, most scummy bar that you could ever think of, at 4AM, look like a sterile operating environment. Seriously, I've seen cleaner Port O'Johns at a biker rally.
I once used an old maintenance supervisor's trick, and left a wad of paper (with the date on it) on the floor, to see how long it would remain there. EIGHT days later, it was still there, and probably longer, because I didn't come back to check, and I wasn't about to try to unfold my now urine soaked paper mache project.
Not in a million years, would ever I let a child use that bathroom unattended, as the last two times I used it, some guy would wander in, check his eyebrows in the mirror, and glance over to see if I was "interested".
Ya know what's fun too? Using the computers with graffiti carved into the monitors, while listening to some welfare mom that has to YELL into her cell phone for 20 minutes, because she has one baby running around the room screaming, and banging things with her toy, while another, an infant, is crying for 20 minutes, and boat day childrens being ignored, becose she be rocking "MySpace" yo, while she shares a set of ear buds with her home girl, listening to Pee Doody's new joint.
UH HUH, DATS WHAT ICE TALKIN' BOUT!
Once upon a time, the Schenectady library was my solace. A fascinating place containing vast amounts of knowledge that you could surf long before the internet existed. Every newspaper for the last 150 years, on microfilm, was worth the visit alone.
Currently, if I really want to read a book, I go online, and they deliver it to the Woodlawn branch, or I just buy it.
As per usual, Schenectady is putting whipped cream, and a cherry, on the top of a turd, and patting themselves on the back over their "achievement".
Wanna improve the library? CLEAN THE DAMNED BATHROOMS!!! I'm not talking about the filth that happens in the course of one day either. It makes the worst, most scummy bar that you could ever think of, at 4AM, look like a sterile operating environment. Seriously, I've seen cleaner Port O'Johns at a biker rally.
I once used an old maintenance supervisor's trick, and left a wad of paper (with the date on it) on the floor, to see how long it would remain there. EIGHT days later, it was still there, and probably longer, because I didn't come back to check, and I wasn't about to try to unfold my now urine soaked paper mache project.
Not in a million years, would ever I let a child use that bathroom unattended, as the last two times I used it, some guy would wander in, check his eyebrows in the mirror, and glance over to see if I was "interested".
Ya know what's fun too? Using the computers with graffiti carved into the monitors, while listening to some welfare mom that has to YELL into her cell phone for 20 minutes, because she has one baby running around the room screaming, and banging things with her toy, while another, an infant, is crying for 20 minutes, and boat day childrens being ignored, becose she be rocking "MySpace" yo, while she shares a set of ear buds with her home girl, listening to Pee Doody's new joint.
UH HUH, DATS WHAT ICE TALKIN' BOUT!
Once upon a time, the Schenectady library was my solace. A fascinating place containing vast amounts of knowledge that you could surf long before the internet existed. Every newspaper for the last 150 years, on microfilm, was worth the visit alone.
Currently, if I really want to read a book, I go online, and they deliver it to the Woodlawn branch, or I just buy it.
BRAVO Tommy!!! Can't AXE for more!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
does everyone have their e-readers in place to receive their library borrowed books.......
what a waste of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Guess schenectady really has their finger on the pulse of the future.......NOT!!!!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Construction zone: Schenectady County library expansion headed for spring completion The Business Review by Michael DeMasi, Reporter Date: Monday, February 13, 2012, 7:22am EST - Last Modified: Monday, February 13, 2012, 8:45am EST
The latest investment in downtown Schenectady, New York — an expansion of the public library headquarters — has been a long time coming. Library supporters and local officials started talking about the need to expand and renovate the main branch more than a decade ago. A master plan unveiled in late 1999 envisioned $8.3 million in improvements to the 1970s-era building. Fast forward through many debates — and two recessions later — and a scaled-down version of the project is on its way to being finished. Completion is expected in late spring..........................>>>>........................>>>>............http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/morning_call/2012/02/construction-zone-schenectady-county.html
Hey, I'm all for libraries and expansions!! Education is one of the key building blocks of our society.
I just take issue with spending millions of taxpayer's money on a project, when the entire area is crumbling under crime and failed infrastructure and high taxes. When residents are leaving the area in record numbers only to be replaced with drug dealers/addicts, welfare and section 8 recipients. When even the best of homes are not attracting home buyers. When a school system can't even graduate more then 50% of it's students who can read and write. When pitbull have become the pet of choice with nowhere to house the strays.
...............just saying.................
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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Millions for a small extension mainly for private office space. Architects have all panned the horrible design. Of course, a larger kiddie reading room where bums can sprawl out. We got this scaled down but this County can't afford any additional spending. This includes the Savage County Home that needs to be immediately trashed. 
You should spring for a dictionary and at least spell check. Again it's all about increasing public payrolls not improving the library. It's for the administrators. 
