Ed Kosiur, appointed to fill a Schenectady City Council vacancy at last week's meeting, is far from bashful. He used the inauguration ceremony to predict he will win a November election to retain the seat.
Some pundits, me not included, thought the Democrat was too bold and brash. You can bet the farm on a Kosiur win essentially by default because the city Republican Party is a dysfunctional shambles.
Kosiur is a six-figure appointee. Besides a $14,100 council salary, he also holds an $86,000 county position specially created for him. This largess is courtesy of Chris "Boss" Gardner, county attorney and untitled string-puller of the local Democratic Party.
I've switched Gardner's long-used aka from "Capo" to "Boss" because a top local Democrat said the former title sounded criminal. In politics, the term ''Boss'' is appropriate – like in Boss Tweed.
Incidentally, during the ceremony, Kosiur singled out a lot of party workers in the chambers for their support. Conspicuously, he didn't blow a kiss to the Boss, who was purposely inconspicuous in the rear of the jampacked room.[/quote]
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Real estate glut
After being dumbfounded by the sight of a half-dozen "for sale'' signs on a single block of California Avenue, I couldn't help wonder about the overall housing market in Schenectady.
Turns out the neat Mont Pleasant street's glut isn't an anomaly. Real estate listings in the city show 465 available residential properties. The breakdown is 308 single-family, 114 two-family and 43 multiple-family. There were only nine sales closed in January compared to 21 for January 2013.
By comparison, the city of Troy, close to Schenectady populationwise, doesn't have such a bulging inventory of homes for sale. Only 209 residences are listed including 113 single-family, 67 two-family and 29 multiple-family.
Besides the long list of available homes, the Schenectady stock of foreclosed properties shot up from 450 to about 850 in the last year.
As an aside, Bill Macejka, veteran OGS supervisor, commends his short-staffed crew for clearing sidewalks on the long list of city-owned properties during the sluggish winter. He also salutes city sanitation workers for hauling away countless tons of trash daily while enduring seemingly forever horrendous winter conditions.
Ed Kosiur, appointed to fill a Schenectady City Council vacancy at last week's meeting, is far from bashful. He used the inauguration ceremony to predict he will win a November election to retain the seat.
does anyone know who will challenge him?
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
Ed shouldn't count the chicken before it hatches. No one thought Roger Hull was going to get that much votes and he was just a few votes shy from beating McThug! The Republican party has great candidates Joe Kelleher, Joe Lazarri or Heather Dukes. These 3 candidates are much more qualified than LUMPY ED.
The problem is, you have the machine voters, and then you have those who somehow can't be bothered to vote. I know people with kids in school, who did not go to the polls in support of that nice man who ran on a platform of instituting proven methods of early childhood education. The hack got in there, and what sort of people do we have in charge of young children's education? The sort who get duped by a five year old, and then blame the child. Roger Hull could not get the courts to allow a count of actual ballots in that suspicious election. It is so frustrating. Schenectadians have given up and are voting with their feet, in record numbers.
McThug and the Dems are not doing any favor for their so called base "welfare citizens" by raising taxes and fees. The "welfare citizens" have to pay higher rents. The "welfare citizens" are not able to find apartments to rent because property owners don't deal with DSS or Section 8 because of the hassel with the process. The "welfare citizens" are not able to find a apartment for rent because there is a glut of abandoned homes so few apartments to choose from. This is the mess the DEMS have created for their so called base the "welfare citizens" that turnout in huge numbers to vote for the DEMS. WAKE UP "welfare citizens"!
I have my suspicions that the "welfare citizens" who turn out to vote are only a handful of connected ones. We had a black woman from Hamilton Hill running in that last election who lost. It seems to me if she couldn't get in, the welfare citizens aren't getting out the vote. I think the voters who put these people in include a lot of really dumb white people who buy into the idea that Schenectady is damned because we lost jobs years and years ago so the city is "cash-strapped" and that McThug and Co. are valiantly fighting the good fight by supporting a lot of shiny buildings downtown which are going to make everything wonderful, maybe in another decade or so.
Incidentally, during the ceremony, Kosiur singled out a lot of party workers in the chambers for their support. Conspicuously, he didn't blow a kiss to the Boss, who was purposely inconspicuous in the rear of the jampacked room.
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Quoted Text
Real estate glut
After being dumbfounded by the sight of a half-dozen "for sale'' signs on a single block of California Avenue, I couldn't help wonder about the overall housing market in Schenectady.
Turns out the neat Mont Pleasant street's glut isn't an anomaly. Real estate listings in the city show 465 available residential properties. The breakdown is 308 single-family, 114 two-family and 43 multiple-family. There were only nine sales closed in January compared to 21 for January 2013.
By comparison, the city of Troy, close to Schenectady populationwise, doesn't have such a bulging inventory of homes for sale. Only 209 residences are listed including 113 single-family, 67 two-family and 29 multiple-family.
Besides the long list of available homes, the Schenectady stock of foreclosed properties shot up from 450 to about 850 in the last year.
As an aside, Bill Macejka, veteran OGS supervisor, commends his short-staffed crew for clearing sidewalks on the long list of city-owned properties during the sluggish winter. He also salutes city sanitation workers for hauling away countless tons of trash daily while enduring seemingly forever horrendous winter conditions.
Of course, DV can respond AND HE IS VERY VERY EAGER and explain how this is reflective of the dems doing a wonderful job and he can explain how this is indicative of the city being in a renaissance.
Right, DV???? You are going to address the great masses of people fleeing the city under the dem leadership, and you are going to address why house sales are down so much under your dems?????
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.
Ed shouldn't count the chicken before it hatches. No one thought Roger Hull was going to get that much votes and he was just a few votes shy from beating McThug! The Republican party has great candidates Joe Kelleher, Joe Lazarri or Heather Dukes. These 3 candidates are much more qualified than LUMPY ED.
Right and the County REPS are no longer in "shambles". Ask Marty Finn and Matt Martin about that. Lumpy Kosiur is a weak candidate. Sue Savage came out of hiding to support this double dipper. The machine is now scraping the bottom of the barrel. According to my sources watch for a DEM City primary. Many DEMS are sick of the same old same old. As far as the housing resale glut old news Marv. Keep re-electing these DEM fiscal incompetents whose only concern is padding bloated public retirements. Heather Dukes with Alliance support would easily beat Lumpy Kosiur. No matter how many signs they rip down.
Right and the County REPS are no longer in "shambles". Ask Marty Finn and Matt Martin about that. Lumpy Kosiur is a weak candidate. Sue Savage came out of hiding to support this double dipper. The machine is now scraping the bottom of the barrel. According to my sources watch for a DEM City primary. Many DEMS are sick of the same old same old. As far as the housing resale glut old news Marv. Keep re-electing these DEM fiscal incompetents whose only concern is padding bloated public retirements. Heather Dukes with Alliance support would easily beat Lumpy Kosiur. No matter how many signs they rip down.
Well, Lazzari and Keller would have beat Kosiur if he ran. Let the REP run their candidates again and let's have a real election rather than an appointment. Someone will be sitting next to Riggi that has a spinal cord if the REP and IND keep running their candidates... change happens slowly....but it happens.
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Right and the County REPS are no longer in "shambles". Ask Marty Finn and Matt Martin about that. Lumpy Kosiur is a weak candidate. Sue Savage came out of hiding to 
