100 POSTS

AH I have reached 100 posts!!!! What an achievement!

I started this blog 4 years ago more to vent than anything else.  I avoided posting often for a reason, I work and enjoy my free time.  I also intended the blog to be about nothing and since I mostly write about local politicians.....

It started as A Blog About Nothing and it still is!!!!!!

So to celebrate this monumental achievement (averaging about 2 posts per month) I bring you the 2013 mayoral candidates for Albany, NY.  Enjoy!!!

Going Back to Ohio - Albany

Yawn, 1st Ward and SUNY Albany

The Common Council race in the city's first ward is shaping up to be the weirdest one this electoral cycle.

1.  Dorcey Applyrs, a non native of Albany (from DC) is pursuing a PhD at UA.  How do I know?  Her bio says so.  How else do I know?  MY UALBANY ALUMNI MAGAZINE KEEPS PROMOTING HER!

Yes the alumni fish wrap has done a number of stories including a gratuitous front cover piece promoting the only PhD student the school has.  If this is how they roll at UA, my contributions to the schools will stop.  OK, let me stop lying!!!

I have never seen a local school trip over themselves for a student of their as with this one.

Student Spotlight

But here's the real rub with her, Sheehan and the progressives have given their OK for her to run and they are backing her.  The same people who have expressed their hatred for charter schools and their desire to eradicate them.  Why is that important?  Mr. Applyrs is the principal for a local charter school.

You go reconcile that shit!

BTW, she is a hotty and a brain, so I can overlook a lot!!!!!!!

2.  Andres Rivera - a non native of Albany is the democratic party endorsed candidate.  He is from the Bronx and has not lived here long.  I have heard him speak and he apparently thinks the 1st Ward is the Bronx in 1979 and the Boppers are about to beat up on The Warriors.

Having lived in Brooklyn in those days, Rivera reminds me of every ghettocrat from the projects on Lewis ave.  It is old, it is played out, and I have known real Young Lords and you sir, are no Young Lord.

3.  Mannarino - What can I say, a machine fireman who got SCHOOLED by Calsolaro 4 years ago for the very same spot.  He too is old (as in antiquated) and played out.

There you have it, a conflicted progressive (but hot) darling given the nod, a fake ghetto revolutionary (who is also being supported by the village e-diot), and more of the same machine garbage.

Good Luck!

Yo, Andres, look, real Young Lords

Jennings Wants to be Remembered!

The guy is not out of office yet and his tan sprayers are looking to waste more money to memorialize him.

On the TU Local Politics Blog, my favorite, there is a post about Councilman Rosenweig wanting to change the name of the park portion of the Corning Preserve to Jenning's Landing.  What the hell?

Here is the post: Jennings Landing

The Roz is a long time tan sprayer.  Loves Jennings and is Gerry's councilman.  The guy always looks like is driving in a convertible.  I will give him a native american name.....Councilman "Wind Through His Hair".

Councilman "Wind Through His Hair" is such a shill that he too chose not to seek reelection in a gimme ward when the mayor also chose not to run again.  However, "Wind Through His Hair" is a school teacher and from what I hear a good one.  So props for teaching our children, no props for this proposal.

Jennings has been such a stagnant figure in the city that he will always be remembered for being a wannabe mafia dude, or a wannabe mayor of a big city, or a wannabe, political baller when he goes after his PILOT ducketts, or a wannabe caramel boy with his tangerine hue.

Besides, his name is everywhere.  From welcoming you into the city to the public housing development on Jennings Way to Jennings winning those two superbowls against the Patriots, Jennings has been on the forefront of taking credit for anything that happens in this city.

Here are some suggestions for other spots which can be used to memorialize Jennings:

1.  Mount Jennings (Landfill)

2.  Jennings Corner (Katina Thomas)

3.  Jennings Hydrant (Car crash)

4.  Rename the ER of Albany Memorial to Jennings Pavilion (McEneny Daughter)

5.  JenningsCitizenOne (Gerry's Blog)

Debate!!!!

Props to 

Occupy Albany

It's On!!!!

Occupy Albany has made the first move to create a debate for all announced candidates for mayor.  It will be tonight at 6:00 pm at the Albany Public Library, Main Branch

The only candidates committed to coming are Alex Portelli, Marlon Anderson, and Jesse Calhoun.

Don't complain later that you don't know who else is running or that you don't know what they stand for.  

Occupy brought you to the water, now take a drink.

Still Doing OK!

All good for this little blog that I rarely use.  Stats have been pretty steady in the low 100s.  Then spiked like a motha when I wrote about our village e-diot.  Consequently,  the only real traffic she got was when she wrote about Lebron.  I couldn't make this shit up if I tried.

Keep visiting.  Maybe I'll start selling ads like some "impartial" bloggers we know.

Top three so far: (My favorite so far is the Mullberry Double S)
1.  The Village E-diot Runs For Office
2.  A Pretender From Ohio Will Be The Next Mayor
3.  Pimpin' Ain't Easy, Shelly

Pimpin' Ain't Easy, Shelly

Mulberry Double S

Sheldon Silver is the speaker of the New York State Assembly.  A Ghettocrat who represents the Lower East Side of Manhattan including Chinatown.

In his reign of sexual terror as speaker he has been covering up for fellow democrats, a parade of rapes and sexual harassment in Albany.  He has been paying off victims of sexual harassment to shut-up and go away.

WITH OUR TAX MONEY!

The latest was a $103,000 hush money payout to victims of Brooklyn Democratic Chair Vito Lopez aka Gropez.  Yes, another ghettocrat was sexually harrassing his female staffer and Pimp Shelly been covering up.

This is important because just recently, while state democrats like PAT FAHY, PHIL STECK, CECILIA TCA$$HICK (the T is silent) have been praising him and adoring him, the Legislative Ethics Commission has fined Gropez $300,000 for apparently being a sexual harrassing democrat.  Yes the party of women and women's rights, and abortion rights for women, and ERA, happen to be the biggest supporters, with tax payer dollars, of helping themselves to the opposite sex while progressive/liberals sit by adoring these jerkoffs.

Here is the story in the Daily News (Yes, the NY Post were always on top of it but I thought it would be cool to see NYC's liberal fish wrap do the story): Vito Lopez Faces $300,000 Fine
(look at that piece of man beefcake Gropez is)

The media has been somewhat quiet about this but the people have been paying attention because 51% of New Yorkers want Pimp Shelly to step down.  Only 22% believe he should stay.  The 22% all live on Avenue A and Mullberry St.

Here is the the TU piece on the Quinnipiac Poll:  Q Poll Respondents Say Silver Should Go

Shelly has turned Albany into his own personal whore house.

"Talkin' Pimp Talk"

The Village E-diot Runs For Office

Guess who is running for office?  Our village e-diot!!!!!!!

Yes, Theresa Grafflin, aka Albany Citizen One, has gotten the support of the Independence Party to run against Richard Conti, the only member of the common council who is awake and aware of his surroundings.

This is America and she can run for anything.  I mean if Marlon and Corey can run, why not someone who also has no job and is looking for attention.  Don't we all deserve our place in the sun?

No one in this area has done more to ruin people's reputations with made up stories and rumors than TG.  She has been an operative for the democrat machine for a long time.

What I don't understand is why she is running against Conti?  Didn't he buy her enough drinks?  Didn't he kiss her ass enough?  Richard, WHAT HAVE YOU NOT DONE!!!???

So, if you have ANY stories of AC1 to share please send your comments to:  albanycommonsense@usa.com.  The comments will be anonymous and confidential, just like she likes it!

Why not?  She has blazed the trail for bullshit blogging and "journalism".  It's her turn to get a taste of her own medicine.

A Pretender From Ohio Will Be The Next Mayor

That's the Buckeye from The Ohio State University

My boy Lebron expressed interest in running for mayor of Albany.  He ran 4 years ago and moved out the city JUST LIKE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHERS.  He now lives in Colonie.  After over 20 years in Albany the brother was driven out.

Here's a great piece done by Jordan Carleo-Envangelist: Inside Politics Hopefuls

Apparently he believes he can still run without currently living in the city.  I would have loved to see another political court case pan out with him.  The last time he challenged the machine, he won against the machinist, Tom Marcelle.

So, to prevent him from running, the GOP conveniently found a democrat socialist registered republican from Ohio to run.  

Here is the blog piece: Calhoun Will Run for Mayor As A Republican Not An Independent

Jesse Calhoun lives in the city and believes 9-11 was brought to you by CGI and navy demolition experts.  Yes, a musician from Ohio who came to Albany because the music scene here was better (yes, he said that).  A "libertarian" who jumped on the second amendment bandwagon to spearhead his "political" career.  Another pothead who can't make up his mind if he is an independent, republican, socialist, democrat, whatever.

And...........A Debbie BUSCH hack!!!!

Yes, the nurse was behind this guy getting in.

I actually like libertarians and have voted for some.  And as long as he had some good ideas and a professional background he had my ear.  But now the nurse is behind him, I don't think so.

There's another libertarian running, Alex Portelli.  Why does that matter?  Well, it takes about 140 votes to get the republican line and 10 times more to get an independent line like the Libertarian.  So top it all off, Calhoun is lazy.

So Kathy Sheehan is a transplant from Ohio as is Calhoun.  Our next mayor will be from the Buckeye state. A state that has a music scene worse than ours and continues to be Michigan's bitch.

I think the lead singer of Sirsy should run for office.  She can take him!!!!

Rush Limbaugh should visit Albany!!!

MY CITY WAS GONE  by the Pretenders

WENT BACK TO OHIO 

BUT MY CITY WAS GONE 

THERE WAS NO TRAIN STATION 

THERE WAS NO DOWNTOWN 

SOUTH HOWARD HAD DISAPPEARED 

ALL MY FAVORITE PLACES 

MY CITY HAD BEEN PULLED DOWN 

REDUCED TO PARKING SPACES 

A, O, WAY TO GO OHIO

WELL I WENT BACK TO OHIO 

BUT MY FAMILY WAS GONE 

I STOOD ON THE BACK PORCH 

THERE WAS NOBODY HOME 

I WAS STUNNED AND AMAZED 

MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES 

SLOWLY SWIRLED PAST 

LIKE THE WIND THROUGH THE TREES 

A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO

I WENT BACK TO OHIO 

BUT MY PRETTY COUNTRYSIDE 

HAD BEEN PAVED DOWN THE MIDDLE 

BY A GOVERNMENT THAT HAD NO PRIDE 

THE FARMS OF OHIO 

HAD BEEN REPLACED BY SHOPPING MALLS 

AND MUZAK FILLED THE AIR 

FROM SENECA TO CUYAHOGA FALLS 

SAID, A, O, OH WAY TO GO OHIO