Democracy In Albany

It is also they whose focus needs shifting as they are those who will ultimately effect policy change.

How will a billboard or phone calls help? Most with the power and authority to effect change are conveniently blind to the city's problems and continually, messages of grave importance fall upon deaf ears.

There are a few programs that have funds available for homeowners to make repairs, but when have you seen them broadcast by any official?

Proposing a half billion dollar convention center is an obscenity to those who've religiously paid their taxes and have now found themselves being aged out of the economy on onto relief, faced with the dilemma of wondering whether to fix the leaking roof or eat for the next few months.