Small Town with big problems

We follow a lot of community and neighborhood groups around the US and look at what people are saying.  Their concerns, community issues etc.  One city, Troy, NY.  Located in Eastern Upstate NY, near Albany, seems to have several issues that appear to be both asinine and what would seem to be blatant corruption of government.  Their police department has instituted and policy to allow police to mark cars left unlocked with visible valuables in it as well as entering the vehicle and locking for the owner without the owners permission.  Sounds like the police are gearing up for search and seizures without the need for a subpoena, not only setting vehicles up for break-ins due to the marking of them with a blue tag on the dash.

Another issue we found was that the Council president, Lynn Kopka, likes to gavel out the public when she feels slightly offended or does not feel the topic is of any concern of hers.  In a recent statement Kopka said "If someone cares enough about the city and its goings on to come to a Council meeting give their opinion publicly they’ve always been pretty able to say whatever is on their mind so long as the speaker owns property in Troy."  So guess what, you rent, you do not matter and what ever you say has no merit there.  I think we will be looking a little deeper in to this Chairwoman Kopka.

The next item we found seems a little less public is the Lansingburgh School board.  They are a relatively new regime but have already taken a similar stance as Kopka and that regardless of what the public wants, the school board will do just what it wants.  Merging and restructure of the elementary schools was one such issue.  Though school board presented the concept and would open to public discussion on a certain date, it was discovered that weeks prior they had already decided on the restructure, regardless of the public.  It has also been noted that they have masked an art, music and sport elimination program in the school budget without presenting this openly on the budget, recently voted on.  The new of cuts have come from the teachers and departments that are being effected, not from the school board.ty in Troy.

       It seems although the City of Troy is a pretty small city it is infected with big city problems, other ongoing issues are voter fraud trial, were some Democratic members forged signature for the working family party to gain support for the last election as well as items like the City Council changing the process of obtaining abandoned properties from the city that no require a sealed bid to be placed with the Cities Planning and Economic Development Department.  Not that it seems all that bad since it was previously under public auction, where certain bidders would over bid guaranteeing the win but actually under pay the city for the property than what  the actually bid was. But now the Commissioner, Bill Dunne, will oversee this new process and with his connection to several investors, and construction firms the scales will again be tipped in favor of them versus the public or neighbors of such vacant properties.

It is interesting that in the same note of our printing breitbart.com reported on a similar incident with Kopka and other members of city council.  You can check out the story here: NY Democrats Shield Election-Rigging and Convicted Felon.


Balsa

The false prophet comes

     We see it coming in the future. A leader for the fascistic, the socialist and the zombies. A leader in wolf's clothing. The self proclaimed prophet of all the left has wished for. They will preach equality, and fairness of society and when all are asleep and they become the leader of the former free world they will revolt and and cleanse the earth the do nothing, self indulgent and socialistic leeches begging for free hand-outs.

     This false prophet of the beggars at the banquet will in fact be the savior of the common man. The hard worker, self guided and the true member of the human race. They will restore the system of values and hard work to get ahead, so that society no longer desires the free hand out but values the ideals of our Constitution and that will be reinstated as the guidance of our society. Then we will have reached a true utopia.