Big names, a party-switching candidate and overlapping platforms in the race for the 46th district state Senate seat (Metroland – October 21, 2004) ‘I’m loyal to my oath of office, not to any party loyalties or party ties,” said Albany County Comptroller and longtime Democrat Michael Conners, who recently became a Republican in order to [...]

In which a Metroland reporter strides confidently into the Republicans’ midst, and is forced to toast George W. Bush in order to make it out alive (Metroland – September 2, 2004) I’m in a bar on 33rd Street with Beverly and Hannah, operations assistants for the Republican National Convention, and I just toasted the notion [...]

Coup removes contentious Ward 3 councilman from his leadership position in the Albany Common Council (Metroland – April 15, 2004) Albany’s Common Council experienced a shift in leadership last week, as the sudden ousting of Councilman Michael L. Brown (Ward 3) from his position as president pro tempore created a dramatic finale for the midweek [...]

Suspicions in Albany’s Third Ward race are fueled by aggressive interpretation of a single “s” in poll-watcher credentialing rules (Metroland – September 29, 2005) It took a day in court, election-day calls to local police and more than a week after the Sept. 13 primary to sort out who was elected as Albany’s Third Ward [...]