Monday, April 20, 2015
THE END OF A PARTY?
Last week the Republican Party met to interview the gentleman that
intended to run against Michele Madigan.
I was told that he is well qualified for the position and gave a very
good speech. However, when he was
finished, Donna Buckley jumped up and started screaming at the fellow and that
was followed by some harsh words by Mrs. Scirocco. Skip then rose and finally put more than 5
words together and pledged that if the Party endorsed this candidate he would not help in any
way to get him elected saying that he has a great relationship working with
Madigan, at this point the meeting was closed and everyone fled the room. The gentleman now feels he doesn't want to challenge
Madigan because of lack of support from his own Party. It seems this is one example that Madigan has turned to the
Republican Party. Only in Saratoga!
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He and his wife did the same thing to Ken Ivins.
ReplyDeleteSo who are the Dems going to run against Skip?
ReplyDeleteWe will have to wait and see. There are a few names floating around but we'll wait for an announcement.
DeleteWe will have to wait and see. There are a few names floating around but we'll wait for an announcement.
DeleteCap,what names?
DeleteMadigan is nothing but a power hungry bitch that will do anything & befriend anyone to promote her agenda!
ReplyDeleteJohn Roohan must be rolling over in his grave, along w/Ed Valentine! Who the hell is running this party? Apparently Skip & Donna!!! WTF??
HOPEFULLY CAP THIS BLOG WILL BE MORE TIMELY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE,RIGHT NOW IT'S TIME DELAYED...............NO GOOD................AND GETTING ON A HIGH HORSE KILLS THE MESSAGE......KABISH BROTHER?
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what you are talking about and there is no such word as Kabish, comprenderé
ReplyDeleteOh Lord.....now we are resorting to make-believe Italian???
ReplyDeleteI think the English version would be Kapish, and Comprende.
Where is this so-called High Horse?? At the Harness Track, or the Race Course??
The Dems should prepare for the same thing from Madigan and Matheisen in an effort to block Sarah Burger and a DPW candidate. These parties need to stand up to the triumvirate !
ReplyDeleteThe Dems will not run anyone against Skip. Tit for tat here. Skip protected Madigan and she will protect him.
ReplyDeletetri·um·vi·rate
ReplyDelete/trīˈəmvərət,trīˈəmvəˌrāt/
noun
1. (in ancient Rome) a group of three men holding power, in particular ( the First Triumvirate ) the unofficial coalition of Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus in 60 BC and ( the Second Triumvirate ) a coalition formed by Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian in 43 BC.
And this is the form of government that Saratoga Springs has chosen.
good point 4:31. With 5 people on the council, it takes 3 votes to pass anything - by design. its got nothing to do with the three particular peopl and everything to do with our city charter
ReplyDeleteMoron.....all governments have a minority and a majority and coalitions within.
Delete2:13 posted the word first I just looked it up.
DeleteYeah, so what. It's called majority rules. Mayor is weak. She couldnt get green beans passed across a table.
ReplyDeleteWe have a good Mayor with good ideas, but the 3 nuts on the Council will keep her from getting anything passed while they make themselves look dumber & dumber.
DeleteI don't believe for a minute that the Dems won't run anyone against Skippy because Madigan tells them not to. Unlike the Republicans, the Dems will not allow one person run the entire party. Scirocco's under investigation & he's going down!
ReplyDeleteAnd your point is? Ric!
ReplyDeleteNo point Steve.
Deletehttp://blog.timesunion.com/saratogaseen/republican-not-challenging-madigan-in-saratoga-springs/23633/
ReplyDeleteRepublican not challenging Madigan in Saratoga Springs
ReplyDeletePosted on April 22, 2015 | By Dennis Yusko
A certified public accountant who wanted to run for Saratoga Springs finance commissioner on the Republican line suddenly dropped his prospective candidacy after facing opposition from a group of GOP Committee members led by Public Works Commissioner Anthony Scirocco, officials said.
Joseph Di Geso, a senior account manager at Juniper Networks, told the committee at a recent meeting that he wanted to challenge Finance Commissioner Michele Madigan, a Democrat, but he later decided not to pursue the party’s endorsement because he didn’t have the full support of the committee, members said. Scirocco and Donna Buckley, an employee of the Public Works Department, objected to Di Geso’s candidacy at the committee meeting, according to those who were there.
Scirocco told party members that he works well with Madigan, city GOP Chairman Steve Rodriguez said. Rodriguez confirmed De Giso decided against pursuing the party’s endorsement. He said De Giso, who also goes by the name Guiseppe on his LinkedIn profile, has “impeccable credentials,” but some party members expressed concern that he was fairly new to the committee. The party has endorsed several candidates for this fall’s election, but not one to challenge Madigan.
Buckley declined comment. Scirocco did not respond to questions.
The Republican leadership has to have rocks in their heads. You have a qualified candidate to challenge a Democrat and they will not endorse him basically because he is new. The Republicans do not want new blood, only the old guard. It's no wonder the Party is falling apart. You have a Republican Commissioner and his Deputy arguing to keep the Democrat from having a Republican opponent. Only in Saratoga.
ReplyDeleteThis guy was backed by McBurger and McTygue and everyone knows it - but of course this won't be published. Cause it's a biased bad blog.
ReplyDeleteIf the blog is biased and bad why are you commenting here? Di Geso is a Republican. The Republicans are afraid to take a chance on someone they don't have dirt on so he can be controlled. If you mean that you are everyone, your statement is idiotic. Democrats wouldn't put a Republican up to run and then support him, and I think everyone knows that.
DeleteThat is a very true statement the republicans need dirt to run a candidate. The problem is that the dirt they had on Skip got dug up by someone else.
DeleteYou don't seem upset that John Frank has never had a challenge since he has been in office.
ReplyDeleteJohn Franck had a challenger 2 years ago and will have one this year. I think that voters should have a choice at election time, but Franck's Party didn't throw him out the door like the Republicans did to De Giso. I even remember when the Democrats helped Skippy out and wouldn't run anyone against him for a few terms. If I were a Replubican candidate right now I wouldn't trust my Party or city GOP Chairman Steve Rodriguez to be of any help to me.
DeleteThe Three Mouse-ka-teers need to go. Maybe by the State, if not then by the ballot.
ReplyDeleteAnyone that loves this city and wants whats best for it, must agree they are NO GOOD for the city. M & M & s must go
S&M? LMAO!! How appropriate!! That's what it's like having to listen to Scirocco & Madigan stroking each other!
ReplyDeleteSorry Cap, but it was stated at that Republican committee meeting that DiGeso was supported by none other than your friends the McTygues, who have been gunning for Madigan and Mathiesen for quite some time due to their refusal to follow orders from Mayor McYepsen. Their cousin Sarah B is friends with Di Geso and is advocating for him to anyone who will listen. Those are facts.
ReplyDeleteWhy would Republicans want to endorse someone with that kind of baggage who is likely to go after McTygue enemy number 1 - Skip - if he were to get elected?
TO LAZY THIS BLOG WILL NEVER MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
ReplyDelete3:12 U r so full of shit! When the hell r u going 2 get over the McTygues???? It's ALWAYS about the McTygues w/you Mark!!! FYI: They r NOT friends w/DiGeso & Sarah Berger is NOT related to them!!! Get the frig over it, PLEASE!!!! U r however on mark w/one statement. Skippy is enemy #1, but not just to the McTygues. He's also enemy #1 to the taxpayers of this city. Our water/sewer rates have increased by over $200/quarter since he's been in office, yet he gives away the city to builders!! Scirocco's either going out @ election time or when the investigation comes to an end. Which ever comes first.
ReplyDeleteIsn't Mark Scirrocco the guy who shot his mouth off about Mctygue hiring his brother billy to be the director of public worls???.....but then......Little skippy hires his whiny big mouth son to sleep in the water dept. and that's ok??
ReplyDeleteTouché. 3:07 a.m. well played.
ReplyDeleteSeems like the Mctygues like to give away City property.
ReplyDeleteI usually wouldn't put a post like this up but your idiotic statement should be read by those who read this blog.
DeleteNow Sonny wants an easement at Congress Park? WTF!!!! When the hell is all of the BS going to stop? Apparently Scirocco forgot to throw the easement in with the $900,000 free water hook-up deal. Do you have any idea when the results of that investigation will be made public Captain???
ReplyDeleteThe State works at its own pace. It could be soon or in the year 2020.
DeleteIn her drive to make peace with Scirocco "The Clunker" will Mayor Yepsen let Skippy off the hook in regards to one of his many Scandals......The Scirocco continuing gifts to bonacio const.at taxpayers expense.......answer..YES!
ReplyDeleteI didn't think Yepsen would have been as good a Mayor as she has been. She has been working with 3 of the most nastiest detractors in Saratoga political history and 2 of them from her own Party. She has shown poise and has shown that she is willing to work with them but she has not only been rebuffed but laughed at on the Council table. It is getting so bad that the public is now taking the 3 majority Commissioner's (Madigan, Metheisen and Scirocco) to task at the public comment period for causing such incivility. These 3 have to realize that not only can the meetings be seen on the computer but also seen & heard on TV, their smugness and body language comes through and is seen by a large number of voters. I don't think Yepsen will 'drive' to make peace with Scirocco, she will keep doing what she thinks is best for Saratoga and hope the 3 Amigos wake up and do the same, not that they have to agree all the time but not to vote against her just to vote against her.
DeleteSkip was not in office in 2006 when Sonny built the building in the Park. Tommy was. You people are crazy.
ReplyDeleteThe Condo in the Park was entirely Johnson & Skips gift to Bonacio.
DeleteA good Mayor Cap?..Mathesian is running the show....Your Joanne is just there,she's supports the three amigos....check her voting record it don't lie sad to say Cap.
ReplyDeleteYes she is. Matheisen does not run the show it is Madigan that tries to do that. Skip and Mathiesen just blindly follow her lead except when Mathiesen wants to close businesses and deprive owners of making money.
ReplyDeleteHere Billy and Pat want to run again. Pat is a bully that keeps on giving. Left Tommy left Skip. He hand picked Cogan and Buckley. Then says he doesn't like them. Is every one nut out there. Tommy, Billy, Pat give Bonco free water, park land ect. We don't need you back.
ReplyDelete3:13pm,we don't think the AG and Comptroller see it quite that way but nice try anyways,if I was you I'd being working on some sort of defense fund for Skippy and tell ms. buckley that loose lips sink ships.
ReplyDeleteMadigan, Mathiesen, Scirocco have long ago learned that they can control the Council if they stick together. The name of the game is to make Joanne look bad and cut her up as much as possible. Franck plays it down the middle. Charley Brown and the Democratic Committee does nothing to knock heads and stop this BS and ensure that the Two of the Gang of Three support Joanne show her respect during Council meetings. Instead they are out drinking after the Council meetings with Skippy, Eileen Finneran and Shauna Sutton, cooking up the next by the next scheme to make Joanne look bad. Valerie Keehn joined the Three Fools at the Council table to play the Blame it on the McTygue Game to to undermine Joanne. Valerie Keehn, who works in Albany and lives in Schenectady, had to stick her nose into this publicly too. But that boomeranged. People resented it.
ReplyDeleteA lot of the rancor and venom by Madigan and Matthiesen, apart from Madigan's blind ambition to be Mayor, is fomented by Finneran who as former Deputy Mayor under Valerie can't let go of the feud between Tom McTygue and Valerie in 2006/2007 which knocked both of them out of office. By "getting Joanne" this gang of cutthroats think they are getting the McTygues, Billy and Tommy. Pure and simple this is a smokescreen and diversion which so far has fooled the public while the Gang of Three wreak havoc for Saratoga residents with stupid moves like the Collamer deal and expensive Union Ave. emergency lot deal, now under State investigation whuch they can't make go away., the City Center parking lot deal and general mismagement of the valuable City-owed land on the hillside behind City Hall, the giveaway of the water connection fees to Bonacio, then abolishing that whole program in the midst of a State investigation, eliminating that revenue stream while raising water fees on eery new utilities bill and giving Bonacio a valuable piece of Congress Park on which to build a patio (they knew exactly what they were doing) and numerous other corrupt and dumb moves - dumb in thinking they could get away with it by Blaming it on the McTygues when the records clearly show that this happened on Skippy's watch. Another matter for State investigation. At the end this will be like the last episode of Seinfeld - all of the Gang of Three together in jail.
I don't know were you are getting your information but you are wrong. Sonny built that building long before Scirocco took office. I am so sure of this I will meet you and show you the proof that I have.
ReplyDeletepost the proof, if you don't know how to do it ask a 10 year old.
DeleteAt this council meeting on May 5, 2015 Skip is having the Mayor sign a bid awarding $265,000 to a Caulking company to replace the stairs in the parking garage. This is more than he spent on the front steps to city hall.
ReplyDeleteWhen you attempt to look up the bid on the city web site at
http://www.saratoga-springs.org/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=67&func=startdown&id=4694
The following appears
“Fatal error - attempt to access unpublished file by non-admin user”
So he is signing the bid but we cannot even see what the money is spent on. What gives?
I tried it also and got your message. It will be on the City's website tomorrow after the Pre Council meeting
DeleteWhy do the stairs need to be replaced in the parking garage?
DeleteWhich garage are we talking about?
7:33am tell the AG and Comptroller that! you'll be in for a big surprise it will be proven Scirocco has given away millions to his developer friends,all facts....your defense is laughable at the very least!
ReplyDeleteThe step are rotten, when the stairs were put in they didn't use the right kind of steel so they rusted. The bid is under John Franks agenda.
ReplyDeleteThe bid has to go under the Commissioner of Accounts agenda because of the dollar amount and has to be voted on by the whole Council. The request comes from the DPW Commissioner. It doesn't say what parking garage it is.
Deletehttp://agenda.saratoga-springs.org/agendainternal/Bluesheet.aspx?ItemID=8654&MeetingID=277
What you posted is not the RFP. Request for Proposal. Great, the city accepted the bid but the information provided still does not answer the question what was the bid for.
ReplyDeleteThis is a whole lot of BS. When a bid is accepted what was requested must also be available.
I agree with you. There should at least be an explaination of what the job is for in detail but what the heck, Scirocco, Madigan & Matheisen don't give a rat's a** if we want to know what the money is used for. The 3 amigos only think of us as cash cows, we don't need the info.
DeleteIt is for both Parking Garages.
ReplyDeleteThere are 3, which 2?
DeleteMay 22 at 11:22 AM hit the nail on the head. "Madigan, Mathiesen, Scirocco have long ago learned that they can control the Council if they stick together." It is absolutely unforgivable when council members get the crazy idea that the "majority rules"! What would become of the county, state, or nation if their legislative bodies allowed the majority of the elected officials to control them?! Its a good thing we don't let that happen anywhere else but in Saratoga Springs.
ReplyDeleteOh, wait.
I get your point but in the current Council, is the majority casting votes for the sake of voting against someone (namely the Mayor)? We have seen the meetings in person & on TV and it looks like the 3 amigos surely are playing games, so much so that citizens are now voicing concerns about the actions of these 3 at Council meetings.
DeleteHere are some examples of 'majority rules'
In America (as well as in Saratoga) majority rules. That only seems fair, right? How could a whole bunch of people believing the same thing be wrong? I mean, look at the people in Christ’s day who voted against Him, or the Germans in World War II who voted for Hitler?
Wait, those are probably bad examples of 'majority rules', right?
Could it be that our Councils, Madigan, Mathiesen, Scirocco's majority opinions in many cases just really a stupid ploy?
The stairs of the Springs St. parking garage and the Woodlawn parking garage, the one built in 2005 need to have new stairs. The stairs are crumbling. Who job is it to post it on the Citys web site?
ReplyDeleteThe website is under Madigan's department. She should know what goes on the site.
DeleteI don't wish to hear anymore about parking garages. New subject matter please. How about a post about the underbelly of the city? As many nice things as there are in Saratoga Springs it continually and consistently is undermined by a crappy sub standard hospital and rogue police force. What gives Captain?
ReplyDeleteSorry about what you don't want to hear but it is what it is. As far as the hospital being crappy I beg to differ. Saratoga Hospital is gaining a reputation as being one of the best in the Capital District. Your comment about a rouge police force is off base also, there are always a few bad apples in a barrel.
DeleteHey Cap, what do you make of the rumors of a strong Republican challenge to Franck this year?
ReplyDeleteI don't know if Franck's 'strong' opponent works out at the YMCA but there will be a Republican running for that seat and it's not a rumor.
DeleteWhat about Sciroccos" girlfriend Madigan she's the foul ball.
ReplyDeleteFranck's gonna have an opponent and I'm hearing it's a woman.
ReplyDeleteHooray for Mayor Yepsen. Commissioner Mathiesen's try at banning sales of craft beer & wine at the Farmer's Market was reversed by the State Liquor Authority and the City has the Insurance coverage to have the products sold as it is in every other Farmer's Market in the area. Calls to the Mayor had her get the City Attorney's ass in gear to look into the matter. It seems that Matheisen, Madigan & Scirocco's plan on mmaking Saratoga a 'dry' City is falling apart. Thank you Mayor.
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