Saratoga Springs Politics
Blog Written by John Kaufmann
These opinions do not reflect the views of Saratoga TODAY newspaper.
A Change Of Leadership At City’s Republican Committee
[A Press Release From The Saratoga Springs Republican Committee] Immediate Release: SSGOP Chairman Mike Brandi announces that he is stepping down in advance of move to the Town of Wilton ...
Sanghvi Channels Leona Helmsley In Her Dismissal Of Unpleasant Realities
In the 1980s, Leona Helmsley became infamous for her extreme narcissism and sense of entitlement. The fabulously wealthy widow of real-estate magnate Harry Helmsley, she was notorious for her abusive ...
Local Voices On The Events In Minneapolis
I emailed approximately 40 people who have held or currently hold high-profile positions in Saratoga Springs and Saratoga County seeking their thoughts on the recent events in Minneapolis. I thought ...
The Police Report on the On-Call Debacle: A Postmortem
I submitted a FOIL request of the New York State Police for the investigation they performed into the Saratoga Springs’ On-Call scandal. After many months, I finally received the investigation ...
City Reaches Agreement With Attorney General Over 1st Amendment Rights of Protesters
The city of Saratoga Springs has been in negotiations with the New York State Attorney General’s Office (OAG) for eighteen months over an agreement called an Assurance of Discontinuance or ...
Lew Benton’s Forensic Analysis Of Minita Sanghvi’s Budgets Reveals The Silent Deterioration Of The City’s Finances
[Lew Benton (the picture is not of Lew) has done a tremendous service to our community in analyzing Saratoga Springs Finance Commissioner Minita Sanghvi's budgets during her tenure in office ...
Minita Sanghvi Ends Her Tenure on the City Council With a Tour De Force of Preposterous and Amazing Denial
I have catalogued Saratoga Springs Finance Commissioner Minita Sanghvi's record of arrogance, mismanagement, and recklessness extensively during her four years in office. Yet even I was not prepared for her ...
Mike Brandi and Dillon Moran Honored and Dishonored by NYCOG
The New York Coalition for Open Government, a highly respected not-for-profit group that advocates for better transparency in government, has issued awards at its annual meeting. In the case of Saratoga ...
Sanghvi and Moran End Their Tenure On The Council With Just More Disinformation
Saratoga Springs is finally coming to the end of the ordeal of having to listen to disinformation from Finance Commissioner Minita Sanghvi and Accounts Commissioner Dillon Moran. Still, even for ...
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