Saratoga Springs Politics
Blog Written by John Kaufmann
These opinions do not reflect the views of Saratoga TODAY newspaper.
The Travails Of Deputy Commissioner of Department of Public Works Joe O’Neill III
In a previous post, I wrote that Joe O’Neill, the Deputy Commissioner of Public Works, had resigned. At the October 15, 2024, council meeting, O’Neill was seated with the other ...
Serious Allegations Regarding Abuses By Past Commissioner Jason Golub And His Deputy Joe O’Neill III
In the October 4,2024, edition of the Daily Gazette, Saratoga Springs Mayor John Safford informed reporter Shenandoah Briere that the city’s Human Resources Department and the police were looking into ...
More Problematic Dillon Moran Issues
Saratoga Springs Commissioner of Accounts Dillon Moran never seizes to amaze. In his proposed 2025 department budget, Moran has included over $6,000.00 in on-call pay for his Deputy, Stacey Connors ...
For Readers Interested In Being Challenged: A Talk At Skidmore College
Dr. Pushi Prasad contacted me about an upcoming lecture at Skidmore College. Dr. Prasad is the Zankel Chair Professor in Management for Liberal Arts Students at the college and is ...
Commissioner Moran Brings Comic Relief To City Council Meeting
There is a point at which meaningless repetition takes on a comic theatre of the absurd dimension. Saratoga Springs Accounts Commissioner Dillon Moran reached that threshold at the October 1, ...
Tom McTygue Has Passed.
My wife Jane Weihe and I knew Tom McTygue for more than fifty years and in spite of our differences over the years were always quite fond of him and ...
Filling DPW Vacancy Part 2: A Special Election in 2024? Not So Fast: Moran and Sanghvi Operate In Alternative Universe
I expect that the readers of this blog are as tired as I am of the chronicles documenting Accounts Commissioner Dillon Moran and Finance Commissioner Minita Sanghvi’s misrepresentations, badgering, and ...
Filling DPW Vacancy: Pointless Conflict and Disinformation–Part 1
Filling The DPW Vacancy-Sanghvi and Moran have a plan but is it legal? At the Saratoga Springs City Council meeting on September 3, 2024, Finance Commissioners Minita Sanghvi and Accounts ...
Lew Benton Exposes The Extensive Violations At The Heart Of the On-Call Scandal
[Lew Benton, former Commissioner of Public Safety, documents the extensive violations at the heart of the On-Call scandal] ...
Moran To Stop Contracts For City
Saratoga Springs Accounts Commissioner Dillon Moran has been unsuccessfully trying for months to get the city to allow him to have his own attorney rather than rely on the city’s ...
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