As far as I am concerned Mr. Riggi can DROP DEAD and -- he just might -- IF First Responders are not able to get to him during a raging blizzard because he did NOT want to equip these brave and wonderful men and women with EVERY means possible to defend life and limb and the INNOCENT people of the City......

PERHAPS, Mr. Riggi is more interested in seeing the criminals prevail and the innocent Schenectady taxpayer DIE.. I would like to see him and his ilk in a PADDY WAGON and hauled off to a backwoods jail cell where they can become intimate with the criminals they seem to side with at every occasion.

SHAME ON YOU, VINCE RIGGI!

Ronnie you just hit a new low with that last post....................I'm sure Riggi would like to know you wished him dead...................you f**king creep........

bumblethru

Congratulations, for doing an outstanding job of missing an obvious point.  No one is spinning anything.  Mr. Riggi may very well identify a more cost efficent vehicle.  It is his job to and that of Department Heads to ensure the City is run in a cost efficent manner.  

But, he has not said not to buy the vehicles. He wants to ensure there are not better options.  No spin, it's just a fact.  We'll have to wait and see what his findings are. That is how City Goverment operates - the Department heads seek approval and the Council, which controls the purse strings, provides additional oversight.

Hamburg

I may not agree with everything he says - but to accuse him of coddling criminals - is not even close to being accurate, based on my knowledge of his views.

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IF First Responders are not able to get to him during a raging blizzard because he did NOT want to equip these

OH HO HO HO HO    HA HA HA HA    ROFLMAO

DV, you have just admitted -- your "beloved" city - that city you REFUSE, ABSOLUTELY REFUSE to live in - you have admitted they do a lousy job maintaining the streets during snow!!!!!!!

And uh, DV, there  is MAJOR difference between EMTs and police officers who are evidence technicians.   Obviously you do NOT have the intelligence to read!   An evidence tech is NOT going to be the person who is saving the life of someone who was hurt.   An evidence technician can arrive hours and hours and hours later and the blood sttains are STILL going to be there, the fingerprints will STKILL be on the door knob.  

During a blizzard, the snow comes down so very fast that evidence techs would have to be on the scene BEFORE the crime in order to see tiremarks in the snow!!!!

Obviously the He-She Monkey has a full diaper and I will repeat -- Mr. Riggi and his GOP ilk are indeed FOR the criminals since they are AGAINST the Officers at every turn. Each and every time Mr. Riggi and his ilk form the GOP/NNTP/Nayboob Alliance open their filthy mouths it is provide a sound KNOCK to the morale and safety of the First Responders AND the residents at large..  

Alias you can GFY. And Visitor -- to DEFEND Riggi and his radical RIGHT - WING hate machine is -- in effect - perpetuating his brand of HATE to the fine young men and women in uniform that I so admire and are so admired universally. From your posts I take it that you are an intellectual with the proper points who AT HEART has the good of the City and County in mind..... HOWEVER to defend Riggi makes me highly suspect of you so please be more careful to study what he and his ilk are up to.....   They will be satisfied with nothing other than the utter destruction of the county and its residents. His election could have ruinous results for what the Democratic Party has worked tirelessly to accomplish in this GOP - sullied environment.

By the way --- I am NOT DVOR.. He and I OFTEN disagree on substantive matters all the time for those of you too STUPID to read..... I DO NOT need an alter-ego nor do I WANT one..

Hamburg

When Vince Riggi is wrong I will call him on it.  But, if anything, Vince has always been outspoken regarding
how crime and disorder have negatively impacted the community.

And, I do not think the desire to run the City more cost effectively and supporting law enforcement are
mutually exclusive goals.  In fact, if savings can be found re: vehicle procurement - those funds could
possibly support more needed resources.

Police and other first responders have always had "high performance" vehicles available to them -- this has been the reality since motorized vehicles were first used by police and other first responders.   Whether the Tahoe is necessary or what the other alternatives are is a PROPER, USEFUL and NECESSARY subject for study and discussion by any municipal legislative body.  

For the record -- I agree with Councilman Riggi that the matter should be looked into and ALL options (including less expensive options) be considered.   The only caveat is that public safety needs should not be compromised --- and I believe that Mr. Riggi and the rest of the City Council would NOT compromise public safety in order to achieve further savings to our taxpayers.  So study the matter and hopefully their results will inform us all if there is a more economical and equally effective option available.

Wow ....who wrote your last speech DVOR

you disagree with yourself......never.......all the schpiel from all your aliases pretty much say the same thing....almost in the

same words......only think different....no quotes after Hamburg posts......clever of you huh?????

Well leave it to DVOR and his other screen names to take the thread off topic. Riggi is on the right track and just as Ron won't give credit to him, I will also point out that many other posters don't seem to be giving Ericson credit when he's saying the same thing. Hopefully we can start to judge the officials we have by their actions not by whether they have an R or a D next to their name.

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Well leave it to DVOR and his other screen names to take the thread off topic. Riggi is on the right track and just as Ron won't give credit to him, I will also point out that many other posters don't seem to be giving Ericson credit when he's saying the same thing. Hopefully we can start to judge the officials we have by their actions not by whether they have an R or a D next to their name.

But let's not forget that Ericson also is aware that MacCarthy just squeaked by in this election. And now Riggi is on the council. It is very difficult to decipher between what is 'real' and what is 'political pandering'.

Pandering to populism isn't the same as pandering to special interests.  Politicians are beginning to realize people are watching them more closely.

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Wow ....who wrote your last speech DVOR

you disagree with yourself......never.......all the schpiel from all your aliases pretty much say the same thing....almost in the

same words......only think different....no quotes after Hamburg posts......clever of you huh?????

You really are thick headed -- I only post under one name.   You and the others persist in stupidly believing that I have a number of aliases ---- I don't and you are the ones that just continue to make yourselves look like a bunch of fools for believing something that is not true.

Quoted from A Better Rotterdam

Well leave it to DVOR and his other screen names to take the thread off topic. Riggi is on the right track and just as Ron won't give credit to him, I will also point out that many other posters don't seem to be giving Ericson credit when he's saying the same thing. Hopefully we can start to judge the officials we have by their actions not by whether they have an R or a D next to their name.

You and your nayboob friends seem to be the only ones judging people by the R or D label -- and you are a fool for persisting to believe something that is untrue  (you can read my response to Patches .. I refuse to retype it).

Time for you folks to clean up your act and actually CIVILLY DISCUSS the issues -- which is what I have been doing for 17 months.