This article I wrote appeared in the Watertown Daily Times on November 8, 2008.
Archive for November 2008
Why Republicans lost the state Senate – By George J. Marlin
November 13, 2008The Richie Kessel NYPA Watch, November 12, 2008 – By George J. Marlin
November 12, 2008The November 7-12 issue of Long Island Business News (libn.com) contains Richie Kessel’s typically anodyne op-ed piece on wind power (“Blowing Toward Energy Independence”) in which he lets slip that NYPA has been approached by “dozens of [wind farm] developers” to develop projects as large as 500 or more megawatts. Richie says he looks forward to [...]
Sandy Treadwell: The Silver Spoon Congressional Candidate – By George J. Marlin
November 11, 2008As Sandy Treadwell’s professional predecessor, George Plimpton, discovered on his make believe adventures, sometimes shrewd locals take advantage of the well-meaning dilettante on his Grand Tour of Europe. Treadwell, failed Congressional wannabe, was taken advantage of this political season by mercenary political advisors who convinced him to part with about $5 million of his grandfather’s [...]
The Richie Kessel NYPA Watch, November 9, 2008 – By George J. Marlin
November 9, 2008Richie Kessel, having been installed by Governor Paterson as CEO of NYPA only three weeks ago, leaked to Newsday’s Mark Harrington, as reported in the November 7 issue, that he plans a wind farm “of significant size” off the Atlantic Coast and a new sub-Atlantic power cable. As is his practice, Kessel didn’t disclose the [...]
