John W Rodat

Key Vote Unanimous to Disapprove New Albany County Nursing Home

September 20, 2012 County Government

Key committee of Public Health and Health Planning Council (PHHPC) voted unanimously a short time ago to disapprove Albany County’s application to build a new nursing home. More details later.

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Perhaps If They’d Owned Their Own Homework in the First Place

September 20, 2012 County Government

Another quote of the day. Mine. Pretty obnoxious, huh? In this case, the day was March 20, 2012. this is what I said when the Albany County Legislature first became aware of the projected costs for a new nursing home that their own leadership had submitted to the State as part of a certificate of […]

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The Albany Times Union Offers the County Executive Some Advice

September 20, 2012 County Government

Time to put on your big boy pants, Danny: Face reality, Mr. McCoy – Times Union Editorial (perhaps I’m taking a liberty here, but in its entirety): THE ISSUE: The state shows every sign of denying the county’s quest to build a new nursing home. THE STAKES: The elderly, especially those who are poor, still […]

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Quotes of the Day on the Albany County Nursing Home

September 20, 2012 County Government

A couple of reactions to the latest Albany County attempt to build a new nursing home. Perhaps we’ll get into details later, but the only real change from the last version of the County’s application to the latest revision is an increased revenue estimate because they think the managed long-term care changes the State is […]

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Life Amongst the 47 Percent

September 19, 2012 Economics

Mac McClelland, of Mother Jones, visits her father, a college friend, and others in Ohio’s War on the Middle Class, “Wherein I go home, watch public servants get axed, visit the warehouse of unbearable sorrow, hang with jobless thirty somethings living in abandoned homes, and consider whether my generation is flat-out screwed.” I’d forgotten that […]

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Beth Noveck on Open Source Government

September 19, 2012 Government

Beth Noveck talks about much more than data. Think networks, and not just electronic ones, to open up government. TED talk takes about 18 minutes. Watch it.

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Strike 3 on a New Albany County Nursing Home?

September 17, 2012 County Government

Will get to the substance in a later posting. But this is verbatim from the State Health Department’s recommendation to the Public Health and Health Planning Council. Albany County Nursing Home, a 250-bed county owned residential health care facility (RHCF), requests approval to construct a 200-bed replacement facility and certify a 30-slot adult day health […]

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Data and Stories; Stories and Data

September 16, 2012 Data

Quote of the day from Brene Brown: Stories are just data with a soul. And more personal stuff in a 20 minutes on Youtube talk, such as on vulnerability, along with research observations.

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Albany County Files its 2011 Annual Financial Report – Late

September 13, 2012 Accounting

EMMA, the Electronic Municipal Market Access operated by the Municipal Security Rulemaking Board reported that Albany County had filed its Annual Financial Report late. In the municipal securities business, this is referred to as a “material event,” which are “municipal bond issuer information considered to be significant by a reasonable investor”. See the attached notice, […]

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Albany County: Where Poor Politics and Poor Management Come Together

September 9, 2012 County Government

As we head toward this coming week’s primary, a controversy has boiled over in Albany County District Attorney’s race. And rightly so. Attorney Lee Kindlon is challenging the incumbent, David Soares. Initially the controversy was about an allegedly “secret” bonus program, supplementing the pay of some employees in the District Attorney’s Office. The controversy boiled […]

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