This project is a result of observing Utica-area politics since the mid-1980's and then effortds of NoHospitalDowntown and Better Utica Downtown.
This video from December 17, 2017: Unseen “Higher Powers” and the unvarnished truth from At-Large Utica Common Councilman Mark Williamson at a South Utica Neighborhood Association meeting. He admits here, "Utica's Common Council is POWERLESS". This cannot stand!
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The Democratic Party In Utica, By Stuart K Witt
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What is (still) political about the city?
June 9, 1991 - Newsweek magazine runs story called, POLITICIAN, HEAL THYSELF where one passage reads...
"Why is machine government a greater affront to democracy than a government of leaderless individuals prone to petty rivalry and endless bickering?" For a quarter century in Utica, N.Y., an unelected boss named Rufus Elefante ran city government from a booth at Marino's restaurant. He was autocratic and tolerant of corruption, but the years following his demise have produced mostly talent-free leadership. Without some screening process-some political elite--the gears of government don't work well.
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