Mayor’s Columns

**Date:** 07-08-25 --- 639 words Never Say Never # Have you noticed what’s happening? The community has rallied. People are stepping up, pitching in, and making a difference. We’ve had…

Title **Date:** 06-24-25 --- After a string of gloomy, rainy Saturdays, the sun shone warm and bright as Muller Plaza filled with people. They were there to celebrate a new…

On Hope, Optimism, and the Way Forward **Date:** 06-23-25 --- "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." — Helen Keller After…

That’s Baseball **Date:** 05-13-25 --- Fans of the New York Yankees will know that phrase. Longtime radio announcer John Sterling, having witnessed a play that was puzzling, lucky, or decided…

Headline **Date:** 04-15-25 --- This is the week, four years ago, when I began my run for mayor, and as the next campaign’s contestants will soon begin their own months-long…

In the Words of a **Date:** 01-21-25 --- This year, Martin Luther King Day and the inauguration of Donald Trump occupied the same space on the calendar and in our…

For the **Date:** 01-20-25 --- I’m heading ‘round the far turn and in sight of the finish line. Me, not the work. The work isn’t close. Soon there will be…

Let’s Share a Song of Fellowship **Date:** 12-24-24 --- *Someone's crying, my Lord, **K**umbaya** Someone's dreaming, my Lord, **K**umbaya** Someone's singing, my Lord, **K**umbaya**** ****Oh Lord, **K**umbaya* It’s often sarcastically…

It’s **Date:** 11-26-24 --- If you compared small and medium sized upstate New York cities, you might be shocked. Despite all our gnashing of teeth over the budget, financially we…

Damn **Date:** 09-03-24 --- Sixty-four years ago, I was a first grader riding the bus and awed by the “big kids” who laid claim to the wide bench seat in…