Albany Concerns

Editors, Daily Planet:
They’re back. The same cast of characters
who brought us Concerned
Albany Citizens in 2004 has returned
this year as Concerned Albany Neighbors
(CAN). Concerned Albany Citizens
was a political committee formed
for the sole purpose of distributing an
attack letter (rather vicious I might add)
against two anti-mall Albany City Council
candidates in 2004. Concerned
Albany Neighbors was formed for the
purpose of attacking the Albany Waterfront
Protection Initiative and supporting
City Council candidates who also
oppose it. Whatever the name, the message
is the same: Disinformation. Ask
the members of CAN who among them
hasn’t hosted a Caruso coffee in their
home or spoken publicly in favor of
waterfront development.
If they were truly Concerned Albany
Neighbors, they would honor the wishes
of their 2,400 neighbors who asked to
have the Initiative placed on the ballot.
Maybe next year they’ll return with a
more fitting name, like CAMP, Concerned
Albany Mall Proponents, or perhaps
SOLD, Stop Opposition from Limiting
Development.

Cheryl Taubenfeld
Albany