They say in life you gotta know what you don't know and City Council doesn't know what to do with Faith,, Hope and Charity...So they are hiring a Utica area firm as a consultant on what to do in 2030..,,
Best advice is make sure you are not in office then.
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The City of Watertown will be dissolved by 2030.
That makes a lot more sense than relying on Pat Hickey doing home-research and Cliff Onley asking his Ai app.
Utica would know. They have 2 I believe, and possibly 3 hydro plants providing them energy. And they have very similar climate.
And with any luck, maybe one of the publicly owned companies that runs their damns will buy Watertown’s.
We started paying for this mistake shortly after the decision was made to sell, now the rest of the bill is about to come due.
It is what it is.
The best advice is if you don't like it either move or STFU.
Reality check: Utica
🏚 Decades of lost industry gutted the tax base.
🛣 100-year-old infrastructure still needs fixing.
💸 High property taxes? Welcome to New York — that’s not just a Utica issue.
I would ask Russia Finley. He knows everything, just ask him.
Why pay for consultants when there’s a government program, “not for profit” or USAID money for every imaginable need. The New York Power Authority would be a good place to start asking for help.
Hiring a consultant for hydro? What? I thought we elected Mr. Garrabrand, the engineer, because he knew so much about hydro from being on the special hydro committee. Now, what is going on?
How much is the Utica Hydro consultant costing the City of Watertown? I thought the newly elected men were wanting to stop consultants in order to save money. Nothing seems to be changing--spend, spend, spend.
Thank the good lord above, just listened to Russia Finley on the hot line. Our hero. The guys knows everything, just ask him. The withdrawal symptoms have stopped. Got us some Russia. He got his 25 minutes, anyone else it’s I gotta do a commercial if you say anything factual. Russia Russia Russia!
Recap of today’s hotline. Russ Finley calls, long winded comments from a blow hard, and Graham cracker is infatuated and erect like trump was talking. Dan call in and it’s interruptions, snarky comments while Dan is talking like oh my god three times, Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan, asks him stupid questions to intentionally interrupt him. But anyone call in with anything to talk. Holy shit what a joke.
Orange god approval rating from three independent sources is 36%. A 7 decade low for a president a mid terms. 435 house seats and 35 senate seats are on the ballots. Blue tidal wave maga scum. Better put the flags back on the trailers, the bumper stickers back on the rusty piece of shit trucks, red hats on dumb old white trash men with no teeth, and use the tariff money tax you have been paying to buy a trump bible he has never read. Bye bye orange
Danny was on air again today? I was worried for a second we might get a balanced take on current events. Silly me. Nothing says “objective analysis” quite like the same well-worn partisan script with a fresh date stamped on it.
It’s honestly impressive — no matter what happens in the world, Danny somehow finds a way to arrive at the exact same conclusion. Consistency is key, I guess.
Your scripted topics and questions with Russia the bobblesledding nepo-farmer sound like a guest host on SNL who can’t act and is just reading off cue cards. Off went the channel after about 2 minutes.
Real Reality Check…
No, Utica, NY is not a dying city; it faces ongoing challenges from its Rust Belt history but shows stability and active revitalization efforts.[wikipedia +1]
Population Trends
Utica’s population is projected at around 63,644 for 2025, stable with near-zero annual change from recent years. Some zip codes indicate slight growth into 2025 before minor declines by 2030, driven partly by refugee resettlement.[newyork-demographics +2]
Economic Indicators
Unemployment in the Utica-Rome metro area hovered around 3.4-4.1% through mid-2025, near national averages and improved from older highs like 8.3%. The city supports business growth, honoring local entrepreneurs like Utica Coffee’s founder as 2025 Businessperson of the Year.[bestplaces +2]
Housing Market
Median home sale prices reached $213,317 in 2025 with steady sales (180 monthly) and low inventory, outperforming sluggish national trends. Listing prices dipped 7% year-over-year to about $200K, signaling affordability.[stacker +1]
Revitalization Efforts
Recent initiatives include a $10M Downtown Revitalization award, park upgrades ($585K in 2026), neighborhood plans like Cornhill, and $15M state grant pursuits for downtown. These focus on housing, public spaces, and economic hubs.[ny +4]
Challenges
High crime rates persist, with violent crime at 1 in 191 chance and total crime elevated above national and state averages. Past industrial losses contributed to decline, though current efforts aim to counter this.[neighborhoodscout +2]
Washington was a big, strapping man
Oh my Ghhhhod, cried the former mayor
Because no one gives a shit what’Dan’ says.
Real Reality Check: Utica is a cesspool.
Nice A1 bullshit, 3:18.
The intelligent and well educated do, 4:07.
I care what Dan says.
He is our conduit to the latest democrazi talking point lies. Its good ti know what America’s enemy is doing.
Is this the official chickenshit tough guy advice?
Levin needs to consider a noon show name change. The cult line is much more spot on. Lies at five and the cult line at noon. Only the few callers who are old white males and obsessed brainwashed cult members of orange need call. Could actually schedule the times. Angry Archie at 12:10, round earth at 12:25, the doof at 12:35, lying lefty at 12:45, and end with Gary the retard. Fit in the three commercials cutting off normal thinking people who Graham cracker cannot emotionally listen too, and it’s a daily show. Once a month have the complete moron Tammy call to verify she is still dumb, and it’s all set.
6:33 shows your intelligence.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that shares that opinion of the gal you mentioned lastly. Sometimes it sounds like she has a point in mind, but starts talking in the middle of her point, then the beginning, then the end. I think that’s an ADHD symptom.
@6:51,
Hey, what about Lefty the Lying Loon? Can't leave him out.
Utica was destroyed by free trade, NYS and by Clinton importing savage Bosniaks.
You are right about that liar label
How adorable. The maga-tools who live and complain to no end about Watertown are jealous of Utica. Can blame them really. Anytime you are 90 minutes closer to Albany and NYC it’s a good thing.
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My advice, raise City taxes and raise them high! If you can't afford to live in the City then move out. Move to an area with other losers such as those in Antwerp, Felts Mills, or Natural Bridge.
Hiring a firm to tell us we're screwed? We already know that.
You're going to receive a good slap in the face when the national grid contract ends.
Venezuelan crude, 12:33. That’s the ticket.
Russ just happened to have copy of a speech by Abraham Lincoln in front of him when asked who his favorite President was😀
Is that in the bible Lee Greenwood was selling on Fox News the other day?
Another guy who latched onto MAGA and QAnon and lost his business reputation as a result
The scary part is that some people think that these 5 or 6 morons that call every day actually represent the residents of this city. They don’t. They just like to hear themselves talk. I would still rather listen to Graham than that idiot Curry laughing at himself and slapping the table. I can not stomach listening to that show.
That's what the orange cult leader advised during his first reign of terror, 6:43.
If he's not available call the doof. He knows everything. You know thaaat.
Kind of like Duffany, right 1:52? The guy missed his calling, he should have been an author in fiction. No matter what idiotic rant or hair brained action Trump comes out with, there's old Steve spinning a tale of how it's all part of trumps grand plan. Let me help you out, doof. Trumps plan is:
Limit voting access as much as possible to only whites.
Make as much money as possible for his grifting family.
Put his name on every government building that will cost taxpayers double when it's all taken off.
Bring back the McRib permanently.
What 6:33 said.
10pm stop smoking the wacky weed and get serious.
🤣 thought the council has an 'engineer' on council who campaigned telling he is on the Hydro committee!
@9:32,
All the while taking advantage of the poorly educated, thoroughly delusional, DOOFS.
Funny 9:22, that sounds remarkably like the advice Andrew Cuomo gave when he was the New York State Supreme dictator.
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