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Twin Bridges Edition | Thursday, February 3, 2022

Superintendents want a voice in COVID protocols School leaders ask for seat at the table with Hochul, health chief ByLINE: WENDY LIBERATORE

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MECHANICVILLE Nine residents gathered Wednesday to consider changing Mechanicville's form of government, but it quickly became clear that the idea would face steep opposition.

New Public Safety Commissioner Fred Hosley said the City Council wasn't fully on board with the idea. He noted that three of the five council members have just taken their seats after last year's election.

"A 60 percent change," he said. "Give us a chance!"

He said the commission system, in which every council member runs a department in the city, was "working well" under the newly elected group.

Mechanicville and Saratoga Springs are the only remaining commissioner-run cities in the state.

Residents on the charter review committee said they wanted to know if the council would support the plan before they spent months figuring out how to make a change.

When the idea was considered in the 1980s, "it was brutal," said committee member and former commissioner Jim Peluso.

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Public school superintendents in the Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES network are calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul and Commissioner of Health Dr. Mary Bassett to include them in future decisions about COVID-19 protocols at schools.

In the letter, 31 superintendents said they would like to be part of what they are calling "A Pathway to Normalcy" to refine guidance on masks and participation in extracurricular activities.

"For the past couple of years, the school districts have been put in a very difficult position," said Hartford Central School Superintendent Andrew Cook, the primary signatory on the letter. "Our primary mission and responsibility is to ensure the health and safety of anybody that enters our building.

And as school superintendents we take that responsibility extremely seriously. ... We do a really good job at doing that. But since the start of the pandemic, the guidance and the operational protocols that have come from Albany, the Department of Health and the Governor's Office have come without any conversations

In Saratoga Springs, commenters on the conservative Moving Saratoga Forward Facebook page attacked a teacher for giving a mask to a child who didn't have one.

That led to the school getting an inappropriate phone call and a subsequent police investigation.

In South Colonie, a parent told a principal to call the police on him when his daughter showed up at the high school without a mask.

In both instances, parents insisted that masks are illegal. But until the issue works its way through the appellate court, masks remain part of the protocol at schools.

Cook said the districts are doing their best to consult with their attorneys so they fully understand the law and communicate that to parents. Yet on Tuesday, he said the school got many calls from parents questioning if masks were necessary.

"The confusion led to a great deal of frustration," Cook said. "We feel our students and families' frustrations. We are frustrated. I have two students in the district as well. I know what parents are going through. ... For a lot of people, that was the straw that broke the camel's back." He said in addition to having a say in protocols, he wants state superintendents to give their school communities some hope that Please see PROTOCOLS 2

Bluegrass informs stage productions “Bright Star,” “Oklahoma” counter “big” sound of Broadway

By JOSEPH DALTON

The sound of bluegrass will be filling the Cohoes Music Hall for the next two months as the Playhouse Stage Company mounts back to back shows infused with the quintessential strains of banjo, fiddle and mandolin. First up is “Bright Star,” a twoact musical written by the duo of Steve Martin, the multitalented comedian, and Edie Brickell, the singer/songwriter and former lead of the band New Bohemians. The show opens Thursday and continues through Feb. 13. After that comes a March run of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic “Oklahoma!” in an original arrangement for bluegrass ensemble.

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The letter was inspired by Tuesday morning's mask confusion when a Monday night decision from a state Supreme Court justice in Nassau County ruled an executive order requiring masks to be worn indoors at businesses was unconstitutional in New York. However, a state appellate judge ruled Tuesday that the mandate will remain until the decision moves through an appeal. At the same time, state Education Commissioner Betty Rosa released a statement that "the mask mandate remains in effect for schools across the state."

Hochul on Friday extended the state's indoor mask mandate for businesses until Feb. 10 and maintained the directive does not have any impact on the state's continuing requirement for masks to be worn in schools.

"The only reason we have this is because this is how we can keep our schools open," Hochul said. "When our schools are open, and kids are safe there, moms and dads can get back to work."

The initial Nassau ruling gave some parents the impression that masks were no longer required in schools, which led to at least two confrontations between parents and school personnel in the Capital Region.

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to the ’20s. It centers on a woman whose newborn was taken from her. Based on a true story, the show was an outgrowth of Martin and Brickell’s collaboration on a 2013 album of original songs titled “Love Has Come for You.” Both artists contributed to the music, and Brickell wrote the lyrics.

“Bright Star” opened on Broadway in early 2016 after short runs at the Old Globe in San Diego and the Kennedy Center in Washington. Martin, a virtuoso on the banjo, appeared onstage some nights during the Broadway production, which ran for about three months. There was a national tour during the 2017-18 season.

“It’s been my dream to do this show someday,” said Molly Rose McGrath, who will play the lead role of Alice. McGrath saw the show on Broadway and had been cast as Alice for a production with Schenectady Light Opera that got canceled because of the pandemic. “That was disappointing and so I was happy to hear from Owen,” she said, referring to Owen M. Smith, producing artistic director of the company.

McGrath has been getting calls and taking on prominent roles with Playhouse Stage regularly since she made her company debut as the lead in “Annie Get Your Gun” in 2010. Since then she’s been

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Musical Director Brian Axford with Molly Rose McGrath, who plays Alice Murphy in Playhouse Stage’s “Bright Star.”

seen in “Sweeney Todd,” “Chicago” and “Ragtime,” among other shows.

At the moment McGrath’s favorite past productions are the ones that have a country music slant. With an Irving Berlin score, “Annie Get Your Gun” doesn’t really count, despite its setting in the Wild West. But McGrath was also in “Hands on a Hard Body,” which has roots style music written

by Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, and she played the title role in “Always...

Patsy Cline,” which ran in two consecutive seasons.

“At Skidmore I studied opera and they taught me

how to sing properly. That was before I learned to belt. I look up to LeAnn Rimes and Martina McBride. Some reviewer said I was a country singer who acted,” McGrath said.

Besides a fondness for the bluegrass strains in “Bright Star,” McGrath has also developed an admiration for her character who is first seen as a journalist and editor – an impressive accomplishment for a woman in 1945. “It would be easy for her to go down a road of depression, anxiety and darkness. But she maintains her enthusiasm and joie de vivre. She’s able to forgive and used the

trauma in her life to push forward,” McGrath said.

Music director Brian Axford was also champing at the bit to do “Bright Star.” “This is one of my bucket list dream shows,” she said. Axford is a Capital Region native who regularly works in theater and is also music director at Delmar Reformed Church.

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"there is a light at the end of the tunnel" with some easing of protocols.

Specifically, the letter indicates, the superintendents have asked if mask "requirements can be optional as transmission rates decrease or vaccination rates reach a certain threshold."

They also want to discuss protocols for extracurricular activities, which are not the same as those for in-school learning, including vaccination requirements that the letter notes makes "participation a significant challenge."

The superintendents also thanked the governor and the commissioner for the testto-stay program that is allowing students who were exposed to a COVID-19 case at school to stay in school if they test negative and are asymptomatic. The program was piloted in Saratoga County.

Cook also said they are, unfortunately, faced with quelling a lot of misinformation that is circulating, for example, in the case of the Saratoga Springs teacher who, on Facebook, was depicted as grabbing and making a maskless child cry.

District Superintendent Michael Patton said none of that happened and the district has the video to prove it.

(The video is not public, however.)

"As a superintendent, one of our responsibilities is to be receptive to feedback from our community about how schools are operating," Cook said. "Throughout the period of the pandemic, we maintained an open-door policy. If you have questions, if you have concerns, please reach out to us. If we don't know the answer, we will contact the appropriate person and get right back to you."

Though confusion reigned this week, there has been no time since the start of the pandemic when masks were not required in schools. Originally, Cook said Hartford had a "masks while moving" policy and students, if they were 6 feet apart, could keep their masks off. Then the revised guidance came down that indicated all activity inside of a school must be done in masks, he said.

"We have been doing this for two years now," Cook said. "With this letter, we are asking what do we have to do to get back to normal. We want a seat at the table. We want to be part of the solution. We want to have a voice with the mandates that are coming through, when the guidance is coming through; and that we are given time to implement requirements in a proper fashion." wliberatore@timesunion.com 518-454-5445@wendyliberatore

He and others said they didn't want to do all the work on a change of government only to have it fall apart.

Peluso noted that commissioners in the past had not welcomed even smaller charter changes, such as removing a requirement that the Police Department raise and lower the city's flags, so that the council could apportion the work by policy instead. The idea was that policies require only a council vote to change, rather than the complex process of a charter change, but that only worked if the council actually set policies. The council did not do so when the items were removed from the charter 10 years ago, Peluso said.

"I don't want to spin all our wheels in that again," he said.

Accounts Commissioner Mark Seber, chair of the charter review committee, said he did not know if the council supported changing the form of government.

Seber wants to ditch the commission system, replacing it with department heads who are hired as employees while elected officials set policy. The city would either be guided by a mayor or a city manager.

"Look, I'm not here to waste time either," Seber said of the uncertainty about council support. "I hope they will allow this at least to go to the voters."

But after discussion, he agreed to confirm that with the council before the committee meets again on Feb. 16.

"I'll reach out the council," he said. "I don't want to spin our wheels for two or three meetings and waste our time."

If approved, the charter change to a different form of government would go on the next ballot for the voters to decide.

Some committee members asked for basic facts -- the types of government, their benefits and drawbacks and the estimated cost of each option.

"I think we should start with some fact-finding," said committee member Greg Mansfield. "We should be able to identify the positives and negatives of each choice so we can make an educated decision."

Seber handed out documents with details on the options. He told the committee to be prepared, at the Feb 16 meeting, to make a decision on whether to begin work on changing the form of government or keep the commissioner system.

Peluso indicated he was interested in considering a change.

"Some of us wanted to do the change back then (in the 1980s)," he said. "There's no question this form of government has its weaknesses. It's the most democratic, but it's not efficient."

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impulse. I quickly fell in love with the music and the sound of bluegrass.”

According to Axford, the songs in “Bright Star” actually reference a variety of folk styles from two different eras, making for what he describes as “an American roots blend.”

While playing mandolin, he’ll be leading a 10-piece ensemble that performs onstage. At points during the show, several cast members will pick up instruments to join in the music making.

Often the job of music director in a theater involves jiggering with the instrumental parts to fit

what performing forces are available and affordable. Axford said musicals of the mid-century were usually scored for an orchestra of 30 players, a luxury unavailable to most theaters today. A savvy music director will make sure that the most attractive and interesting aspects of the score are retained, even if they’re handled by different players.

Axford said the rental materials for “Bright Star” weren’t in need of such ministrations, but he’s deep into the task of a full re-orchestration for the company’s next outing, a bluegrass version of “Oklahoma!”

The notion of a bluegrass score to the 1943

show isn’t entirely original to Playhouse Stage. In 2015, the Fisher Center at Bard College was the site of a re-conceived “Oklahoma!” under the direction of Daniel Fish.

That production made it to Broadway four years later and won two Tonys, including best revival of a musical. Fish’s staging innovations were many and the backdrop to it all was the new orchestration, which Ben Brantley in the New York Times described as having “the vernacular throb and straightforwardness of country and western ballads.”

Using the cast recording as guide and inspiration, Axford is transferring the original orchestration to a bluegrass ensemble that

he’ll lead. “I’m reallocating the material for harp or piano to guitar and woodwinds and transferring the counter lines to mandolin,” he said. “It’s fascinating seeing how true the recording is to the original within the context

of a bluegrass band.”

The Playhouse Stage Company’s new production of “Oklahoma!” will be performed by students of Playhouse Stage Academy. It runs for 10 performances March 3 to 13, also at the Cohoes Music Hall.

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LOCAL GOOD NEWS FIRST Turning vintage clothes into a premium brand When shopping for store, Ducky’s owners look at items’ “soul”

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Many Ducky’s items, such as T-shirts, cost about $30 a pop. Other pieces, including jackets and pants are priced higher, some over $100.

Paul Buckowski / Times Union Vintage buttons are among the items on display at Ducky’s on Madison Avenue in Albany. Owners Lily and Ryan Phillips consider everything, including “soul,” when they decide to add to their collection.

When Lily and Ryan Phillips returned to Albany from living down South about a year ago, they felt the city was missing something — a place where the community could find quality vintage clothing with “a soul.”

That’s why the pair opened Ducky’s, a vintage clothing store on Madison Avenue, in November.

Whether you’re looking for that old concert T-shirt from 30 years ago or trying to find a tasteful piece to add to your wardrobe, Ducky’s aims to please.

Ryan and Lily always considered themselves to be clothing connoisseurs of sorts, constantly searching for the next staple to make their closet stand out. Every road trip they took, and they were numerous, the two purposely avoided interstates in hopes they’d come across a yard sale or small shops to pick out their next great find along the back roads.

In time, their collection became “hefty.”

And seeing what they could provide Albany, they decided to attempt filling the void.

Ducky’s sells vintage apparel from all over, the couple explained. But there’s more to

their pieces than the definition of what vintage encapsulates, Lily said.

Like the hearty duck and denim fabric in fashion, Ducky’s aspires to bring hardy clothes that have survived time in other places to the city.

Their clothes are older, yes. Some have specific stitching or unique zippers and materials that were made in the U.S., too.

However, those things alone aren’t enough to meet Ducky’s bill of acceptance.

“If we pick up an article of clothing, it can hit all the points (that) are considered vintage. But if it doesn’t kind of speak to us… (we) put it back on the rack,” she said.

“Our clothes have a soul almost like when we find something it really speaks to us,” she added.

Ryan said what makes Ducky’s clothing different is that it comes from beyond the city and “holds its own weight.”

“It has its own thing going on,” he said.

“It’s more than curating like clothing, we’re also curating a whole aesthetic, a whole experience.”

Lily and Ryan believe that’s what people want in fashion, clothes with depth, items they won’t see eight other people on the street wearing.

Vintage clothing and thrifting are a treasure hunt. When someone shops at Ducky’s they unlock a trove to the past or open a new window to style. Each article is different and customers are shopping on the off chance they find something that catches the eye and hopefully fits.

Visitors also notice that the store doesn’t have dedicated sections for men and women. That’s because Lily and Ryan want people to know fabric knows no gender or sex, nor should clothing. They purposely avoided grouping items under such categories to break gender bias.

Just as vintage calls for, pieces at Ducky’s stir up nostalgia as well. Although oftentimes when someone older has

Ryan and Lily Phillips sit in their vintage clothing store, Ducky’s, in Albany. The couple opened the store so that, as Ryan put it, “what we do and what we love, we want it to be accessible to the community.”

stopped in and sees a T-shirt that takes them back in time for a short while, they won’t buy it, Ryan explained.

They indulge for a moment or two and leave. Ryan noticed that most of the store’s repeat customers are individuals in their twenties and early thirties. They’re people who want to dress in a unique way without being boring, he noted.

“I think we provide an outlet for those kinds of people who are not really falling into any trends or don’t really fit into a box, that (are) kind of just do(ing) their own thing,” Ryan said.

The combination of rarity and being offbeat to today’s runways is what’s transformed vintage clothing into a premium business. It’s also partially why some people are willing to pay more for second-hand clothes.

Ducky’s merchandise ranges in cost.

Most items, such as T-shirts, cost about $30 a pop. Other pieces, including jackets and pants are priced higher, some over $100.

Ryan doesn’t think higher price points would deter customers from buying their clothing. He thought back to when he was a kid and thought anything over $20 for a shirt made him wince. Now, he doesn’t think that’s the case and that many are used to paying more than that for one piece.

Lily and Ryan don’t have to worry about manufacturing costs but there are other things that are factored into the price.

“It’s not just like here’s a crappy old used T-shirt for $36,” he said. “It’s from 1982 and there are no other ones that exist like it anymore.”

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AROUND YOUR COMMUNITY Johnsonville Thrift Shop JOHNSONVILLE - The Johnsonville Methodist Church Thrift Shop, located at 22 Bridge St., Johnsonville, NY 12094, is open 9-12 every Wednesday and the first Saturday of each month. Closed on holidays. Look for our sign at the corner of Route 67 and Route 111. We have a great selection of adult and children’s clothing, boots, shoes, coats, purses, special occasion and career clothing, jewelry, toys, linens, household and decorative items.

Our well-organized book room has over 1,000 books available.

Al-Anon Meetings CLIFTON PARK/ HALFMOON - If you are affected by a person’s drinking, Al-anon can help restore your sanity. We as a group, come together to share our experience, strength and hope and discover ways to live a happier life. The Wednesday meeting will be moving to Zoom at 6pm for the winter. Reach out to cmc. afg.123@gmail.com for any questions or to get the Zoom meeting sign in information. At this time the Sunday 4pm meeting at St. Edwards Church on Clifton Park Ctr Road is still an in-person meeting.

HERstory: The Women in Our Lives Presented by The Albany District Links ALBANY - Black Dimensions in Art, Inc. and the African American Cultural Center of the Capital Region, Inc.

Defensive Driving Classes at Colonie Senior Service Centers COLONIE - Colonie Senior Service Centers is offering many Defensive Driving classes in the months of January and February. Roger Dames, CSSC’s Driver Fitness Coordinator will conduct Defensive Driving Classes on the following dates: Thursday, February 10, 2022, from 9 am to 3:30 pm and Saturday, February 26, 2022 from 9 am to 3:30 pm. Classes will be held at The Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany, NY. Cost is $25 per person, due as a prepayment before the day of the class. To reserve your seat, call (518)459-2857, ext. 303.

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Attention Shenendehowa Parents of Rising Kindergartners CLIFTON PARK - Children born on or before December 1, 2017 are eligible for Kindergarten starting

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If you do not have computer access at home, or if you need to provide documents to be copied, drop-in sessions are available at the District Office, 5 Chelsea Pl, Clifton Park, 12065 on the following dates: Thursday Feb 3, 4:30 to 5:30 PM

Applications Available for The Hawley Foundation for Children Community Grants and Camp Awards SARATOGA SPRINGS - The Hawley Foundation for Children is accepting funding requests for its Community Grants and Camp Awards. Local organizations that assist youth in our community and best realize the Foundation’s mission of promoting the health, welfare and education of children in Saratoga County are invited to apply no later than March 1, 2022, at HawleyFoundation.org.

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Medical Students; Friday, February 25th Topic: The Lives and Music of the Rat Pack – Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, and Friends.

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CAPITAL DISTRICT Simply call (518) 992-6661 or you can contact us and we will set it up for us to dial you! February 2022 – Friday, February 4th Topic: Hiking and Outdoor Fun in New York; Tuesday, February 8th Topic: Healthy Eating and Wellness Speaker – Lester Rosenzweig; Friday, February 11th Topic: Valentine’s Day Party; Tuesday, February 15th Topic: Travel to Alaska; Friday, February 18th Topic: Little Known Facts about Presidents and their Wives; Tuesday, February 22nd Topic: What is it like to be a Medical Student? Speaker: Meghan Goodard and Andrew Cyr,

WATERFORD - February is Heart Health Month, as the focus is on good eating habits, exercise and laughter to name a few. We have some great activities planned to celebrate the Healthy Heart. We will kick start the month on Tuesday February 1st here at the Center with providing a Heart Healthy breakfast, with whole grain breads, proteins and fresh fruits including antioxidant-rich berries.

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Following week on Tuesday, February 8th at 11:30 am, we will welcome Storyteller, Kate Dudding from Storytellers

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Monthly Birthday Party will be February 15th too!

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OPINION Could DeSantis Beat Trump?

By Rich Lowry

It was only a matter of time before Ron DeSantis' rising star ran into the unmovable object of Donald Trump's will to continue to dominate the GOP. A spate of recent news stories has focused on the proto-feud between the past president with future ambitions and the protege who rode his endorsement to victory in a Florida GOP gubernatorial primary and has big ambitions of his own.

The level of the clash shouldn't be exaggerated -- so far, it mostly consists of muttering from Mar-a-Lago.

Obviously, it's also insanely early. But the Trump-DeSantis storyline is inherently alluring, given the chances of a collision between two men who have been allies and the possibility of the subordinate in the relationship eclipsing the figure who helped to elevate him.

Whether that ever happens is unknowable, yet the spat is revealing, nonetheless. Some version of what DeSantis represents has the greatest odds of coaxing the party away from Trump and forging a new political synthesis that bears the unmistakable stamp of Trump while jettisoning his flaws.

There's simply never going to be a GOP revelation in which the rank-andfile suddenly decides, "It was a mistake to ever embrace Donald Trump, and now we want to be the party of Adam Kinzinger." There will be no Bourbon Restoration.

The challenge to Trump will have to come from the Trump wing -- at this point, more like the Trump fuselage, wing and landing gear -- of the party. After Trump's presidency, the party is more populist, focused on the culture war, resistant to media narratives, and skeptical of business -- and would it remain so if Trump retired tomorrow.

Although in many ways an orthodox conservative, DeSantis covers these bases. Importantly, he's a lightning rod for criticism from the left -- now a major plus for Republican voters -- and gives as good as he gets in clashes with the media. There are few causes that light up the Republican base that he doesn't find a way to address, whether on big tech or critical race theory, and he has emerged as the party's exemplar on the pandemic, with his strenuous opposition to lockdowns and mandates. This gives him credibility with Trump voters and the foundation to compete with Trump, not as a critic or scold but as someone who can do it better.

In fact, it is likely that the most telling line of attack against a potential candidate Trump would come from the right.

That he elevated Dr. Anthony Fauci early in the pandemic and listened to his advice for too long.

That despite all his talk of building the border wall, he didn't get it done and left intact a desperately flawed immigration system.

That he rattled China's cage but didn't make fundamental changes to the trading relationship and was too complimentary of President Xi Jinping.

And, finally, that he lost to Joe Biden, a desperately flawed candidate who only made it into the White House because Trump made himself so unpopular.

Would DeSantis be audacious enough to run against Trump in 2024?

The case against waiting is that it's extremely unlikely that the governor can maintain his exalted status in the party until 2028.

On the other hand, the case against running in 2024 is that it involves the enormous risk of encountering the business end of the Trump buzzsaw, which could change DeSantis' image in the party forever.

Trump took a not-so-veiled shot at DeSantis in a recent interview, hitting unnamed "gutless" politicians who won't say whether they've gotten a COVID-19 booster shot or not. DeSantis has been notably evasive on this question, and Trump was giving him a hint of things potentially to come.

For the moment, though, DeSantis should take the grumbling from Trump as a compliment -- the past and current master of the GOP sees a future threat arising.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

Joe Biden Could Learn A Lot From Bill Clinton

Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency

"You and my husband think so similarly when it comes to politics," Hillary Clinton once told Joe Biden. "You guys were almost separated at birth."

It's interesting to think about how Biden's first year as president would have gone differently if this were in fact true.

The easiest way to illustrate this is to ask: "Where are the Sister Souljah moments?"

Sister Souljah, a rapper and writer, gained notoriety in 1992 when Clinton, running for president, made a planned attack on her controversial statements about the Los Angeles riots after a jury acquitted police officers in the beating of Rodney King. Wikipedia even has a lengthy "Sister Souljah Moment" entry, defining it as a "politician's calculated public repudiation of an extremist person, statement, group or position that is perceived to have some association with the politician's own party."

More on that in a moment.

Both Biden and Clinton are frequently dubbed "centrists" but they subscribe to very different definitions of centrism, neither of them particularly ideological.

For Clinton, it's the popular stuf f from both parties. For Biden, the center amounted to splitting the difference between the two poles of the Democratic Party. Biden spent decades in a Senate in which there were a great many liberal and conser vative Democrats. His strategy was to straddle between them. A s the party moved leftward, with conservative Democrats fading away (even Joe Manchin would be a big-spending liberal a decade ago), Biden and the party's

center of gravity moved leftward, too.

Clinton's a scent to t he Oval Office was the result of a decadelong war with the Democratic establishment.

Biden's entire career was as a member of that establishment, as a senator, vice president and now president. That makes all the difference in the world.

As a candidate, Clinton triangulated against the Democratic base, billing himself as a "third way" figure unbeholden to the special interest and identity politics groups that had captured the party.

On the campaign trail, he inveighed against welfare policies supported by the base, promising a "hand up, rather than a handout." He even took time off from the trail to oversee the execution of a severely brain damaged inmate, Ricky Ray Rector (Rector actually asked the guards to save his pie until after his execution).

Ironically, Biden's success in the 2020 primaries hinged on the belief that he was more of a Clinton-style centrist.

That's why he beat the purely progressive ideologues.

But as president, Biden has steadfastly refused to triangulate. There have been countless potential Sister Souljah moments. Amid surging crime rates in New York City, the new Manhattan district attorney vowed not to seek prison sentences, even for some violent criminals, whenever possible. Biden says schools should stay open, but he's never criticized teachers' unions, even when they refused to work in Chicago.

And, countless Democratic members of Congress say inflammatory things on a daily basis. Why not pick a fight?

Biden could also have told the Democratic base that their voting reform wish list, largely unchanged since 2019,

wasn't a pragmatic response to the current moment. Instead, he parroted the most extreme language of the base, accusing Republicans of being on the side of Jim Crow and Bull Connor. A telling moment in his epic news conference last week came when Biden explained why he didn't reach out to Republicans on voting reform: He was too busy "trying to make sure we got everybody on the same page in my party on this score."

The mother of Sister Souljah moments came in June when Biden succeeded in fulfilling one of the core promises of his presidency: a bipartisan traditional infrastructure bill, with 19 Republican senators on board. He could have declared victory, telling the Democratic base that trillions more of poorly funded "human infrastructure" wasn't in the cards. Instead, he caved to the base, vowing -- at the time -- only to sign the popular bill if the progressives got everything they wanted, too.

In June 1993, when Bill Clinton's approval ratings were even lower than Biden's today, Clinton sought a reset.

He declared, "I was sent to the White House, I think, to take on brain-dead politics in Washington from either party -- or from both."

It w a s w idely a ssu med Biden would use his press conference for a similar doover. But when asked if he overpromised, he said, "Look, I didn't overpromise, but I have probably outperformed what anybody thought would happen."

Bill Clinton would never have done that.

Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief of The Dispatch and the host of The Remnant podcast. His Twitter handle is @JonahDispatch.

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Date Night Slam Dunk! Art Reception Friday 2/4 REXFORD - Beginnings are in the air. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, The Blooming Artist Gallery and Studio invites artists, collectors, members of the community and press, and the general public out for a FREE night of wine, live music, and art at our brand new exhibition reception for “The Beginnings.”

Sounds like a perfect date night to us!

“The Beginnings” exhibition features over thirty local artists, including Amy Burgeron (artwork pictured) and more than original 50 artworks in an array of medium that, if you let them, will draw out your appreciation for the beginning of every initial

brush stroke, all pioneering pencil lines, and every wash of color on a blank canvas. After all, poet Ezra Pound said it perfectly: “The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery, is of little worth.”

As we settle into the start of a new year, join us by immersing in artwork that will inspire gratitude in our hearts for all the beginnings in our lives.

Without beginnings, we have nothing.

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In honor of new beginnings, the gallery will be hosting a $100 Gift Certificate giveaway at the reception event to be applied to an artist’s new beginnings in the Blooming Artist studio learning or improving art skills!

The Blooming Artist Gallery is both an exquisite art gallery and a fully functional art studio space. Opening very recently in a brand new plaza, Rexford Landing, in October, The Blooming Artist gallery and instruction space hosted a Grand Opening Reception that was nothing shy of a smashing success. With lively and joyful guests and members of the community spilling out onto the sidewalk on a beautiful October evening, the gallery and its debut exhibition,

“The Gathering”, came to life and has been buzzing ever since. Visitors to the gallery can enjoy a peaceful environment to view the works in the gallery, shop local artisan goods, take a class or course in the studio, or even sign up to instruct a class of one’s own. The team at the gallery greatly look forward to this newest exhibition and seeing new and familiar faces alike.

Location: The Blooming Artist, 675 Grooms Road, Rexford, NY, Reception Admission: FREE

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LIBRARY EVENTS Waterford Library News WATERFORD - The library has recently added a Nintendo Switch and games to its collection.

The Switch and up to 2 games can be checked out on your library card for 7 days. Please contact Liz Albanetti at 518-237-0891 for more information.

We continue to receive small deliveries of produce and other shelf stable items from Capital Roots NY on Wednesday mornings. All food is free to anyone who can make use of it. If you are interested in donating surplus food items to our pantry, please contact Tim McDonough at 518-237-0891.

The library will be offering a Valentines Day themed take and make craft project. Please check our Facebook page or call the library at 518-237-0891 for details.

The library will be closed for the Presidents Day weekend beginning Saturday February 19 through Monday February 21st. No library materials will be due while we are closed. Our digital collections remain available at all times.

Current hours of service are Monday, Wednesday : 10am-5pm, Tuesday, Thursday : 10am-6pm, Friday and Saturday : 10am-2pm.

Mechanicville Public Library MECHANICVILLE Story Time & Craft each Tuesday at 11:30 for little ones of all ages!

Crochet & Knitting - All skill levels welcome!

Monday, February 7 at 6pm Mahjong - Experienced players - Thursdays at 1pm Game Night with Principal Turcio! Grades PreK-5.

Clifton Park/ Halfmoon Public Library CLIFTON PARK Thursday, February 3 at 6:30 pm Never-before-seen footage and journal entries form the narrative spine of the documentary, allowing Gilda Radner to tell her

own story; through the laughter and sometimes the tears. Masks will be required. 518-371-8622. www.cphlibrary.org First Friday Lecture: Shaker Architecture & Design Friday, February 4 at 10:30 am Join us in for a virtual presentation by Hancock Shaker Village, a landmark destination of 750 acres, 20 historic Shaker buildings, and over 22,000 Shaker artifacts. Attend in-person at the Library or from home on ZOOM. Registration is required.

518-371-8622. www.cphlibrary.org Grab & Go: Super Bowl Monday, February 7 Pick up everything you need to cheer for your team! Bags include crafts and snack ideas and will be available for pick up in the Children’s Library, while supplies last. For ages 5 & up. 518-371-8622. www. cphlibrary.org Teen Book Box Monday, February 7 Pick up a box containing a library book chosen just for you and Valentine’s Day goodies too! Return the book by the due date, but keep the treats. Registration required due to limited supplies. For teens in grades 6-12. 518-3718622. www.cphlibrary.org ZOOM: Family Story Time Live!

Monday, February 7 & Thursday, February 10 at 10 am Join us as we go live from the Children’s Library! We’ll share new stories, songs, and rhymes with your child. This program uses the ZOOM live-streaming platform.

Registration required. 518371-8622. www.cphlibrary. org Quilt North Charity Event Monday, February 7, 1-5 pm Join Quilt North in making quilts for their charity program. Drop-ins welcome; masks will be required. 518-371-8622. www.cphlibrary.org ZOOM: Demystifying Shakespeare-Twelfth Night Mondays at 6 pm: February 7 through March 14

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Join us for a lively discussion of one of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays. Each week we will discuss one of the acts of Twelfth Night. This program uses the ZOOM live-streaming platform.

Registration required. 518371-8622. www.cphlibrary. org Would You Rather…?

Tuesdays beginning February 8 Stop by the Children’s Library this month for a fun quiz for kids! Cast your vote for which wintery activity you would choose.

Look for the winner and a new question each Tuesday in February. 518-3718622. www.cphlibrary.org ZOOM: Mysteries & More Book Group Tuesday, February 8 at 6 pm We’ll be discussing Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke. First time participants welcome! This program uses the ZOOM live-streaming platform.

Registration required. 518371-8622. www.cphlibrary. org WebEx: Journaling for Teens Tuesday, February 8 at 6:30 pm Whether it’s writing about your day, your feelings, or covering the page with doodles, journaling is for everyone. For teens in grades 6-12. This program uses the WebEx live-streaming platform.

Registration is required.

518-371-8622. www.cphlibrary.org ZOOM: Wizard of Oz Trivia Tuesday, February 8 at 7 pm Join us for a family-friendly trivia night all about the beloved classic! This program is in conjunction with the Two Town’s-One Book 2022

selection, Finding Dorothy. This program uses the ZOOM live-streaming platform. Registration is required. Don’t forget to stop by the Library to search for the Wizard of Oz costumes hidden throughout the building.

All ages are welcome to participate! 518-371-8622. www.cphlibrary.org Streamlining JavaScript with JQuery Tuesday, February 8 at 7 pm Want more JavaScript?

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Look for this How-To video on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/user/cphpubliclibrary. For grades 5 through adult. Registration required. 518-3718622. www.cphlibrary.org Connecting Threads Quilting Group Wednesday, February 9 at 1 pm Informal gathering of those interested in quilting. Share projects and get inspired by other quilters!

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• Turn off unnecessary notifications. Smartphone and device notifications provide an endless stream of distractions that can make it hard for professionals to organize their days and maintain their productivity. A 2020 study from the multinational telecommunications firm Telefónica found that the average smartphone user gets as many as 63.5 notifications per day. During the workday, individuals can clear some mental clutter by turning most app notifications off.

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