Good enough for the old folks but ...

Bill Lambdin at News Channel 13 has a story about the Albany County Elections Commissioners complaining that the County has given them the now empty Ann Lee Home to store their new voting machines. Ann Lee is out near the airport and was closed sometime earlier this year after it was targeted by the State's Berger Commission.

Albany County Commissioners wish they had the Schenectady set-up.

So why is Albany County making its change-over so differently than Schenectady County? There's no clear answer. Cost is definitely an issue for Albany County. The Ann Lee Home is here and just sitting empty. There is a conscious disregard of the election commissioners. And there is a different political atmosphere. In theory, the Ann Lee Home is a temporary choice. We'll see.

I want to know whether Lampdin would still be complaining about Albany spending extra money on a new building while the old one sat empty if the County had made a different decision.

And if the building was good enough for a bunch of sick, elderly people why isn't it good enough for a bunch of machines?