Joe BonillaThe last ones standing in the blast zoneAs I saw the American Airlines plane descend into ALB that brisk December evening, I texted Rich Fazio, my business partner of almost 15…8 min read·Dec 5, 2023--1--1
Joe BonillaWhat could have a reimagined Capital Holiday Lights looked like?As the bitter cold takes hold on the streets and thoroughfares in Albany, it’s also that time in the year where hundreds of visitors…6 min read·Nov 30, 2021----
Joe BonillaDo your community proud: Vote Every Damn Year (or how you should love voting in local elections).With the 2020 presidential election fully underway — with absentee ballots, early voting, vote-by-mail (yes, there is a difference between…5 min read·Oct 27, 2020----
Joe BonillaLearning to (re)love home on two pedalsEach morning, as I make my tea (depending on how I’m feeling or what I have in stock — it’s either passion fruit or green), I face the…7 min read·May 2, 2020--1--1
Joe BonillaPay no attention to the President behind the curtain“You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.”4 min read·Dec 20, 2019----
Joe BonillaMonument Square debate is not about a movie theater.The recent public conversation taking place in the Collar City is focused on whether or not Downtown Troy, in the former City Hall site…6 min read·Oct 1, 2017----
Joe BonillaTrump went from communications savant to babbler-in-chief. Can he rebound?A swing and a miss. Another swing, a check-swing. A final swing, a huge whiff.6 min read·Aug 21, 2017----
Joe BonillaKeep Jim Stellar as UAlbany president. We’d be wrong to let him go.If it’s not broke, don’t fix it.3 min read·May 11, 2017----
Joe BonillaA Coal in Every Upstate New York Smartphone: ridesharing’s future in AlbanyUpstate New York residents will receive coal in their smartphones this holiday season as reports of a special session (which would have…4 min read·Dec 24, 2016----
Joe BonillaMiracle on Lark Street: updated zoning proposal a win for neighborhood, futureA miracle took place on Lark Street last night (two if you include no fatalities from a fire at the corner of Hamilton Street).3 min read·Dec 23, 2016----