Interesting happenings at City Council on Tuesday, huh? Although I wasn't there, I heard we nearly had the usually-unflappable Skip Scirocco become flustered when Kim, Ivins and Franck voted to table the vote on the water and sewer rate increases until the next meeting. Then later Kim and Mayor Johnson fought for the floor when discussion came up regarding renovations of the police department were raised.

Although the accounts that I've heard point to the Mayor retaining control of the meeting, I can't help but wonder if we're seeing the first cracks in Johnson's control over the council. I also heard that the department of public work's presentation on water and sewer rate increases took 90 minutes. I think I picked the right Tuesday to get sick.

Thanks to my colleague Ann Marie French for covering last night's meeting!

In other news, the search for a special prosecutor in the case of the woman facing endangerment charges for not keeping her two sons away from accused child molesters Douglas Conrad and James Wiley is still on. Kate Hogan passed on the case last week, and it seems that Saratoga County District Attorney Jim Murphy has not yet found a suitable replacement.

According to John Aretakis, who is representing the woman, this lack of a special prosecutor is due to the fact that the charges are "BS," and will not hold up. Others seem to differ, but what do I know?