Despite its name, Johnson City is not a city at all; it's a village of 15,000 in Broome County, making it a little bit bigger, population-wise, than the town of Dryden. Unlike Dryden, at 110 square miles, Johnson City occupies around 4 1/2.
Our attorney general has created a commission that is looking into ways in which NYS municipalities can consolidate for greater efficiency. Johnson City, which hasn't been solvent in some time, was a candidate for merger with its surrounding town, Union. After an absentee count, the referendum was turned down by the voters, who chose to pay more rather than lose their shoe mogul-inspired identity.
I venture to say that Cuomo is rapidly learning, as I did several years ago, that history trumps common sense when it comes to these battles.
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Ah, Johnson City. Where I frightened the farm boys by playing "Kool and the Gang" on my tape recorder while stretching on the infield before a track meet.
Jungle boogie. Get it on. Uh.
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