PRO-DEMOCRACY IS A MULTI- PARTIED THING.(Perspective)

Byline: James H.K. Bruner

A recent article - "Pro-democracy - Let's try it in Albany" (Sunday Times Union, April 1) - discussed the way the Democratic Party is organized in Albany County. After thoughtfully considering the article, I was driven to the conclusion the best part of it was the pictures.

It was catchy to compare Albany's political scene to the crumbling Communist system and conclude that because the Democratic Party's decision-makers supposedly were in a small group known as the Executive Committee their activities were corrupt or unresponsive. While the author may have been pursuing a catchy angle, he instead delivered a deceptive and derogatory diatribe.

To the perceptive reader, the writer's analogy and …