A rural community is experiencing a surge of bi-partisanship, a rare occurrence in today's politics.
Joe Giebelhaus, a Berne resident, never thought he'd be involved in politics. However, when three of the five all-Republican Berne town board members resigned, he got involved.
"I had no intention of getting into government at all,"
Giebelhaus said. He served as the City of Albany's Deputy Commissioner of the Department of General Services before retiring in January.
"One day, about six weeks into my retirement, I turned on the news and I saw Town of Berne suing Kathy Hochul, and I said what's going on in my little town here, I had no thoughts whatsoever, I wasn’t even paying attention, wasn’t paying attention to the world,"
Giebelhaus said. Author's summary: Bi-partisanship emerges in Albany County town.