Janison: Did political moves foreshadow retirement?
Photo credit: Dave Oxford | In an undated photo, State Sen. Owen Johnson stands in the capital building in Albany.
The moment it was announced on Friday that veteran State Sen. Owen Johnson (R-West Babylon) would retire, two recent political moves suddenly seemed prescient.
In the Republican camp, the expansion of the Senate by one seat, as directed by Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre), appears to have been especially shrewd because it could give the GOP extra breathing room. Even if the...
