Actually, Hoxsie never does politics. There’s enough of that in this town. But if we’re celebrating 1973 week and we run across a “before he was a star” article, we’re going to print it. And so here from March 1973 is an article announcing Hugh Farley’s intention to run for a second term on the Niskayuna town council. Just three years later, he would run for State Senate, where he has served the Senate district covering Schenectady ever since.