When Wayne Gretzky walks into the rink and asks to play on your beer league hockey team, you don’t tell him that you’ve already got enough forwards or that you’re unsure how to deal with his retirement status.

You get him a jersey and figure out the other stuff later.

Schenectady County lawmakers, in deciding how to move forward with their economic development and planning efforts, need to think about what’s best for the team and who best fills their roster to give them the best chance at winning.

And what’s best for the team is having Ray Gillen making a contribution in some way by continuing to share his decades of experience, expertise, contacts, vision and enthusiasm for Schenectady and its........

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