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Abolishing County Government
2009-05-12 21:13:00 In this episode of "why do we pay you", the County Legislature wants to abolish a county auto registration surcharge that was imposed in the immediate wake of the late, lamented county budget crisis. County Executive Chris Collins doesn't want to do so. He says the legislature is ... More About: Government
Flight 3407 - the NTSB Investigates
2009-05-12 21:13:00 The news from the NTSB regarding the Flight 3407 investigation is not likely to be good for the families of the victims, the families of the pilots, or the Colgan Air corporation. Reports yesterday indicated that the pilots were engaging in extended chit-chatting even after the aircraft descended past ...
Nexus vs. Passport Cards vs. Enhanced Driver?s License
2009-05-12 21:13:00 Those are the three wallet-sized alternatives to carrying a passport with you when you want to make a quick jaunt across a bridge to shop at Sobey's, grab some Duty Free, or make an IKEA run. Each option costs about the same, and each one requires the same basic ... More About: Driver , Cards , License , Passport
Shorter Andrew Sullivan
2009-05-11 18:00:00 Dick Cheney's America isn't. More About: Andrew , Sullivan , Andrew Sullivan
I?ve Got a Little List
2009-05-11 11:59:00 As some day it may happen that a victim must be found, I've got a little list--I've got a little list Of society offenders who might well be underground, And who never would be missed--who never would be missed! There's the loathsome politicians who ... More About: List
Tea Party Post
2009-05-11 11:59:00 Today on Hardwick, we launched into a discussion about the tea party "movement", and it was noted more than once that there are no fewer than four current tea party organizing groups, all with somewhat similar agendas. I quipped that they ought to retain regionalism & consolidation advocate Kevin ... More About: Party , Post
Remember 2005?
2009-05-10 15:56:00 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X I5KqmYiecE[/youtube] Gosh, it was heady - Masiello was on his way out no matter what and this young and energetic young State Senator was going to come in and be innovative and change the way Buffalo ran itself. He was going to implement CitiStat and impose real, measurable reform in ...
Quick Thought for Politicians
2009-05-09 21:54:00 The "Gimme familiar-diminutive-of-my-given-name" is a Jimmy Griffin trademark and ought to be retired. OTOH, "Mickey Kearns will make City Hall less political, more efficient, and otherwise improve upon the cautious fecklessness of the Brown Administration" doesn't really fit on a rally sign or bumper sticker. More About: Politicians , Thought , Quick
Friday Afternoon
2009-05-09 09:40:00 The Friday afternoon news dump saw the resignation of Louis Caldera as Director of the White House Military Office today. Caldera was the guy who had Air Force One fly low over lower Manhattan and Jersey City. Hey, at least they sent out the picture. More About: Afternoon
There?ll Be A Race. Until September, Anyway
2009-05-08 15:36:00 City Councilman Mickey Kearns announced his run for Mayor of the City of Buffalo yesterday afternoon. He made his announcement at Hoyt Lake, and pledged to bring real leadership to City Hall to replace hyperpolitical reaction. This is all well and good, and it seems that we'll have ... More About: Race , September
If It?s Mother?s Day, It?s Hardline with Hardwick
2009-05-08 15:36:00 Yes, it's a holiday of sorts, and everyone has plans to attend some sort of "fancy" brunch at a restaurant that is probably jettisoning its usual decent food and instead putting out a buffet. For about $25/person, you get the privilege of waiting in line holding your own damn ... More About: Mother
Please Keep Listening to Mr. Shootcherface
2009-05-08 15:36:00 Cheney said the following, apparently without a hint of irony: ?I think it would be a mistake for us to moderate," Cheney said. "This is about fundamental beliefs and values and ideas ? what the role of government should be in our society, and our commitment to the Constitution and ... More About: Listening
Dijongate
2009-05-08 15:36:00 I think the takeaway from this abortion of a blog post is one thing: Conservatives. Aren't. Really. Funny. The end.
Awesome
2009-05-08 15:36:00 Here is, verbatim, a blog post that Jim Ostrowski wrote regarding Mickey Kearns' announcement that he's running for Mayor of Buffalo: Mickey Kearns will announce for Buffalo Mayor today at 5pm at the Casino in Delaware Park. Mickey has a huge edge over the incumbent: a pulse. The rest is a book ... More About: Awesome
Yeah, But Does It Work on a T-Shirt?
2009-05-08 15:36:00 Given that Buffalo has become something like the t-shirt capital of the northeastern corner of the Lake Erie shore, I thought it was time to let you, the readers, come up with some ideas. For political shirts. Some that have been suggested to me recently: More About: Work , Shirt , T-Shirt , Yeah
Fawlty Towers 30 Years Hence
2009-05-07 21:34:00 [HTML1] I stumbled on this today - the cast of Fawlty Towers together for the first time in 30 years. It is, to my mind, the best television comedy ever made. I'd hate to see a new episode made because I can't imagine it could live up to anyone's ... More About: Years
The Empire State Development Corporation
2009-05-07 03:31:00 Isn't developing much, and is otherwise in turmoil. The Failboat's reach is far and wide. More About: Corporation , Development , State , Empire , The Empire
Eat Your Heart Out, Miss California
2009-05-07 03:31:00 Source: Heh. More About: California , Heart , Miss , Miss California
Sneak Peek at the NYS Senate Site
2009-05-07 03:31:00 I'd like you to take a moment and check out the Assembly's website. Go ahead. I'll wait. The Assembly website is the internet version of Sheldon Silver. Bland, boring, institutional, entrenched, uninviting, something you want to get the hell away from asap. The State Senate ... More About: Sneak Peek , Site , Peek
Here?s An Idea - Pick Up the Damn Phone
2009-05-07 03:31:00 First, the press release from County Legislator Michele Iannello: COUNTY EXECUTIVE PLAYS POLITICS WITH KENMORE SENIOR CITIZENS Legislator Michele M. Iannello (D-Kenmore) believes that County Executive Chris Collins is playing political games, by ignoring Legislative action, which called for the donation of a 2003, 12-passenger van to the Village of Kenmore ... More About: Phone , Idea , Pick , Damn
The Language of the Upcoming Battle for Health Care Reform
2009-05-07 03:31:00 I saw this post at Balloon Juice today, and it hints at the possibility that the public outlook and mass opinion is on the side of radical health care reform in this country. Dr. Frank Luntz, a top Republican consultant on the language of politics, is warning the GOP that ... More About: Health , Health Care , Reform , Care , Language
Deep Thought
2009-05-06 21:30:00 Petition challenges are a great way for the entrenched political interests to ensure that the voters have fewer choices in the election booth, and to cling to power. New York's onerous petition requirements also guarantee that only the procedurally savviest candidates with a gaggle of available volunteers can gather ... More About: Thought , Deep
Buffalo School Board Elections
2009-05-06 21:30:00 I have stayed way the hell out of this, since I don't have a direct stake in the outcome. I have an indirect stake, in that it is important for the whole region that kids living in its urban epicenter obtain a quality education. I haven't commented on ... More About: Elections , School , Board , Buffalo , School Board
France?s Most Wanted
2009-05-06 21:30:00 I knew it was that bastard Gauguin all along! [HTML1] More About: France , Wanted , Most Wanted
Mayor Byron Brown
2009-05-06 21:30:00 Mayor Brown is a nice and personable guy. I've met him several times, and I like him. He clearly loves Buffalo, he exudes a no-nonsense downstate sensibility, and he also seems sincere in his desire to lift Buffalo up. He's a good figurehead and excellent booster for ... More About: Mayor
Best Blog in Buffalo, Right Here
2009-05-06 21:30:00 Thanks for everyone for voting, and to Marc Odien and Michele Johnson for urging others to do so. More About: Blog , Buffalo
Deep Thought
2009-05-04 18:32:00 If Erie County Executive Chris Collins can simply declare a legislative veto as "null and void", could we taxpayers go ahead and declare the entirety of county government "null and void"? That'd be great. More About: Thought , Deep
Jack Kemp?s Letter to his Grandchildren
2009-05-04 12:31:00 It was posted yesterday at WBEN, and it's also posted to his Kemp Partners website. It reveals the kind of man, politician, Republican, and American Kemp was. Not one to equate the newly-elected Obama to Hitler, Stalin or others, he wrote: You see, real leadership is not just ... More About: Letter , Jack
So Ya Had a Bad Day
More articles from this author:2009-05-04 12:31:00 When Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Bufett says that newspapers have "no future", and when asked if he'd buy any newspapers, he embellishes his simple "no" with, "For most newspapers in the United States, we would not buy them at any price ... they have the possibility of going to just unending ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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