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Roscetti fundraiser draws overflow Crowd
BY TONY FARINA It was a full house last Thursday at the Hyde Park Ice Pavilion for Alan Roscetti’s kickoff fundraiser in his campaign for Niagara Falls City Court judge. Roscetti, a…
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Local opposition ramping up to Cuomo’s lodge in Olmsted’s ‘Niagara Reservation
BY JAMES HUFNAGEL While the shock of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement that he wants to build a state-owned “lodge” (read hotel) on Goat Island in the Niagara Falls State Park is still…
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It can’t be as horrific as it seems so far
BY JOE GENCO –It’s only been 13 days, and everywhere I look, I find another story mocking, chiding or criticizing Trump’s decisions. Many of our Conservative or Republican blog followers, like Richard Neidrauer and Richard…
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Trump says, ‘you’re fired’
BY JOE GENCO –President Trump rightly fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, an Obama holdover in place pending Jeff Sessions confirmation, because she used her office as a bully pulpit to criticize…
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The dictator’s playbook, and a more reasonable view…
BY JOE GENCO –The dictator playbook begins with targeting the immigrants. Soon after comes finding a reason for war. We are on that slippery slope. https://medium.com/…/welcome-to-the-dictator-playbook-51760… –Here’s a differing, and more reasonable view…
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Another perspective on the Buffalo school board and the teachers’ union
BY AUSTIN HARIG Former Candidate for Buffalo School Board In May 2016, I ran for the Buffalo School Board against Carl Paladino. I lost (by 2% of the vote), but it was…
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As Trump scapegoats refugee families…
BY JOE GENCO –Interested in learning more about eating the food that surrounds you? Join Eric Cornell, Euell Gibbons and me from 12-3 today at Ashker’s. Register here. Soon I will give up…
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Meanwhile, in California…
BY JOE GENCO –So journalist/activists were arrested in Washington at the riots, not to be confused with alternative/journalists or working/journalists. You know they don’t all get First Amendment rights. –Meanwhile in California,…
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McMurray: State welcome center will be a boon to Grand Island
BY NATE MCMURRAY As you may have heard, a brand new, state of the art Welcome Center is coming to Grand Island. The Governor visited last week and he mentioned it specifically…
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Whipping up fervor with irony
BY JOE GENCO –As our President whips up the anti-immigrant fervor, it’s important to remember there have been 28 deadly attacks in the United States since 9/11 but not one has been…
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A slippery slope in Waukesha
BY JOE GENCO –President Trump today unveils plans for his wall. I love the way he keeps posing signing executive orders in the Oval Office with his posse of pasty white men. http://www.sfgate.com/…/Trump-to-move-on-border-security-im……
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If you can’t drive, fly
BY JOE GENCO –Brunei pilots women might not be able to drive in Saudi Arabia, but they can fly. In fact, the first all-female flight crew recently traveled from Brunei to Saudi…
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From lemmings to snowflakes
BY JOE GENCO –We can learn from each other. We’ve evolved from lemmings to sheeple to snowflakes to orange slices and participation trophies. Where is the language of identity going next? Before…
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A threatening crescendo
BY JOE GENCO –I read this 1,100-word article from NPR, hoping for clarity, but there was none — the Women’s March in Washington doesn’t appear to be doing more than striking a…
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The trees support the bushes
BY JOE GENCO –I searched for meaning as I traveled the 90 for a Rochester meeting. Across from the gravel quarry, just west of Lancaster Speedway, high in a tree, rests a…
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A short take on today’s news
BY JOE GENCO –A deplorable from the Yinzer nation lays out his views on why the adorables need to be a bit more accepting, loving and kind — because it’s largely the…
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A short take on today’s news
BY JOE GENCO –There is always an upswell of emotion with every new President. This one is no different. The Wall Street Journal suggests Trump could be the most transformative in a…
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A short take on today’s news
BY JOE GENCO –Our Pastor friend Mike Bowers needs some stories about neighbors who have enriched your life. Probably our favorites ever were Dick and Janet Sherry. I remember the day I came home…
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A short take on today’s news
BY JOE GENCO –Buffalo Rising shares a laudatory opinion of Byron Brown. I don’t like him and think he’s done little more than fill a well-cut suit. Most things from that publication…
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A short take on today’s news
BY JOE GENCO –My friend Mike Bowers made a good point the other day. We are quick to help on the roadside or buy a cup of coffee for the stranger in line behind…
