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Police plan a slew of DWI checkpoints targeting Bills fans, as Liberty Cab offers discounts
The days of lax enforcement of drinking and driving laws following Buffalo Bills home games are over — and local officials are planning for an ‘unprecedented level of enforcement’ this football season.…
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Coincidences
BY NORBERT RUG There have been a series of coincidences in my life. My buddy grew up in a house full of girls in Amherst. One of them dated a Harley driving,…
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How will you live your life?
BY NORBERT RUG How will you choose to live your life? This isn’t a trick question. I am asking if you have chosen to live your life fully or just exist day…
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At least four double-dippers top $300K
At least four New York local government retirees appear to have received permission from state or New York City officials to each take home a combined $300,000 in pay and pensions as…
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Poloncarz’s tepid relationship with Schumer may play into Zellner ouster
Senator Chuck Schumer and County Executive Mark Poloncarz have never been close. The two men’s personalities hardly mesh, and both see the other as overrated, calculated, and shifty. It looks like that…
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Brown, Garner expected to smear Betty Jean Grant
Political operatives close to Maurice Garner, the former President of Grassroots Inc. who is widely thought to control Mayor Byron Brown, say that he “is deeply worried” about County Legislator Betty Jean Grant’s campaign for…
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Dyster silent on Ortt’s plan to save Falls’ finances
By Mike Hudson, The Niagara Falls Reporter Whose side are they on? Are Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster and state Assemblyman John Ceretto looking out for the interests of the people who voted…
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Critics say Higgins’ campaign finance plan is full of loopholes
March of this year Congressman Brian Higgins (D-South Buffalo) advanced a self-drafted plan to reform campaign finance laws pertaining to Congressional elections, titled “Restoring Confidence Through Smarter Campaigns Act,” (HR 1495). On…
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Paladino resolutions spark discussion on truancy, nepotism
This week’s school board meeting had a packed agenda. Two of board member Carl Paladino’s resolutions sparked debate on truancy and nepotism, consumed by racial overtones. Seemingly with no regard to how his…
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Will school integration become a catalyst for district restructuring?
Desegregation has become an increasingly pressing issue for the Buffalo Public Schools. The national civil rights expert Gary Orfeild offered the district a bleak assessment of decades long trends that has led…
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Sharp change of tone on school board after Orfield report
The tone was subdued after the presentation of Dr. Gary Orfeild, a national civil rights expert who was charged with investigating the the selection process that governs admissions to the city’s highest…
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Mascia releases prepared remarks delivered at ‘The Rally for Peace, Justice, and Respect”
County Legislator Betty Jean Grant — whose community-first style of leadership is admired across the political spectrum — held a rally at Niagara Square on Saturday, called ‘The Rally for Peace, Justice,…
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A big win for daddy’s boy, Joey Lorigo
Rumor around town is that the three major party bosses who control Western New York recently met, and they conspired to thwart your democracy. Republican Chairman Nick Langworthy, Democrat Chairman Jeremy Zellner,…
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CORRECTION: Highways Superintendent Mark Wegner says road millings are not given away
Road millings are the ground up asphalt that road crews grind from the street’s surface. The aggregate can be recycled. By further grinding it, melting it down, and mixing it into new…
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Weekly wrap up of rumor and innuendo…
Old dogs still play tricks. Rumor around town is that Joe Ferris, who many refer to as “Frank Max’s right hand man,” called the Grapevine Restaurant (where Erie County Democrats are planning on…
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Cheektowaga scandal could impact the race for County Executive
Last night, the Cheektowaga Town Board refused to make public a report detailing a months-long corruption investigation inside the Town’s Highway Department. The Board did vote to send the report to the New York…
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Max alleges that Benczkowski is working to suppress Cheektowaga corruption scandal
Cheektowaga Town Councilwoman Diane Benczkowski is attempting to keep a a jaw-dropping report from the public, alleges Frank Max — a bitter political rival who sees her a threat to his grip on Town…
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Attacks on Stocker designed for Pro-SAFE Act Grisanti win
The two pronged attack by Grisanti-Gallagher effective
