Oct 7
2012
Oct 7
2012
Oct 7
2012
Mary Pasciak of The Buffalo News writes about Byron Brown’s indifference to the plight of city schools and the methods he and his press secretary. Mike DeGeorge, use to thwart reporters from covering important issues. A very insightful piece.
Oct 7
2012
David Rust, executive director of Say Yes to Education, talks about how the program, if successful, will boost high school graduation rates and increase the number of students going on to college. A transcript of the full interview will be posted Monday.
Oct 4
2012
One of Mayor Byron Brown’s top goals is to return vehicular traffic to downtown’s Main Street, but his plan for the newest phase that will remove the Theater District Station is drawing flak from the Citizens for Regional Transit. The Cars Sharing Main Street program violates its own mission of increasing transit ridership by eliminating the station, said Citizens for Regional Transit President Gladys Gifford. The average weekday ridership of the station is about 2,100. “How are you increasing transit ridership when you remove a station?” Gifford said this week. Gifford said the elimination of a station on the light rail line “constitutes[...]
Oct 3
2012
Oct 1
2012
The GOP presidential hopeful has released more tax details, but there’s a lot of information that has not been disclosed. ProPublica lays out the details and outstanding questions.
Oct 1
2012
Oct 1
2012
“The curtailment of … male entitlements and the expansion of women’s legal and economic rights have transformed American life, but they have hardly produced a matriarchy. Indeed, in many arenas the progress of women has actually stalled over the past 15 years.” according to a New York Times think piece.