Oct 10
2012
Donations from outside their Senate district, most over $2,500 per contributor, account for 90 percent of the money raised by Mark Grisanti and 75 percent of the funds garnered by Tim Kennedy, according to a new Common Cause study.
Oct 10
2012
Buffalo is one of the few Great Lakes cities that doesn’t have an EPA-approved long-term control plan that takes advantage of green technologies for its wastewater. And mayors across the nation—minus Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and a bunch of others—were in the nation’s capital last week to discuss how the federal regulations will cost municipalities billions to improve their wastewater treatment systems. Mike DeGeorge, the mayor’s spokesman, did not return messages seeking comment. Buffalo Sewer Authority dumps 4 billion gallons of untreated wastewater into local waterways each year, typically after heavy rainstorms overburden the system. Yes, that’s 4 BILLION GALLONS. According to EPA Regional Administrator[...]
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.