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Don’t hate on the suburbs, Buffalo

ByDerek

Hate is most often brought on by jealousy, and it’s obviously the driving force behind many of the comments on Buffalo Rising’s article on the newly proposed “Urban Mirage” in Amherst. The city vs. suburbs debate rears it’s ugly head yet again. Too many city dwellers refuse to believe that life should exist outside of…

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Taxes taxes yum yum gimme gimme some some

ByDerek

Ahh, New York. State government continues it’s quest to unearth every non-taxed dollar. Once again facing a looming deficit by their own mismanagement, the latest budget cycle included a new law to tax successful internet businesses that don’t have any physical stores or employees in New York. Our beloved state would never let something like…

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Flipped is a success!

ByDerek

Congratulations to Michele, Marc, and everyone who made Flipped possible! Amanda and I saw the second screening tonight, and it is a very well done film. I was glad to see that it wasn’t over-dramatized, and really just let the issue speak for itself, which was powerful enough. Sam Hoyt said in the film that…

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Central Terminal Old Home Week tour a success!

ByDerek

Over 130 people showed up for the Buffalo Old Home Week tour of the Central Terminal today. The crowd was certainly larger than expected and pretty close to unmanageable for only three of us, and with many of the barricades down due to Terminus I spent a lot of time chasing people out of the…

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One easy step to eliminating toll barrier delays

ByDerek

First off, the delays at the recently vanquished toll barriers sound much worse in today’s Buffalo News article than they actually are. The day the tolls ended was bad. Every day since then, they haven’t been significantly worse than when they were taking our cash. Possibly a minute or two slower at the Black Rock…

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