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ByDerek
Every once in awhile, some pompous City of Buffalo resident makes a quip demeaning the work of hundreds, if not thousands of dedicated volunteers who spend countless hours working to improve Buffalo. Today, that remark was reiterated by a commenter and occasional contributor to Buffalo Rising, “Gabe”. In his response to Figmo’s “Let’s Get An…
It’s a good thing we have all those braniacs working at the New York State Department of Transportation to tell us things like “the presence of freight traffic would make the Central Terminal ill-suited to be a passenger rail station again.” They must have done a lot of work coming to that conclusion. I mean…
Thursday night I was in bed, flipping through The Sun. I was astonished to see five pages of letters to the editor, most of which centered around the ongoing partisan problems in the Town of Hamburg. I was surprised to find a lengthy letter from Town Supervisor Steven Walters responding directly to all the criticism.
I love how The Tax Foundation can put things into perspective so simply and eloquently. “While the oil companies experience record profits, the federal government has been giving them a free ride,” Jeff Rickert, vice president of the Apollo Alliance, charged during a news conference Tuesday. In the most recent flap over “excessive†profits, ExxonMobil…
Every morning, I walk out to my car to find a new one of these. I feel a little bad getting in and driving away, destroying all the spider’s hard work. He’s one persistent little bugger, though. Without fail, a new web is spun the next morning. This cycle has been repeating itself for about…
This year, we decided to have our own Christmas cards printed. The idea was to put together some photographic highlights of our year. I also encouraged the recipients to stop by the website and say hi, so if that’s why you’re here – leave a comment! Since the photos were small and the descriptions brief,…