Comments on: Proposal: Rename The Skyway ‘Brian Higgins Highway’ http://thebuffalobean.com/2008/07/17/proposal-rename-the-skyway-brian-higgins-highway/ Conservative News and Commentary from Western New York Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:01:54 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Andy http://thebuffalobean.com/2008/07/17/proposal-rename-the-skyway-brian-higgins-highway/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Andy Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:28:56 +0000 http://thebuffalobean.com/?p=143#comment-208 I love the Republicans. Jack Quinn has the seat for 12 of the most forgettable congressional years in history and is let off the hook because "he's a nice guy" (and gets a sweet political patronage job when his lobbying hits the crapper). The GOP has control of Congress for 12 years and nothing gets delivered for WNY from the federal level. What's happening today? Development is happening throughout the waterfront, there is finally movement on the Peace Bridge, a new federal courthouse is being built downtown and there is a feeling that our region is getting off the dime at last. Naturally, one should conclude that because Brian Higgins hasn't in 3 years secured the billion dollars needed to demolish the Skyway and build a new bridge to replace it that his stewardship has been a failure and that to illustrate that failure (and his OBVIOUS conclusion that removing the Skyway isn't a priority anymore -- sarcasm added) we should name the bridge for him. Yeah, that's a great plan. Higgins is the only one getting stuff done around here, and you want to toss him out in favor of a guy who believes that tanning yourself doesn't cause cancer. Great plan. I love the Republicans. Jack Quinn has the seat for 12 of the most forgettable congressional years in history and is let off the hook because “he’s a nice guy” (and gets a sweet political patronage job when his lobbying hits the crapper). The GOP has control of Congress for 12 years and nothing gets delivered for WNY from the federal level. What’s happening today? Development is happening throughout the waterfront, there is finally movement on the Peace Bridge, a new federal courthouse is being built downtown and there is a feeling that our region is getting off the dime at last. Naturally, one should conclude that because Brian Higgins hasn’t in 3 years secured the billion dollars needed to demolish the Skyway and build a new bridge to replace it that his stewardship has been a failure and that to illustrate that failure (and his OBVIOUS conclusion that removing the Skyway isn’t a priority anymore — sarcasm added) we should name the bridge for him. Yeah, that’s a great plan.

Higgins is the only one getting stuff done around here, and you want to toss him out in favor of a guy who believes that tanning yourself doesn’t cause cancer. Great plan.

]]> By: Matt http://thebuffalobean.com/2008/07/17/proposal-rename-the-skyway-brian-higgins-highway/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Matt Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:36:49 +0000 http://thebuffalobean.com/?p=143#comment-202 And it's BS why? By all means explain. And it’s BS why? By all means explain.

]]> By: Andy http://thebuffalobean.com/2008/07/17/proposal-rename-the-skyway-brian-higgins-highway/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Andy Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:42:38 +0000 http://thebuffalobean.com/?p=143#comment-200 More BS out of another BS artist Republican. How many NY Repubs will you have left in Congress after November? 2? More BS out of another BS artist Republican. How many NY Repubs will you have left in Congress after November? 2?

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