I’m going to start smoking just to make sure I can never work for Amherst. I don’t know if my broad skill set ranging from a mediocre typing speed to the principled unwillingness to steal co-workers’ lunches from the break room fridge would make me eligible for town employment. Nonetheless,...

Imagine if the National Republican Congressional Committee had supported Doug Hoffman from the start.  Instead of throwing money at a left-winger who remained on the ballot after she quit and repaid the organization by endorsing her erstwhile Democratic foe, Hoffman would be running for re-election...

The Buffalo Bean has acquired a letter from Robert Simmons, Past Conservative Party Town Chair for 30 years in Amherst, on behalf of Amherst Town Board candidate, Richard “Jay” Anderson. We have posted it below: Dear Fellow Conservative; This year’s election for the Amherst Town Board will...

To hear people speak at the town board meeting last Monday night, one would think that everyone in the Town of Amherst would like to see property taxes go up so that we don’t have to lay off any employees.  I am mindful of the effects of layoffs on employees and their families.  Any proposal...

There’s no reason to accept zero-tolerance. Treating every object with an edge as a weapon displays an utter lack of common sense, which sadly and predictably explains why such policies are being enforced in many public school systems. One young man suffering from such grade school campus lunacy...

The Buffalo Bean has received a letter from Jay Anderson, candidate for Amherst Town Board, to the residents of Amherst. Dear Amherst residents: I wish to thank the Amherst Republican Committee for their vote of confidence in nominating me as one of their candidates for the Amherst Town Board. I am deeply...