Plenty of Vacancies...
Downtown Buffalo’s most common sight might be plywood. Regrettably, the vertically-placed sheets aren’t particularly appealing to shoppers, tourists, or potential apartment renters. The boarding-up-unused-places industry may be booming, but numerous other aspects of the city’s economy grow...
Turner Uncovers Our Secret: We’re Dumb...
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Anthony Bialy in
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03 1st, 2010 |
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Take off your Klan hoods and pay attention, my fellow conservatives: we’re in trouble. To wit, Douglas Turner has found us out. It’s hard to get through The Buffalo News copy-churner’s columns, as his output is as boring as it is unpleasant. But disregard how he’s a student of the Rod...
Orchard Park Blows Smoke...
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Anthony Bialy in
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02 26th, 2010 |
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Liberals tolerate any lifestyle choice, unless that choice is smoking. That little trail of fumes emanating from the lit end of a smooth, satisfying, delicious cigarette or rolled-up-phonebook-sized cigar frightens them far more than, say, radical Islam or unsustainable deficits.
As evidence, the fun...
Failing to Earn Credit...
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Anthony Bialy in
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02 3rd, 2010 |
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The one thing that’s better than making money is being handed some. That’s why anyone who doubts the Earned Income Tax Credit is the most wondrous gift our benevolent government has ever bestowed upon us should read The Buffalo News.
In particular, their January 31 take on the subject, helpfully...
Pawning Responsibility...
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Anthony Bialy in
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02 1st, 2010 |
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Can you prove what you’re selling is yours? Wait: why should you have to if you didn’t do anything wrong? You’re not on trial to establish the chain of ownership for any wristwatch or DVD player you put in hock. But you may get legally hassled anyway depending on where you are. To wit,...
Collins Out For Governor...
Well, speculation finally ends… Chris Collins will not run for governor.
County Executive Chris Collins today said he has ended his exploratory run for governor, citing the difficult task of raising enough money for a statewide campaign and his desire to “finish the job” in Erie County.
The...
Canadians Make Buffalo’s Health Care I...
It’s nice to see a local company innovate its way to success. It’s even nicer when they simultaneously prove the folly of looming, odious federal legislation. Specifically, a local health provider has benefited from noticing that Canada’s health care system is often only universal on paper. ...
Dinner Should be on the Hall...
The City of Buffalo would like you to dine out. Please. But kindly only do so at sanctioned eateries that the local government has blessed with cash. The Buffalo News recently highlighted the specific flaws of a loan program that removes “free” from markets:
City Hall lending to business...
Defend Tom Bauerle, not Kevin Jennings...
Local left-wing Obamabots have been moaning and groaning over things Tom Bauerle said on his radio show this week by comparing the 100 year-old pedophile who was freed this week to Obama’s ”Safe Schools” Czar, Kevin Jennings. Here are the objectionable comments (transcript via The...
Lazio Endorsed by Niagara GOP Chairman...
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12 9th, 2009 |
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Rick Lazio got an important upstate endorsement this week from Niagara County GOP Chairman Mike Norris
The Buffalo News had the story.
Lazio insiders said Norris, who recently assumed the Niagara County Republican helm from former Chairman Henry F. Wojtaszek, will make the official announcement at 4:30...
Makeovers Don’t Last...
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Anthony Bialy in
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11 17th, 2009 |
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I’d rather track scarcely talented American Idol contestants, get caught up on Glee’s let’s-relive-high-school plotlines, or endure a fan’s lecture about how Earth-shatteringly wonderful 30 Rock is before hearing another hyped word about Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Many...
Buffalo News Hates the Stimulus for the ...
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Anthony Bialy in
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11 11th, 2009 |
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News flash: the economy still stinks. If you blame the government, you have shocking company in The Buffalo News, which ran a story Sunday on how the feds aren’t quite fixing everything or anything. Unfortunately, the paper claims that Washington is at fault for a curious reason, namely because...
Hope for Non-NY 23 Conservatives...
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Anthony Bialy in
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11 4th, 2009 |
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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...
Buffalo is pretty vacant, and we should ...
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Anthony Bialy in
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10 27th, 2009 |
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The best thing Albany and Washington can do for the economy is nothing. The worst is basically everything they’ve attempted over the past few decades. Guess which approach they’re planning to use as they inflict their newest scheme upon Buffalo? The city’s paper happily...
A Missed Chance for Private Charity...
We would have helped if asked to contribute to a noble cause. That’s especially true if Jim Kelly did the asking. A high percentage of Western New Yorkers would hack off a limb if the only Buffalo Bill with an officially retired number made the request. With that in mind, it’s curious...
The Cost of Saving Every Single Brick...
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Anthony Bialy in
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10 8th, 2009 |
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Aged buildings look nice. Everyone prefers the warmth and character that radiates from old-timey brick facades, especially when compared to soulless concrete monstrosities. Take the Summit Building at 918-920 Main Street, which is a four-story red-bricked gem dating from 1891. For historical reference, the...