Please forgive me for the light postings. I have had to leave Buffalo and travel to Massachusetts for a few days. My GrandMother is 99 years 7 months old and is not doing well. She has asked to see the men in the family. I am afraid that she will be going home to be […]

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WBEN 930 : County Control Board Flexing Muscle
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - Erie County’s four-year plan, the outline which determines if the county’s fiscal oversight panel gains strength or remains weak, is the subject of disagreement between the Giambra administration and board members.
The County Executive says things are looking up, but as WBEN’s Barbara Burns reports […]

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WBEN 930 : Leases Hot Topic At County Control Board Meeting
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - The battle over leases between Erie County’s control board and the Giambra administration continues. Board members have been asking since May for copies of the county’s building leases, and now Chairman Anthony Baynes says enough is enough.
The administration handed over copies […]

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WIVB TV4 Buffalo,Niagara Falls, NY - News & Weather - Video on Demand - Water Rescuers Ready to Help in Flooded Central & Eastern NY
(June 28, 2006) - - The New York State Thruway all the way from Syracuse to Albany is closed due to the devastating and deadly flooding hitting the northeast. As News […]

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HEAT ON SILVER IN VETO BATTLE
By FREDRIC U. DICKER, NY POST
June 26, 2006 — GUBERNATORIAL front-runner Eliot Spitzer is urging Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, his key political ally, to reject the GOP-controlled Senate’s sneaky, last-minute override of Gov. Pataki’s veto of a controversial measure turning 50,000 private workers into government employees.
The extraordinary measure, which was […]

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Holt Being Investigated for Tax Evasion
Former Erie County legislature chairman George Holt is being investigated for possible tax evasion. As Senior Correspondent Rich Newberg reports, Holt could face criminal charges on the sales and income taxes he may owe.
George Holt has been accused of failing to pay income tax on lottery winnings and withdrawals […]

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Faso Presses Issue of Charter Schools, Saying Spitzer Failed To Take a Stand - June 27, 2006 - The New York Sun
The Republican Party’s candidate for governor of New York, John Faso, is faulting his Democratic opponent, Eliot Spitzer, for not taking a more vocal stand in favor of charter schools.
Mr. Faso, a former assemblyman […]

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New York Daily News - Business - Bill Hammond: Top microchip biz gets $1B richer - & you get the bill
Memo to the taxpayers of New York State
Date: June 27, 2006
From: Hector Ruiz, chairman and CEO, Advanced Micro Devices
Re: Christmas in June
On behalf of everyone here at AMD, one of the world’s leading computer chip […]

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Empire Information Services: News Story
News from The Manhattan Libertarian Party
For more information: Joseph Dobrian, Chairman, 212-779-1873, jdobrian@aol.com
LIBERTARIANS NOMINATE ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES
Party Targets Four Districts In Manhattan, One In Bronx
NEW YORK, NY — (06/27/2006; 0800)(EIS) — The Manhattan Libertarian Party has endorsed five candidates for State Assembly in the November election. They are Jim Lesczynski (64th A.D.), […]

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Buffalo News - Legislature Democrats stay true to labor-friendly roots
Unions helped give Democrats control of county government, and that support has paid off.
By MATTHEW SPINA
News Staff Reporter
6/26/2006
Erie County’s Democratic lawmakers are showing a zeal for pro-labor causes. But then, organized labor fortified last year’s election campaigns and helped the party cement its grip on the […]

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