Canadian navy reports a “catastrophic volcanic eruption” on Red Sea island off Yemen
International Herald Tribune
TORONTO: A volcano has erupted on a tiny island off the coast of Yemen, spewing lava and ash hundreds of feet into the air, a Canadian naval vessel near the island in the Red Sea reported. The Yemeni government asked […]

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All to often and becoming more and more frequent “common sense” can no longer be found in politics and or unelected, unaccountable authorities. Common sense is something we all have, most lose it once elected, once they work in a patronage job, get appointed to a political position or become a huge state authority like […]

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While reps from across the state are voicing concerns over the licensing of illegals the political appointee county clerk Kathy Hochul makes a real genmeric statement. See this is one of the major problems with so many political appointees, they are afraid to come out with a firm position. They have to be supportive of […]

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I need not say any more, this paragraph says it all.
hello, Grand Island residents. All for tolls that were supposed to disappear way back in 1996. Fortunately this won’t happen without a big fight, but its just another example of how ridiculous this state, and its many legally separate authorities, really are.

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This really makes me wonder if this guy will be able to continue to govern effectively. It’s his was or the highway and that is not leadership and or working together for the benefit of the people.
Spitzer is wrong on licensing illegals plain and simple. Who is he to judge another elected officials character? […]

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So what is the next step? Do we need to build another jail? Expand the existing jail? Seems to me the expense of paying other jails to house inmates is prohibitive.

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Erie County Ordered to Reduce Jail Population
The New York State Commission of Corrections has ordered Erie County to immediately reduce its inmate population […]

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Bad Ideas Do Not Make Good Government
Statement from New York State
Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long
“The Governor’s bizarre plan to hand out driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants is not just crazy; it’s utterly insane. The Governor’s carrying the water for the radical far-left agenda of the Working Families Party and that’s wrong for New […]

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This is simply part of the dysfunction here in the county. We give huge subsidies to ECMC so we need to have representation at the table. Closed door meetings are a major problem here especially in the legislature.
Who knows what goes on behind closed door meetings? This is where everything is done that ends up […]

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I have been saying for years, we are the bottom of the good lists and the top of the bad lists. Weather is not the reason, if it was Minneapolis would not be ranked No. 1….
We are still living in the 50’s as with the power structure in the political and union sense. That is […]

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NFP - News: Thompson speaks out on bridge safety
It was a hot day when an even hotter topic was discussed – the safety of the Grand Island bridges. This past Wednesday, Rus Thompson, a candidate for the Erie County Legislature in the 10th District, held a press conference below the northbound South Grand Island Bridge.

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