ECMC will not receive a county subsidy this year. Isn’t that good news!

WBEN 930 : Business Report

Buffalo, NY (WBEN) – For the third consecutive year, ECMC posted an operating surplus. In 2007 that figure was $17.2 million dollars. Over the period, the hospital has racked up a surplus of $45.6 million dollars. […]

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It was late yesterday morning when I got a phone call telling me that Kevin had been the person killed in this auto wreck. I didn’t know him real well but I knew him well enough. He worked at the Sunoco gas station last year and I visited there quite often. He changed many tires […]

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I wonder why there is still almost 500… What did they do before cell phones? I did hear a few soundbytes today from Collins speech and what I heard I liked. I especially like the idea of each department cutting their budgets 20%, that’s a start.

Last year there were a total of 758 cell phones […]

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Effort to Eliminate Grand Island Tolls Gains Steam
A bill which seeks the transfer of jurisdiction of the I-190 from the Thruway Authority to the State Department of Transportation, which could potentially get rid of the tolls at the Grand Island Bridges, took an important step forward Tuesday.
The bill passed the State Senate’s Transportation Committee by […]

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Boy, this would upset an already upset applecart..

Bob Barr Weighing Presidential Run
Former Republican Georgia Rep. Bob Barr is considering a run for president on the Libertarian Party ticket.
Barr told FOX News on Tuesday that he should know in the next few days whether he is going to go for it.
If he does decide to […]

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I just listened to Boortz’s interview with Jerry Zeifman, we get him starting at 6pm and I was working. What a compelling interview. I remember reading about this a few years back too and posted it in my blog, of course this is when the witch was running for senate.

HILLARY FIRED? SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISBARRED!
We […]

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This is the first big test and the first big success with the rounds that need to be made in Albany. By passing the Transportation committee it now goes to the floor for a vote. I feel confident this will pass in the senate as does Senator Maziarz. We spoke this afternoon when he called […]

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Oh very good… Bravo Gov Paterson and I hope that Cuomo is not going to with hold anything.
The extraordinary authorization - contained in a letter from the governor to Cuomo that was obtained by The Post - grants the attorney general full subpoena power to call witnesses and obtain documents in what […]

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I hope this catches on and spreads around the country like wild fire. These guys pay more taxes to drive on roads than we will in a lifetime. From tolls to fuel taxes to highway use taxes, fuel use tax per state, etc…. We all end up paying in everything we buy. Over the Road […]

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This will have the opposite effect, as taxes rise people will flock to the reservation to buy smokes and gas there. Sure some people will quit but most won’t. But look who it really hurts, the people that can least afford it, the working fool. Don’t even think about posting how bad smoking is and […]

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