I have known Frank for a few years and always had good conversations with him. I had some real issues with the way he handled some cases and especially not going after political corruption. But, as an individual and a person, I like Frank. I wish him the best as he fights his battle with […]

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This could be a very valuable link in the near future, with the explosive costs of all the pensions and retirement benefits across NY state and the country. I expect to see many more filing for Bankruptcy. These rising costs are something local governments and mainly the Taxpayers will not be able to meet.

Chapter 9
Municipality […]

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Why do private companies have to tighten their belts and when necessary have to layoff employees and cut benefits to survive in economic climates? If they didn’t, they could go bankrupt. BUT public entities can have the best salaries and benefits with a deficit, and the taxpayers have to foot the bill? This is not […]

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“It’s clear the way we’ve been doing business has not served us well,” said City Councilman Tom Bartee at Tuesday’s meeting. “We have to change that.”
I love how these clowns state The Obvious in order to appear fiscally conservative — when they could’ve acted to “change that” far prior to filing bankruptcy. Talk about stating […]

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Once again, government is free to play accounting games that are illegal in the private sector.
Unfunded pension liabilities are a major problem. Government handing out largesse to the civil service Unions without having to be accountable for how it will be paid for.

Pander alert
Bill to freeze public retirees health benefits

The State Senate is preparing to […]

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This whole “labor” thing is a socialist relic that needs to be excised from our way of thinking. How much longer can we sustain this? Not long, not long.

The Coming Showdown with Public Labor
“Touching the third rail of politics” used to mean any attempt to reform the cost of entitlements, especially Social Security. Despite the […]

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Well it appears WNY has been put on the back burner once again. I sure would like to start posting some good positive news here about what Albany and the Governor is doing for us and not to us.
Just when we think that something good is going to happen, they pull the rug out from […]

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