Tonawanda News - Effort to reduce gas tax fails
Effort to reduce gas tax fails
ERIE COUNTY: Ranzenhofer’s attempt to curb gas prices sent back to committee.
BY LOREN GENSON
The Tonawanda News
Erie County Legislator Michael Ranzenhofer, R-Amherst, put forth a resolution at the Erie County Legislature meeting Thursday to reduce some of the county’s tax on gasoline purchases.
The […]

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Angry Meeting Over Plans To Move Tolls To Newstead
Newstead, NY (WBEN) - An informational meeting turned heated as residents of Newstead blasted a proposal to move the Thruway toll barriers from Williamsville to either Newstead or Millgrove Roads.
The meeting turned ugly when residents learned they would not be allowed to ask questions, and it […]

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Erie County Lawmakers Look To Cap Gas Tax
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - Erie County legislators are looking to follow the state’s lead and cap the sales tax on gasoline, once it reaches a certain price.
The state has already approved a bill that will cap the tax at 4-percent up to 2-dollars. After 2-dollars, the state […]

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Erie County May Raise Taxes Again, Control Board May Go Hard
(Buffalo, NY, May 17, 2006) - - Erie County taxpayers may be hit with another tax increase and the county may get a hard control board.
That’s the prediction from Fiscal Stability Authority chairman Anthony Baynes.
Control board members are upset the county is looking at borrowing […]

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Erie County Places Stop Work Order on Seneca Buffalo Casino
Erie County is raising the stakes against the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino.
County Executive Joel Giambra has issued a stop work order, claiming a Seneca-hired contractor failed to get required permits for an environmental impact study on the site.
Giambra cites concerns that demolition work may release harmful […]

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County OKs controversial construction mandate
Erie County lawmakers took a major step Thursday afternoon towards enacting a controversial mandate that will require construction industry contractors working on county-funded projects to hire on-site employees who have passed a state certification program.
The law, which has been working its way through Erie County Hall for the past few […]

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Comptroller questions deal on Wendt Beach
Erie County Comptroller Mark C. Poloncarz is questioning the propriety of several elements of an agreement that would turn a renovated Wendt Park mansion into a privately operated bed-and-breakfast on the county-owned park.
Developer Mark Yellen, meanwhile, says his Precision Parks Service group is considering dropping its proposal amid the “negative […]

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Buffalo News - Legislators may ask end to control board
By MATTHEW SPINA
Erie County’s control board is poised to leap into a more useful era today, but some of the county legislators it shadows argue it no longer is needed and say they might ask the state to disband it.
“If we do our jobs, it is […]

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Buffalo News - Housing track could get faster at 2 campuses
ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Housing track could get faster at 2 campuses
By JAY REY
News Staff Reporter
4/27/2006
Housing for Erie Community College’s North and City campuses could happen sooner than originally scheduled.
The college’s board of trustees gave the go-ahead Wednesday to explore housing opportunities for the campuses in Amherst […]

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