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Ouch! Suicide Watch for Buffalo!



And in today's Buffalo News You gotta read this...


"Western New York's most senior state lawmaker has warned the Common Council that if it continues to stall a Perrysburg land deal, the state should reconsider helping Buffalo in its struggle to make an economic rebound."
  • Denying a legitimate sale such as this is a clear sign that the city does not desire to cooperate with the state and that the state should strongly reconsider its future investment in Buffalo's needed turnaround. NYS Senator, Dale Volker
  • The city would have solid legal ground to sue state economic development officials for improperly maintaining many buildings on the site. - Council President David Franczyk
I first started covering this story a few weeks ago.

And while our little ship we call Buffalo is sinking it would appear as though our very own elected and anointed think our best course of action is a law suit? Yeah, right. Last time I heard NYS has an Attorney General that gets results. Elliot Spitzer has been cleaning up other areas of NYS. Perhaps he might begin his line of investigation with our own elected and anointed who misplaced the deed for 650 acres somewhere south of the county line.

Now I'm confused. Just Goolged "David Franczyk" and you get this. Looks like he's going to work with Spitzer's 2006 NYS gubernatorial race and fight him in court. This should be interesting. No wonder people are leaving Buffalo at the rate of 15/day.

Ok, I'll call Myrton in the morning. I'll ask him if the Town of Perrysburg might have a few sheets of plywood available so we could properly board up one of Buffalo's city owned neglected "local-landmarks." I'll call Tom Trathen, too.

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