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• Commented on Steve Carmina Plans 500 Block Move
  I think anywhere in the city would be a great place for a bakery! I'm hoping that slowly we will get away from the "big box" supermarket and get our shops back. It's a rough life being a baker, you...
• Commented on #Rapper Problems Tour at DBGB's
  Perfect for Dukes. I think I'll just sit outside and watch the fights at the door!...
• Commented on Help bring free public outdoor art easels to Buffalo's waterfront
  I looked at the link but don't get it. So there is a Brewery district? from the Sportsmen's (which doesn't brew beer) to Pearl St Brewery? It seems to me to be a self serving gimmick. But it would be...
• Commented on Help bring free public outdoor art easels to Buffalo's waterfront
  I do tend to agree. ping pong tables, pool table, piano's and now easels, 10 of them. I guess there is room but where does it end. And don't most serious outdoor artists have a field easel?...
• Commented on Buy Local Challenge Calls on Area Businesses
  Buy local? How about buy AMERICAN. Yes buy local may filter money to a local company but where is this company sourcing? From China? The Asian rim? To truly get this economy going goods have to be Made In The...
• Commented on Buffalo's Outer Harbor: Candidate for an Urban Cable Car?
  I think it would be a great idea but only if an organization like the transit authority runs it. I would hate to see another patronage entity in Buffalo where the city pays outrageous expenses and a private company reaps...
• Commented on Queen Takes a Haircut on Soldiers Circle
  Which should mean when we get the real estate evaluation this year they should drop a bit... We have had two houses for sale in Arlington park area for quite some time. One is over a year. Houses in this...
• Commented on School Board Elections Today
  It takes three to school a child. First and foremost is the parent/parents. If the child is not brought up with any kind of discipline or respect for authority (parents, elders, teachers, etc) the child is already lost. If the...
• Commented on Groundbreaking held for $640,000 Ice Cream Stand & Clam Bar
  The one correction, which is blaring at me, is that in the place of "my administration and his administration" should the THE PEOPLE OF BUFFALO continue to make investments in the harbor area. And the people of Buffalo have invested...
• Commented on Groundbreaking held for $640,000 Ice Cream Stand & Clam Bar
  The food trucks are not allowed in that area. That is under the control of Buffalo Place and their gestapo like grip on the downtown and harbor area....
• Commented on Preservation, it's not just a city thing.
  Great details. I wish I could but I have my hands full with my place here in Allentown. You have to hate the lazy-butt gas company for putting that gas meter front and center. Pay the CEO a little less...
• Commented on UB Unveils Med School Design (More Images)
  Ahhh..... why didn't you just say Gentrification?...
• Commented on UB Unveils Med School Design (More Images)
  Frankly I would rather have the gay bars in place of the Hardware, DBGB and Nietzsche's. They are much quieter and more respectful. The crowd that the Hardware draws late night is the worst. Cat calling at women, pissing in...
• Commented on Construction Watch: White's Livery Apartments
  Does anyone know if the scum Freudenheim ever paid the city back for any of this? Or the demo at Allen and Wadsworth?...
• Commented on New Money - Relieving Dependency from the Gas Tax
  I don't see how a fee per mile traveled is any different than a gas tax. It takes a certain amount of gas to go per mile which is already taxed. "A rose by any other name" In paragraph 6......
• Commented on Common Council Looks to Revise Food Truck Rules
  We live in an area that is economically challenged. Most of the food trucks are purchased used and have to be retrofitted to become food trucks. To buy a brand new truck is cost prohibitive for Buffalo's start up food...
• Commented on Common Council Looks to Revise Food Truck Rules
  Unfortunately I don't see the common council doing anything that makes sense or even hitting a decent compromise. I hope they prove me wrong but Buffalo seems to always be a few years off from doing the right thing....
• Commented on Common Council Looks to Revise Food Truck Rules
  It is simplistic to say that all a food truck has to do is pay for gas and their license plates! Food trucks also must maintain or rent a commercial kitchen to cook in they do all their prep work...
• Commented on Ambrosia Taverna
  As long as these owners maintain the buildings and can afford to leave them empty I don't see a problem with it. My question is... during the winter months do they have to maintain a minimum heat level a least...
• Commented on Teens losing Interest in Driving?
  Not to mention that they are young and healthy for the most part. The #1 cause of death in this segment of society is Stupidity....
• Commented on Warehouse Lofts May Go Condo and AC Lofts Changing Tenant Base
  I understand the tax angle but here is my problem... You give a developer a huge chunk of tax payer money in whatever forms. You give them breaks on future taxes. Then you give the condo buyers tax break for...
• Commented on Warehouse Lofts May Go Condo and AC Lofts Changing Tenant Base
  Unfortunately we don't have the clout (money) to lobby for laws to benefit us. Nor do we have the ears of politicians that can use various funding sources to get contractors the money they need before moving on a project....
• Commented on Warehouse Lofts May Go Condo and AC Lofts Changing Tenant Base
  Insider trading at its best!...
• Commented on Warehouse Lofts May Go Condo and AC Lofts Changing Tenant Base
  Do the math on what Whites Livery on Jersey has cost the public in total....
• Commented on Warehouse Lofts May Go Condo and AC Lofts Changing Tenant Base
  Sure and fall in line with all the other sheep! Sorry but I own a home and pay property taxes as well as state and federal income taxes. I will question it every time large amounts of funds are given...
• Commented on Warehouse Lofts May Go Condo and AC Lofts Changing Tenant Base
  There is Federal Tax Credits which is 20% on a historic building and 10% on pre-1936 buildings that don’t have the historic designation. Which is only for investment property, homeowners are left out of this one. There is State Tax...
• Commented on Warehouse Lofts May Go Condo and AC Lofts Changing Tenant Base
  So you have to wait 5 years to take the money and run? I tried today to find the initial cost to the taxpayer but was unable to. It was interesting to see that a lot of the large buildings...
• Commented on Tree Ordering Deadline March 8th
  This is a great cause I've planted twice...BUT... trees should be planted where there are residents willing to take care of them. How many of the trees are dead by mid summer? Too many. Last year I saw the watering...
• Commented on Brick Oven Bistro & Deli
  Nice to hear of a place where you can get good food and a good draft beer at a reasonable price. Clean tap lines make all the difference in the world to the taste of a good beer. Lines need...
• Commented on Wrecking Buffalo: Public Bridge Authority Wipes Out Busti Properties
  Now Sam will do what he does best. He will use his slush fund and dole out $1,000 here, 1,500 there and smooth over the ripples he has made so come election time........