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• Commented on Grisanti and Ryan announce legislation to dissolve the Public Bridge Authority
  Why have an authority at all? There is no "Buffalo Skyway Authority." There is no "Cazenovia Creek Bridge Authority." Eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy....
• Commented on Recognizing the Potential of One HSBC Center
  . . .and Metro-Rail connect to a new Stadium on the water, possible via a tunnel under the Buffalo River. "Build the Buffalo Dome Downtown!"...
• Commented on Recognizing the Potential of One HSBC Center
  Consolidate and move City Hall into part of the HSBC building. I've heard that our City Hall is the largest City Hall in the country, and we are not the largest City. City employees will love updated, modern business-like HSBC...
• Commented on LED Street Lighting: Security, Safety and Saving
  Speaking of lighting and it's effect on well-being, new blue "true strobes" on top of police cameras, must go! I've seen two so far. One on Johnson Park/Elmwood. The other---jarring the beautiful view--is at the start of the Bird Island...
• Commented on 'Tour de Cure' Registration Starts
  >"Every year we get one step closer to finding a cure for diabetes Great,and a wonderful cause. Nevertheless, we need less of it in the first place. Many risk factors are clearly identified. Many are preventable. Focus on prevention. I...
• Commented on Crummy is as Crummy Does: A Gallery of Mediocrity
  Keep printing these pictures. Every time I see one particularly onerous (like the Bethlehem Steel demolition last night on TV) I give a few bucks on Preservation Buffalo Niagara’s “donate now” button: http://www.preservationbuffaloniagara.org/join-volunteer/...
• Commented on Pedestrians suffer at expense of Car-oriented Suburbs
  Ironic. Pedestrian suffering was the rationale for eliminating cars on main street. Looks like this is coming full circle....
• Commented on Downtown Market Rate
  >It has a limited selection of everything a resident would need. I see you are not Hispanic. Tops is brilliant at adapting to local markets. They have been in that neighborhood (walking distance from my house) a long time. There's...
• Commented on Pierce Arrow Bar & Grill
  Newsworthy. We will go there today. Need new service businesses in that area, and thanks Buffalo Rising for giving them a boost....
• Commented on Education Advocates Propose Charter Restart Model for Two Buffalo Schools
  >public school performance reflect the communities and the populations which they serve. Compare the performance of our children to other urban areas (not to wealthy suburbs) and you will see we still fare worse....
• Commented on The Garden @ Black Rock
  Mark Goldman is a Buffalo treasure, albeit an idiosyncratic one. Congratulations!...
• Commented on Education Advocates Propose Charter Restart Model for Two Buffalo Schools
  >If we want better performing schools we have to break the cycle of poverty. This is the “tyranny of low expectations.” The assumption is that poor children face too many challenges to learn. This bogus assumption continues by saying there...
• Commented on Update: Judge Blocks Busti Demos
  Time to *demolish* the Peace Bridge. See the excellent Artvoice article advocating just that: http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2012/06/19/demolish-the-peace-bridge/ Two great unintended consquence of this Modest Proposal: 1) death to one more redundant NYS revenue-collecting authority. 2) ability to start restoring the original waterfront...
• Commented on Update: Judge Blocks Busti Demos
  >standing in the way of progress. . .and all the good that comes from it On the concept of "progress", has anyone read "Victims of Progress" by John Bodley? Or "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" by Thomas Kuhn? I think...
• Commented on Update: Judge Blocks Busti Demos
  "build!" "demolish!" "act now!" "standing in the way of progress. . .and all the good that comes from it! Sounds like Robert Moses is back....
• Commented on Construction Watch: Lake Hotel
  Neighbors are happy!...
• Commented on Design Revised for Roswell Park Clinical Sciences Center
  Maybe I'm suggesting that "the emperor has no clothes", but here goes. The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus is becoming a medical *fortress*, not a medical *campus.* Stop this sterile suburban-style office park, segregated from its host community! Rather than merely...
• Commented on Design Revised for Roswell Park Clinical Sciences Center
  I suggest Roswell focus less on brick and mortar and medical procedures, and back onto one of the most important parts of their mission. . “prevention.” (“Prevent, understand, cure.”) We need less cancer in the first place! It’s hard to...
• Commented on Theological Thursdays: Corasanti and Justice
  >bought his way out. Evenly matched. Nobody has more resources than the government....
• Commented on Theological Thursdays: Corasanti and Justice
  >I doubt anybody could create a better one. Very patriotic. I love America too, but there are almost 200 countries in the world. Why do you think that our criminal law system is the best? Do you know about recent...
• Commented on Model Homes at Colvin Estates Nearly Ready- Nearly Half of Lots Spoken For
  A good thing, but I want to spout off about 4 things: 1. Why is it taking so long? (The lots and street are still not ready to show. No trees, lawn, street lights, etc.) They've already missed the prime...
• Commented on Go Veggies Go!
  >"If you look at the daily diet of Americans, it's not healthy. That's an understatement. This initiative will be another pin prick to the health care economic bubble. Let's prevent illness in the first place!...
• Commented on Arbor Day Celebration Underway
  Query: We are pretty sure queenseyes is a vegetarian. What did he eat at Fat Bob's Smokehouse? The Collard Greens? Mac and Cheese?...
• Commented on Arbor Day Celebration Underway
  >what exactly is our "historic tree district?" Epicenter: oldest tree in Buffalo, the beautiful Sycamore on Franklin and near Edward. If you've never seen it, you are in for a treat!...
• Commented on Donovan Quickly Shedding its Skin
  Kudos to Buffalo Rising, for covering and supporting a successful adaptive reuse! Good can seem boring. . .that's why your competitors scream bloody murder in every headline. Keep up the good work! I'd rather see 10 of these "boring" articles...
• Commented on Understanding the Stakes in Teacher Evaluation Debate
  >No body, regardless of their field, wants to be held accountable for things that are beyond their control. You are saying "that's not my department." I respectfully disagree. That is a BTF talking point that only Buffalonians have swallowed. Our...
• Commented on Understanding the Stakes in Teacher Evaluation Debate
  >Teachers Unions and Public Schools and State Board's of Education have languished without results at the taxpayer legislated feeding traugh long enough. "Feed me, Seymour."...
• Commented on Understanding the Stakes in Teacher Evaluation Debate
  Three experiences in a local bar: 1. A morose Buffalo School teacher complaining for hours about horrible non-caring-poverty-stricken Buffalo parents. "Student absenteeism is their fault. Why blame the teachers?" 2. Same bar, another night, upbeat Charter school teachers, happy as...
• Commented on Common Council to Decide on Trico Local Landmark Designation
  The Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus is becoming a medical *fortress*, not a medical *campus.* Stop this sterile suburban-style office park, segregated from its host community! Rather than merely providing the illusion of safety for suburban commuters, actually improve the neighborhood....
• Commented on Buffalo Bills: 10 Best Draft Picks in History
  >making for a dynasty of Buffalo Super Bowls that dwarfs every other in NFL history Let's do it, but let's watch the games in downtown Buffalo, not in the remote suburbs. Build the BuffaloDome downtown. It’s the perfect time: we're...