Healthcare Dependent Audits – The Council adopted a resolution sponsored by Lovejoy District Common Council Member Richard Fontana calling for a Healthcare Audit of all City of Buffalo Employees Dependents. Council Member Fontana pointed out that after salaries, health care benefit costs, which... Read more...
The Late Nick Mendola 9/8/10
The Bills open up their season against Miami on Sunday and The Late Nick Mendola is ready for it. Tonight’s guests include Mark Ludwiczak of Bills Digest and Allen Wilson of the Buffalo News. Bills Predictions and Pregame Show Name Suggestions [Audio clip:... Read more...
A New Nick Mendola Theme Song
Our good friend Nickel City Hank wrote a song for “The Late Nick Mendola.” Here it is: [Audio clip: view full post to listen]... Read more...
Gillibrand vs. The Tea Party Trio
Not for nothing, but for Kirsten Gillibrand, 2010 ought to be a cakewalk. The only one of these three clowns I even recognize is DioGuardi, and that’s because he’s running TV spots.... Read more...
Prostitution Ended in U.S. Tommunist Retort #11
Craigslist single-handedly ends prostitution in the US! Listen to the latest edition of The Tommunist Retort! The Tommunist Retort #11... Read more...
What’s Old is New in the Larkin District
Substantial transformations are taking place in the once forgotten industrial landscape of what is now commonly referred to as the Larkin District. Anchored by Larkin at Exchange, this old neighborhood is seeing new life as a successful urban district home to some of... Read more...
Wednesday’s Riter Radio
In an abbreviated edition of Riter Radio, Brad Riter, Scott Wilson and Nick Mendola run Chan Gailey through the Truth Detector for the first time. Chris Smith of WNYMedia.net also stops by in the first hour to talk local politics, including Brian Higgins’... Read more...
Pay No Attention to the Player Behind the Jersey
by Ryan Everyone has seen the new Sabres jerseys, so I’m not going to post them here. In fact, that’s entirely the point. We’re two weeks away from any sort of organized hockey, and all anyone seems to talk about is what the... Read more...
Common Cents: Wednesday, September 8
Hosted by David Ungaro and Ken Wolf: WECK_September_08_2010_11_05... Read more...
Riter Radio: Tuesday, September 7
Brad Riter, Tom Schuh, and Scott Wilson, plus special guest Paul Peck in Hour Two: Hour One: Brad September_07_2010_16_03 Hour Two: Brad September_07_2010_17_03... Read more...
Penalty Flag on Brown’s Donations to Golombek
On September 7, Joe Golombek’s campaign filed notice that it had received a $3,050 contribution from Brown for Buffalo, the committee for Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown. Golombek is challenging incumbent Assemblyman Sam Hoyt in Tuesday’s Democratic prim...... Read more...
How to Get Local Media Attention
Doh. When the Congressman and the Commercial slip are mentioned in the same sentence, as media, you tend to pay a bit more attention. That was exactly what the Tim Kennedy campaign was hoping for (and got) this morning: Needless to say the... Read more...
NFL Week One Power Rankings
(WECK 1230) — It’s the slowest-moving week in the every NFL fan’s year, the wait for the first game. We’ll try and make it all move a little faster with a different daily feature leading up to the Dolphins and Bills on Sunday... Read more...