The big debate on the radio this morning seemed to be if Danny Briere and Marty Biron will hear boos from the hometown crowd tomorrow night.

Please.

Talk about making something out of nothing. First of all, nobody is going to boo Martin Biron. While he never became the dominant goaltender many thought he would, he still was a solid goalie, and one of the most popular players on the team. He spanned multiple generations of great Sabres teams, and gave us fans great quotes every time he got near a microphone. Plus, he gave us the classic miked-up quote of “Yo-Yo’s mad; go Yo-Yo”, when Yochen Hecht got in a fight.

As for Briere, I realize he left to go elsewhere. But the Sabres never made a serious, market value offer for him, and Philly did. He was a hell of a Sabre, and people forget that he almost beat the Hurricanes all by himself two years ago in the Conference Finals. I found this paraphrased quote from the Captain Milquetoast show this morning on why Danny didn’t sign with Montreal very interesting: After playing them eight times a year, it just didn’t feel right. Daniel Briere, a French-Canadien, is hated in Montreal because he didn’t sign with his hometown team. Good for him. Screw those Frenchies.

WNYmedia.net’s Alan Bedenko and Chris Smith recently sat down with County Executive elect Chris Collins to conduct a wide-ranging interview.

The more than 40 minute discussion covered a host of topics including his relationship with the legislature and control board, budget monitoring, the waterfront, six sigma, and union negotiations.

Over the weekend and into next week, we’ll be sharing the entire interview with you in segments.   Tell us what you think, Collins is reading and listening to your feedback.

The Anti-Flipping Task Force (AFTF) released their second year report today:

“In its second year, the AFTF has experienced significant successes, including participation in the first major area civil prosecution involving a fraudulent flipping scheme, changing the way property is purchased at the City auction. The Mayor’s Anti-Flipping Task Force worked hard this year to educate and inform the public ensure that fraudulent flippers stayed away from the In-Rem auction, ,” said Mayor Brown. “We have seen the devastation of flipping, especially in Buffalo’s poorer neighborhoods. Through the collaboration of the groups that make up the Mayor’s Anti-Flipping Task Force, I am confident that we are on the right track to not only prevent fraudulent flippers from coming into the City, but to eliminate the practice completely.”

Click through to see more including audio clips of the full press conference and the full 2 year report

I received this VIA email from Jim Tedisco, what a thrill this is. We are making headway in Albany, well with the Republicans anyway in the Senate and Assembly. Now will be the time to hold them all accountable and see who will be the obstructionists. Democrats sponsor or co-sponsor legislation or be labeled as obstructionists. We are tired of hearing you say “we can’t do anything about it” You can by legislation, now do it and stand up for the people of this state for once.

EDITORS NOTE: WE WILL HAVE A PODCAST LATER TODAY WITH RUS, AS HE UPDATES US ON HIS NOGITOLLS.COM CAMPAIGN

Then check out White Christmas, the stage version of the 1954 musical film featuring Bing Crosby and Rosmary Clooney at Shea’s Performing Arts center through Sunday. It features Irvin Berlin classics like Happy Holidays”, “Blue Skies” and of course “White Christmas” as first recorded by Bing Crosby.

Since im not much of a theater review guy, i’ll spare you my critique and just tell you to go check it. All Ill say is that the chick that plays Betty is pretty hot! Seriously though, it was a really good show.

More interesting than my review of the play was the playbill, which had an interesting pop culture history lesson in it.