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Job Fairs Are Great PR For Politicians But Ineffective Otherwise Part 2
Apr. 26 | A few months ago I wrote a post about a Job Fair sponsored by Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown titled Job Fairs Are Great PR For Politicians But Ineffective Otherwise. The Buffalo News recently ran a follow-up article regarding the City of Buffalo Job Fair. While...
Government’s spin cycle
Mar. 12 | Posted in Jim HeaneyI’m not sure when the high water mark was regarding the public’s right to know about what’s being done in its name and with its tax dollars, but surely that time has passed. A lot gets written this time every year as the...
Mayor Brown’s Buffalo – Shoshone Park
Mar. 4 | A 15 year old was robbed, beaten and left naked Shoshone Park this weekend. Buffalo News, WIVB, WKBW. While the cruelty of this attack is a little out of the ordinary, problems in Shoshone Park are nothing new. The park has been a known problem area...
PM Roundup: Thursday, February 16
Feb. 16 | Canadian officials have changed their minds about a proposed high-wire crossing of Niagara Falls. Two months after first turning down daredevil Nik Wallenda, the Niagara Parks Commission has now approved his bid to walk a tightrope from the U.S. to Canada....
Buffalo’s State Of The City Represents A Failed Approach
Feb. 16 | Very few town board or city councils actually set goals or involve the community in goal setting and reviewing the accomplishment of goals. Bay City Michigan (population 35,000), does all of the above. As reported in the Bay City News , the City Commission...
PM Roundup: Tuesday, February 7
Feb. 7 | New rules for food trucks are now the law in the city of Buffalo. Mayor Byron Brown signed legislation Monday that dictates where the rolling restaurants can operate. Food trucks must stay 100 feet away from existing restaurants and licensed hot-dog...
PM Roundup: Wednesday, February 1
Feb. 1 | Hundreds of Western New Yorkers have attended a series of public hearings held by the NFTA this week, many coming to protest proposed reductions in bus service. Tuesday night’s session at the Niagara Falls City Council chamber saw the Authority...
PM Roundup: Tuesday, January 31
Jan. 31 | A week of public meetings will precede the NFTA‘s decision-making on how to close a 15-million dollar budget deficit. Hearings will be held Tuesday in Niagara Falls, and Wednesday and Thursday in Buffalo, for riders and other stakeholders to speak...
MAYOR BROWN TO HONOR STUDENTS AT LOVEJOY DISCOVERY
Jan. 10 | Mayor Byron W. Brown will be speaking today at a National Junior Honor Society Assembly at School #43, Lovejoy Discovery. The newly inducted National Honor Society Students in the audience worked hard this past year, testimony to the many bright students...
Sending Out An (NY)SOS
Jan. 5 | Mixed with love (so the world tastes good!) Wednesday afternoon saw Governor Andrew Cuomo give his second “State of the State” address. During the opening “mutual stroke fest of love” between all the big wigs, I was put in a semi-catatonic...
Brown Announces Change to Main Street Traffic Plan
Dec. 14 | "Somebody's gotta go back and git a shitload of dimes...." Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown announced today an addendum to his plan to bring traffic back to downtown Main Street today. Citing the recent grant money received in the amount of $15 million...
Job Fairs Are Great PR For Politicians But Ineffective Otherwise
Nov. 12 | The Buffalo News reports that Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown sponsored a job fair, which attracted 1,500 people. While politicians have very little to do with creating jobs, they are all feeling the heat from an angry public seeking employment. While I applaud...
