Written on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 at 6:36am by Alan Bedenko | 6 Comments

Caught in the Act!

Kudos to Steve Barber and embattled Channel 7, which caught members of the Mayor’s Impact Team doing yardwork at another member’s North Buffalo home using city equipment and vehicles. The City Comptroller is now conducting an audit, and Artvoice’s Geoff Kelly has his FOIL requests out. But note from this post that his request is to follow-up on a separate, unrelated rumor he heard and has nothing to do with this particular incident.

The Boston Herald used to do these types of “gotcha” stories all the time, and frankly I thought they were great. They not only led to big sales, but kept people working on the people’s dime on their toes.

I suspect that this is only the very tippy-top of a massive iceberg.

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6 Comments

  1. buffalowatchdog says:
    April 29, 2008 at 7:49 am

    I can’t believe Buyers still even works with the Impact team. This is the same clown stef and I had to follow around for 2 weeks back in like 2003, because he was walking his dog on a leash while riding in a city vehicle, and other violations that escape me at the moment.

  2. FoxyLady says:
    April 29, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    Which jealous neighbor you think called Channel 7? Do you think for one minute that Channel 7 news cruises Black Rock looking for perps? Give me a break. I know Bill Buyers and he sincerely cares about a part of Buffalo that is circling the drain. Leave the guy alone, he and his crew do a tremendous job and have helped save many streets from demise. Channel 7, shame on you. Go catch the big corrupt fish not the little minnows. Isn’t it just too bad that the media can’t find time to put good news out for the taxpayers to feel better about?

  3. viking says:
    April 29, 2008 at 11:23 pm

    Is this the same Buyers who allegedly donates his pay to charity, and volunteers his time to the needy and homeless. The political hack who can get more done with a strategically placed phone call, then all most any elected local official. The guy every politically ambitious individuals takes counsel from and panders to. The old man, who you see sweeping the streets and shoveling snow in the winter with two bad knees. The former deputy sheriff, public safety officer, councilman, deputy human resource commissioner and human resource commissioner. Holy shit, the nerve of this guy to take advantage of his position, you’d think he’d know better.

  4. viking says:
    May 1, 2008 at 1:19 am

    The reporter in question has poor comprehensive skills, I wasn’t actually defending anyone, simply stating facts. People who go around looking for crap usually find it, sometimes by stepping into it. The truth be known the whole story l hasn’t been revealed yet, nor any explanation given, in fact the reporter is still investigating, I’m merely waiting for the conclusion.

 

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