Weekly update …
News, notes and necessities items of interest the week of August 18, 2008 an occasional update from me, Scott Leffler News: Everything is a little late this week. This newsletter…
Money problems? Cap your own spending!
As I write this, the state Assembly and Senate have been called back to Albany for a special session to try to trim $1 Billion from the state budget ……
An open letter to Don Postles …
A friend tells me he heard Channel 4’s Don Postles lamenting on WBEN over the weekend that no other radio station in WNY covers local news. I certainly couldn’t let…
ESPN.com features Wilson story …
ESPN.com has the Wilson “hazing” (sexual assault) story on it’s front page this afternoon. The story itself is a decent telling by author Elizabeth Merrill, considering, the details on the…
WIVB: Buffalo News downsizing
According to WIVB, the Buffalo News is offering buyouts to about 10 percent of it’s workforce in an effort to reduce costs … The newspaper reported that their business, like…
State senator threatens lobbyists …
If it weren’t for the fact that Fred Dicker wrote this story, I’d find it nearly impossible to believe. According to Dicker’s story in the NY Post: State Senate Minority…
Disorderly conduct in the 26th
You may or may not have heard about the latest Jon Powers “scandal.” This one involving a disorderly conduct ticket from the City of Cleveland Heights in the state of…
Pols continue attempt to ban everything …
I’ve complained about Felix Ortiz before. He seems to want to outlaw everything in an attempt to make us “safe.” Now, he’s got a posse. NYC Councilman David Weprin has…