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City of Buffalo Comptroller Mark J. F. Schroeder. Commentary Politics and Stuff: The City of Buffalo’s Fiscal Crisis The City of Buffalo has for many years managed its finances reasonably well. Those days may be over for now.	Image courtesy of the Buffalo History Museum. Local Looking Backward: Connecting Terminal Elevator, circa 1955 The Connecting Terminal Elevator, 32 Fuhrmann Boulevard, has been prominently visible on the Buffalo skyline since 1915.
Image via Wikimedia Commons. Commentary Comfort and Joy from Yesterday How government money and pensions—deferred ages from our previous manufacturing company—keep Western New York afloat.	Erie County Legislator Tom Loughran, and Amherst Democrat, is threatening to join the Republican-Conservative-Independent caucus in a bid to make himself chairman of the Erie County Legislature. Commentary Ups and Downs, Week of December 12 Fun and games in the Erie County Legislature; Marijuana policy failure in Niagara Falls.
Commentary Quixote: The Privileges of George H. W. Bush The man who put Clarence Thomas on the US Supreme Court on the cover of this week’s TIME magazine.	Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and John Schoettler, vice president of global real estate and facilities for Amazon, announce a deal to bring Amazon to Queens. (Image courtesy Governor Andrew Cuomo's office.) Commentary Letter: Public Resources for Private Gain, Ever Upward in the Empire State We are not paying Amazon to hire 25,000 people. We are paying Amazon to effectively lay off hundreds of thousands more.
Photo via WikiMedia Commons. Commentary Build a real firewall between consulting and lobbying We’re crucifying Trump’s allies for what’s business as usual in Albany. Will the incoming state legislature change that?	Local Investigative Post: OTB's Board Members' Gold-plated Perks They meet twice a month, and for that the state offers them the best healthcare coverage available in the state.

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