Rich Tobe Resigns
At the request of Mayor Byron Brown, Rich Tobe is resigning his post as commissioner of Economic Development, Permits and Inspection Services. According to Brian Meyer at the Buffalo News, Brown asked...
View ArticleNo, It Was Barzini All Along
I don’t know why I take local politics so seriously, when I’d be better off doing analysis First Amendment Club style (from today’s Buffalo Rocket): Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli! (The Godfather of...
View ArticleWho Is Syaed Ali? And What Did He Do to Make Mayor Byron Brown So Angry?
At seven o’clock on the morning of November 7, Syaed Ali and his family were awakened by a team of Buffalo police officers bearing a search warrant. The warrant, signed by Buffalo City Court Judge...
View ArticleSomeone to Watch Over Me
Because I’m in a critical mood: About that new voice over internet protocol phone system being installed in stages in City Hall: Seems like a good idea, notwithstanding the screwup that left several...
View ArticleElect Steve Casey Mayor
So Deputy Mayor Steve Casey says that Niagara District Councilman David Rivera wanted to be police commissioner back in 2006, but was deemed unqualified because he was only a detective sergeant with no...
View ArticleRead It Here: Karla Thomas’ Letter to the Mayor
In today’s Buffalo News, Brian Meyer writes about the letter written by Karla Thomas, Buffalo’s Human Resources Commissioner, in which she calls Deputy Mayor Steve Casey “a cancer” and asks Mayor Byron...
View ArticleBuffalo Buffalo Buffalo
1. Shorter Buffalo News piece on Deputy Mayor Steve Casey: he’s a dick who terrorizes staff and throws Democrats under the bus in favor of Chris Collins, but he’s the Mayor’s dick. 2. The Buffalo News...
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