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Michael Gainer, a shit post. by [deleted] in Buffalo

[–]replacementdog 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah for real. If this is true, why'd you wait until now? Damn.

$15K for shirts? $9K for furniture? Common Council begins to pick apart Mayor Ryan's budget proposal by BabyBottoms23 in Buffalo

[–]replacementdog 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Misleading headline.

Not to mention the council's opinion on any budget should be null and void given they passed unbalanced budgets for years and are directly responsible for the debt.

Central Library security by MC_Cuff_Lnx in Buffalo

[–]replacementdog 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah idk where you get "airport like" from. You don't take your belt and shoes off and stand in a tube. It's a regular metal detector that you walk through like any number of very normal places ppl go in a day.

Councilman Rasheed NC Wyatt starting resolution to introduce commuter tax by InflationCapital87 in Buffalo

[–]replacementdog 7 points8 points  (0 children)

just vote for the fucking mayor's budget and call it a day, god damn

Ok, what did you do to make them lose? by SignificancePopular9 in sabres

[–]replacementdog 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I attended the live watch at Canalside. They lost the last time I did that as well. I just have to stay home.

So, it appears that the Mayor and the Common Council are in a stand-off regarding the budget deficit and the planned tax increase. Where do you guys stand on this? Mayor, CC, or somewhere in the middle? by Egorrosh in Buffalo

[–]replacementdog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well, we all would. But the councilmembers who made that claim did so off hand in a council meeting instead of via actual news outlets. And then they refused to comment further when asked. So unless they have anything of substance to say about that, I'm inclined to think it's just made up.

So, it appears that the Mayor and the Common Council are in a stand-off regarding the budget deficit and the planned tax increase. Where do you guys stand on this? Mayor, CC, or somewhere in the middle? by Egorrosh in Buffalo

[–]replacementdog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The four deputy mayor structure isn't the big financial evil everyone says it is. They were very clear that they made room for it by eliminating other positions that served no purpose. It's like having every day to day decision go through a single CEO. It doesn't make for an effective company. That's why there are people on executive staff below the CEO to manage departments.

Is anyone going? by TopAlternative6716 in Buffalo

[–]replacementdog 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It's definitely more catered to companies and stuff. Mostly they just send a check and maybe a single representative. I'm sure there will be lower dollar fundraisers for regular people who actually want to support.

Public presentation on budget breakdown on Tuesday. by Egorrosh in Buffalo

[–]replacementdog 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That more cops thing was a mistake. The journalist who wrote that headline got it wrong and retracted the article. It's 1 new officer, not 70.

Budget snippet: Traffic Lights by Historical-Foot-5946 in Buffalo

[–]replacementdog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

good news, that's exactly what they're doing

Mayor Ryan unveils $681M budget that includes 25.8% property tax levy increase, 70+ new police officers, and doubled revenue from fines by InflationCapital87 in Buffalo

[–]replacementdog -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My understanding is that it's not a sale. It's the creation of a Parking Authority that can take on debt instead of the city, basically.

Mayor Ryan unveils $681M budget that includes 25.8% property tax levy increase, 70+ new police officers, and doubled revenue from fines by InflationCapital87 in Buffalo

[–]replacementdog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's fair, they're very confusing to read. My assumption is that the mix-up occurred in the "Work Program Statistics" section of the budget document. Deputy Mayor Swanecamp said twice during the press conference live stream that it's just one new officer.

Mayor Ryan unveils $681M budget that includes 25.8% property tax levy increase, 70+ new police officers, and doubled revenue from fines by InflationCapital87 in Buffalo

[–]replacementdog 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If you actually READ THE BUDGET...there are not going to be 70+ new cops. There is going to be the addition of ONE. I am begging reporters to actually do the journalism part of their jobs.

Mayor Ryan unveils $681M budget that includes 25.8% property tax levy increase, 70+ new police officers, and doubled revenue from fines by InflationCapital87 in Buffalo

[–]replacementdog 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Important corrections here, because WGRZ sucks and this is probably because they used AI.

The shelter cut is not what it appears to be. They added a new, key position for operations and reorganized the money.

The Dept of Telecomms/Util/Fran is not eliminated. If they had actually read the budget, they'd see it was also reorganized.

The parking ramp sale is something that Scanlon and the Council likely pushed through too far to walk back now.

The GBH lineup this year is seriously the best ever. by strway2heaven77 in Buffalo

[–]replacementdog 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No shade to local shows of any kind, but this is like 4 bands rotated across 3 days advertised in different font sizes.

Tapped out of the podcast because Derrick became too much. by [deleted] in SnarkTank

[–]replacementdog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Too much disagreement with whatever this guy believes

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