Archive for November 1st, 2006
The Friends of the Japanese Garden of Buffalo will be having an October Storm cleanup this Saturday. Volunteers are encouraged to attend. Read below for details.
October Storm Clean Up
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Where: Japanese Garden
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Time: Sat Nov 04 09:00:00 ET 2006
- Join us Saturday 9am – 2pm at the Japanese Garden behind the Historical Society and help clear out storm damage.
Bring hand tools such as axes and rakes if you have them, but no power tools. We can use all the help we can get, but you don’t need to stay the whole time.
Don’t forget work gloves!
Dress warmly, the forecast right now is for a high of 41 with no rain or snow in sight :)
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John Stossel uncovers the fact that the Federal Government pays thousands of workers to stare at dead chickens. It is a mostly useless, inefficient program (most gov’t programs are highly inefficient) that does virtually nothing to accomplish its objectives.
Here’s a job that’s really for the birds: staring at dead chickens.
The job is tedious, done in unpleasant places, and largely useless. But you and I pay thousands of people to do it.
A federal website for job hunters says the Department of Agriculture has “many vacancies — nationwide” for “bright, energetic and committed people like you to carry out its mission to protect consumers by ensuring the meat, poultry and egg supply is safe, wholesome and truthfully labeled.” So if staring at dead chickens is your idea of a good time, there is a job for you with the USDA, inspecting poultry. And don’t worry that you’ll lose the job because it doesn’t do much good — how often does that cause the government to close a program?
Read more at Birdwatching, Government style
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The Buffalo Special Police is a volunteer group that assists the Buffalo Police Department. Since January 2004, many members of the Common Council have made requests for patrol services in specific areas. You can learn more about the Buffalo Special Police here.
“When a government takes over a people’s economic life it becomes absolute, and when it has become absolute it destroys the arts, the minds, the liberties and the meaning of the people it governs.”
What were they thinking? It is clear that the deal consisted of legal fluff that is not enforceable.
WBEN Reporter Barbara Burns
Exclusive WBEN Windows Media AudioBuffalo, NY (WBEN) - A casino in downtown Buffalo is one step closer to completion. The Common Council has approved the sale of Fulton Street to the Seneca Nation of Indians.
The final vote was 6 to 3 with a price tag of $631,000. Niagara District lawmaker Dominic Bonifacio voted in favor of the sale but does not think it was the best deal, saying the city could have negotiated a better deal if it had a chance to sit down with the Senecas. North District lawmaker Joseph Golombek was one of three lawmakers who voted against the sale, saying the casino would hurt other local businesses.
Joel Rose with Citizens Against Casino Gambling in Erie County says he’s disappointed in the vote, saying lawmakers had an opportunity and failed.
To hear Barbara Burns’ report, click on the above audio link.
