Scorecard: The Week's Winners and Losers
by Zachary Burns
The Week's Winners & Losers
S.A.T. WordsDockmackie. n. A shrub of eastern N. America, having clusters of white flowers. Also the word that tripped up East Amherst seventh-grader Nabeel Rahman at the National Spelling Bee on June 2. Rahman finished the competition tied for ninth place, the best finish for a local speller since 1992. |
Public RelationsWhen it comes to shirtless photo scandals, appropriately named congressman Anthony Weiner of Queens could sorely use a lesson in damage control from ex-pol and tranny-hawk Chris Lee. Seriously, gotta give credit where credit is due. That guy straight up wrote the book on merciful stepdowns. |
******* White DevelopersA $1.45 million civil suit filed on June 6 by a Cleveland developer accused Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown of corruption and racketeering (and some salty language) for an alleged pay-to-play plan to build houses in the Masten District. Our mayor accused of political payola in a RICO suit: that’s Buffalo “For Real”. |
Fwd: Re Re ReAn Erie County contractor accidentally sent some 1,300 privileged emails to the Department of Justice as part of pre-trial discovery in a Federal lawsuit against civil rights violations at the County Holding Center. The DOJ has since agreed to a deal to “return” (wait, what?) the emails. |
Unhealthy GlowsDemocrat Kathy Hochul, who vanquished conservative foe Jane Corwin in last week’s special election for the 26th District, was officially sworn into Congress on June 1. Now call me a right-wing nut if you’d like, but are we certain she swore in on a Bible and not a Quran. Can we get the Tea Party on this? |
By the numbers...
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Tuition hike being sought over 5 years—at a rate of 5 percent annually—by a group of SUNY presidents lobbying at the Capital on June 2. SUNY tuition at the 64 campuses currently stands at $4,970 annually and would rise by $248.50 per year if the increase is approved. UB has previously advocated its’ own 8 percent annual tuition hike. |
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Years ago the Buffalo Braves NBA team left town and moved to San Diego, henceforth to be known as the Clippers, ending an eight-year experiment with big-league basketball in the Queen City. Despite this failure, Mayor Byron Brown signed a city proclamation this month declaring June National Basketball & Hip-Hop Culture Month, joining several other cities in celebrating the “legacy and evolution of the basketball and hip hop culture fusion” otherwise referred to as the “Dunkadelic Era”. |
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Canada geese permitted to be killed by the Town of Clarence by the US Fish and Wild Service to help cull an overly nuisance population at a private pond. Permit laws allow for no more than five geese to be taken in a single day and 85 during the course of the year. This is the second year Clarence has used kills to attempt to control goose populations. |
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