We received this note from a reader: The Working Families Party (WFP) is the conduit that Sarah and Clare Bronfman have used to funnel money to Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares.  It is also the conduit that several members of their family have used to funnel money toRead More

Next City Council Chairperson, has to show leadership Over the last year our city faced many issues that affect all of the people that call Niagara Falls home.  Holding an elected office involves working with the people who live in the city, by finding ways to improve the lives ofRead More

After a landslide victory over Candra Thomason in 2007, Mayor Dyster’s performance in general elections has gone south. This is probably due to the persistent poverty and crime, vacant storefronts on the city’s thoroughfares, slavish devotion to big money Albany and Buffalo interests and his tendency to characterize political opponentsRead More

As always, Paul and I share the Reporter amongst the Canadians. Thanks again for another evening of laughs, as we all read out loud our horoscopes. Great way to start off the new year. So, here you go…a photo of all of us and the Reporter.  -Michelle The Good, TheRead More

(The Reporter’s resident feminist, Anna Howard, says the ‘woman was denied’) The city council held their 20http://southbuffalonews.com6 reorganization meeting today, January http://southbuffalonews.com, 20http://southbuffalonews.com6. And, as we feared, the male dominated council decided to let current chairman, Andrew Touma, remain in the big seat for 20http://southbuffalonews.com6.  As the saying goes, we’reRead More

The city recently announced that it’s accepting RFP’s (requests for proposals) to operate Sal Maglie Stadium. In a Gazette article of December 27, Mayor Dyster said, “We don’t regard the direct operation of Sal Maglie as a cash cow…It doesn’t have the income possibilities as something like the Hyde ParkRead More

GLATZ PLANS MARCH 3http://southbuffalonews.com RESIGNATION: Urges Legislature to Review Department Leadership LOCKPORT—Niagara County Manager Jeffrey M. Glatz submitted his resignation today, effective the last day of March 20http://southbuffalonews.com6, preparing for a departure from the post he has held for five years. In a letter that thanked county lawmakers for theRead More

The LA Times has – like many media extensive coverage of Bill Cosby, the Accused More than 40 women have publicly accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault. Now, Cosby is facing criminal charges after Pennsylvania prosecutors charged him with aggravated indecent assault in connection with a 2004 encounter. As with previous accusations,Read More

Donald Trump is clearly the most polarizing figure in the upcoming 20http://southbuffalonews.com6 election. Whether you love him or hate him, he’s gathering massive amounts of media attention. Though does he have what it takes to not only win the Republican nomination, but take down Hillary Clinton in 20http://southbuffalonews.com6? Conservative thinkRead More

A reader asked me if I despised Keith Raniere. No, of course I don’t. Candidly – and it is just my opinion – I have come to see Raniere as a tormented soul. Asked to share my opinion, it is this (and I hope the reader will not be offendedRead More

  LOCKPORT—Niagara County Clerk-elect Joseph A. Jastrzemski will be sworn into office Saturday at an http://southbuffalonews.comhttp://southbuffalonews.com a.m. ceremony at the Niagara County Courthouse. The ceremony marks the beginning of Jastrzemski’s tenure as he takes over from outgoing Clerk Wayne F. Jagow, who has held the office for two decades. TheRead More

Permanent signage was installed this week on the outside of the new Golisano Center for Community Health at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. The innovative center, which is scheduled for completion in spring 20http://southbuffalonews.com6, is supported by a $3.5 million gift from businessman and philanthropist Tom Golisano. It will provideRead More

New York is one of http://southbuffalonews.com6 states increasing minimum wages for 20http://southbuffalonews.com6. New York state’s base minimum wage will rise from $8.75 an hour to $9. Fast-food workers minimum wage rises to $http://southbuffalonews.com0.50 in New York City and $9.75 elsewhere in the state. The base hourly rate for restaurant serversRead More

  Carl Paladino is distributing this message (below) from Claudia Tenney, who ran for Congress. Tenney lost a Republican primary Tuesday to U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, R-Barneveld, in the 22nd Congressional District in 20http://southbuffalonews.com4 She will try again. Tenney represents a mindset that is alien to many New Yorkers whoRead More

This is the stunning expose that could shake up the 20http://southbuffalonews.com6 Presidential race. Roger Stone (below) is a veteran Republican strategist who worked for Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, and he published a book earlier this year titled “The Clintons’ War on Women” in which he accuses Bill Clinton ofRead More

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — This week marks the nationwide release of “To Answer the Question, to Find Air Here on Earth,” a book, written by a man, that explores the psyche of women. Authored by Niagara University and Niagara County Community College adjunct professor, Robert Bennett; he was formerly theRead More

Are We Safe? As if 20http://southbuffalonews.com5 weren’t bad enough for the Department of Homeland Security (e.g., in June, internal DHS tests revealed that its Transportation Security Administration failed to stop 67 of 70 guns passing through airport screeners), a U.S. congressman revealed in December that, based on a congressional staffRead More

Aries: (March 2http://southbuffalonews.com – April http://southbuffalonews.com9): You were the answer to a prayer. Your parents prayed that the world would be made to suffer and here you came along.  When you go to see a haunted house they offer you a job. The only place you’re ever invited is outside.Read More

President Franklin Roosevelt, a friend of private-sector unionism, drew a line when it came to government workers. “Meticulous attention should be paid to the special relations and obligations of public servants to the public itself and to the Government,” he said in http://southbuffalonews.com937. “The process of collective bargaining, as usuallyRead More

  What’s the difference between the mayor’s annual city hall Christmas party and a funeral? The funeral is more fun. A Paul Dyster “political equivalent.” In the normal world a job promotion is called a job promotion. In Dyster World a job promotion is called “an administrative thank you.” ARead More