MarkyMannn
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This morning's news:
Unemployment benefits- the county is self-insured. What that means is the county, after laying someone off, must pay their severance and unemployment benefits. In the short term, it costs less to keep people. What a mess!!!
Giambra was at the airport, flying out on vacation. See ya in a couple weeks. When the going gets tough, the county exec leaves town
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- 2003 Epiphone Les Paul Custom Alpine White...got it used for $450 and couldn't see one scratch on it
- 2004 Alvarez Acoustic Artist AF60CK...amazing tone
- 2003 Line 6 Spyder 2 112 amp w/ FBV4 foot pedal...great deal
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EXACTLY!
I split my seasons last year, and was going to do the same this year. But now not having spent the $$$ I usually spend to go to 4-6 Sabre games, no reason to split. Thanks Goodenow
I don't give Bettman near the same amount of blame 
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I voted Fiedler. Thought I was the only one and see he leads the voting. Not the greatest arm, but tough and smart, he'd work for a couple games
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I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but I'm (pleasantly) surprised to see a post like this from you. I know you're a Bills fan, but I've always looked at you more as the comic relief than the die hard Bills guy. That being said, I couldn't agree more. I think if those folks who are still reeling over the DB news can just take a deep breath, they'll see that there really isn't much MORE exciting than a new, talented guy taking over at QB for your favorite team.
Like everyone else, I think Drew is a great guy (though I honestly don't see how he can say "I never saw this coming"), and I wish him well. I just can't remember a game I've seen him play in where it truly seemed like he was 'the man'......I never saw him get fired up and take that field general role like so many great QBs do. JP brings to the team that fiery, cocky, borderline arrogance that has been missing since Flutie left. Of course, the attitude means nothing if the leadership, talent, and ultimately SUCCESS don't come along with the package.
There is, and always will be, only one Jim Kelly. But JP is a whole helluva lot more like JK than he is DB. WNY needs a tough, resilient, gunslinger type of QB......and I think there is a chance JP could represent just that.
OK, I won't argue your Drew assessment. But what can you base the JP part on? The guy was rookie, comes in, gets hurt, misses half the season, threw 5 passes, admits he wasn't ready for a game, and generally panicked and ran with the ball. Lets give him some time to prove something before you throw all these superlatives on him and compare him to Kelly
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The rear shocks should be no more than $100. The struts could go $250 or more, plus I believe you need an alignment too after installation.
What was your problem that you needed an O2 sensor? I'm thinking I'm looking at the same thing possibly
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Why are we cool on te Sabres? Lets see, mediocre team, expensive to go see, boring on TV, and no chance to win the Cup. The team, even the entire sport, was much better in the early 90's with Pat L and Mogilny at their peak here.
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It's just one example of course, but it shows how these municipal governments get so out of hand. Under the guise of providing "services" to the citizenry, they hire an absurd number of people to do a job (poorly and inefficiently), and then when they are short of money, they raise taxes. And around and around it goes.
To break this cycle, they need to outsource as many of these services to the private sector as possible. Much better to have a private citizen funding the government via taxes than to have him draining from the government by drawing a paycheck from it. And as a citizen, the forces of competitive markets means that paying for my trash pick up directly is going to save me money v. paying more in taxes for the county to provide the same service. The ONLY people who win with the current system are the politicians who want to maintain a large government because bigger means more power.
Someone in this thread already mentioned the convoy of 'highway department' trucks at Tim Horton’s every morning and I'm sure you could fill the Library of Congress with such stories. Here's one I remember: last winter, the NY Post followed around a highway crew in NYC whose job it was to fill potholes. They followed a 3 man crew for an entire shift. Guess how many potholes they filled? Six. Nothing like municipal employees pumping out the work!
In my 30 years of working, one year was on a temporary county job. I was lost. There was like no incentive, mission, purpose, whatever you want to call it. Just come in, do it, and leave. In the private sector there is so much drive. I guess it is called profitability and competition. Maybe that one movie had it right, Wall Street, "greed is good"
I also worked for Tyco, greed is not good in their case
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I doubt if any one ever wants to see someone loose their job. But as times change thru the economy and technology, job roles change too. There used to be a lot of manufacturing jobs in WNY. They're gone, and people adapt. And I sympathise because it is never painless. All you can do is try to prepare for it and increase your own personal skill base to make you valuable to a future employer. That can increase your chances of employment
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I agree. While jobs and population are leaving, public sector jobs and their drain on the local economy are growing. The number I heard was county jobs has grown in 10 years from 7,000 to 10,000
Does any one know how those 10,000 jobs are broken down? How many at ECMC, Social Services, Parks, Highway, etc.......I just can't see how they can have that many people. That number is amazing
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I sat next to Ted Cottrell on a flight. I didn't talk to him too much about the Bills though and his job. My logic was how would I feel if Ted C sat down next to me and asked me about my field, "so how about that just-in-time inventory?"
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Also try Guitar Factory in Southgate Plaza. New larger store, and it is very nice. My son got an Alvarez Artist AF60CK a few months back. Sweet instrument
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A few other observations come to mind
Went to the downtown office of the EC Parks dept. First thing I noticed was how it looked like a private sector office from 25 years ago. It was like being sent back in time. Every desk has stacks of in/out trays, typewriters(!), and paper everywhere. 2 computer terminals in a back corner. Talk about backward
Stop EC Sheriffs patrols and their costs. The State Police are obligated to provide coverage, they overlap, and we pay the SP any way.
I went to my son's parent/teacher meeting. I had the last appointment of the day. She complains to me that it is 4:10 right now, and she got here at 7:30
Wish I had those hours, and July & August off tooWS highway dept starts at 7am. When I'm passing by the local Tim Hortons at 7:30, there must be a half dozen trucks in there. Where's the accountability?
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There are too many spending programs. At least NOT the kind that will attract new businesses. Yeah, it'll bring in new residents, welfare reciprients who need Medicare. Those services we provide by the bucket
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A lot of other thoughts, in no order, and maybe some emotional or irrational, I don't care any more.
1) 10,000 people work for the county! Doing what?!?!? We really need that many?
2) With state, federal, county, local towns and villages and schools, how many people work for the above in Erie County? Maybe 40,000 as a guess. No wonder our taxes are where they are
3) Giambra should resign, his credibility and management skills are a joke. No one wants to see him here any more
4) DeBenedetti is a bigger joke. He'll vote for the extra % if he can resign and take a $120,000 post with the Water Authority. Then he crabs about patronage
5) There is no real effort still to re-shape goverment. Increases taxes and continue with how we always do everything.
6) How many years until we are at 10%, 3 years, 11% in 5 years? Why not?
7) Today the Legislature says the 9% will be temporary
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I was thinking about starting this thread myself the last couple weeks. The Ridge has been closed 2-3 weeks now. Although they let sledders "tresspass" and go down the hill by the Casino. ATV's and snowmobiles however are completely forbidden. And why? Taxpayer punishment? Not a single park worker is out of a job yet. They are all still there, just closing the park to punish the taxpayer and bring negative publicity to the whole fiasco.
Where I live, West Seneca, a week ago when we had snow, county roads did not get plowed until the next day. Town roads where fine
The riding at the park REALLY bothers me. I pay hundreds of $$$ per year in insurance and registration, and the one legal time of the year I can ride in Erie County, the county closes it? "F" them all, shut down the whole county
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Everyone always says that. Isn't MLB setting attendance records right now? Probably 3 years after the NHL comes back, they'll have att records too. At least if they cancel the season, I hope we don't have to hear about it again for 6 months
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Seattle is way over the cap, and will go thru salary cap hell & purge this year.
I would be in favor of Brees. I just see that with Losman, it's going to take a few years for him. By then guys will be over the hill like Adams, Fletcher, Milloy, Spikes, Williams, Moulds, etc......and we will be re-building. The "D" is here now, we need to win now, get an experienced QB. Plus, Losman could always be the next Todd Collins, there are no guarantees he'll be a stud QB
Per Requested Info Mike Williams
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Was it last year or 2 years ago, when he was headed to the Ralph on gameday and rolled his truck. And then, uninjured, sat out the game brcause he was shaken up. I guess they had to cut his belts when he landed upside down. That must have been a helluva landing after that. Still, Farve would have played, no question. What upset Mike? His spinner rims won't spin any more?