WNYresident
May 5th, 2004, 01:30 PM
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[QUOTE]While it’s often been said that a racial divide
dominates the deliberations of the Buffalo Common
Council, the Masiello Administration seems to have
successfully bridged that gap with its most recent
budget proposal…
Both white and black members of the Queen City
legislative body feel the same when it comes to Tony
Masiello’s latest spending proposal: They hate it but
more than that they seem strangely puzzled by it.
“It’s a case of the Control Board using a hamhanded
approach of just wanting to cut bodies without looking
at the consequences and the Mayor being forced to go
along with it,” says Lovejoy District Member Rich
Fontana. “Anyone can cut the budget if all you’re
going to do is just eliminate whole departments
without looking at the consequences. They have no
money in the budget for the Parks Department or for
maintaining our parks!
THe Full Story (http://www.politicswny.com)
[QUOTE]While it’s often been said that a racial divide
dominates the deliberations of the Buffalo Common
Council, the Masiello Administration seems to have
successfully bridged that gap with its most recent
budget proposal…
Both white and black members of the Queen City
legislative body feel the same when it comes to Tony
Masiello’s latest spending proposal: They hate it but
more than that they seem strangely puzzled by it.
“It’s a case of the Control Board using a hamhanded
approach of just wanting to cut bodies without looking
at the consequences and the Mayor being forced to go
along with it,” says Lovejoy District Member Rich
Fontana. “Anyone can cut the budget if all you’re
going to do is just eliminate whole departments
without looking at the consequences. They have no
money in the budget for the Parks Department or for
maintaining our parks!
THe Full Story (http://www.politicswny.com)