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    Windpower Development

    With the comming of the windmills on the Brownfeilds of Bethlehem Steel land, I think the city sold itself short only recieving $100,000 a year for the project. With the city on the brink of a fiscal crisis much like Buffalo and the County one would think that this project might be the perfect oppurtunity to raise significant revenue for future development. With Mayor Polanski talking so many great things about the project, he really settled for the status quo instead of striving for excellence.

    I do agree the windmills are a great project especially being built in Lackawanna, however the lack of future planning on the part of the Mayor's office and planning board (if you can even call it that) will lead to continued lack of financial instability in the city.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gork315
    With the comming of the windmills on the Brownfeilds of Bethlehem Steel land, I think the city sold itself short only recieving $100,000 a year for the project. With the city on the brink of a fiscal crisis much like Buffalo and the County one would think that this project might be the perfect oppurtunity to raise significant revenue for future development. With Mayor Polanski talking so many great things about the project, he really settled for the status quo instead of striving for excellence.

    I do agree the windmills are a great project especially being built in Lackawanna, however the lack of future planning on the part of the Mayor's office and planning board (if you can even call it that) will lead to continued lack of financial instability in the city.
    I read an article in the Buffalo News that said communities should expect approx $40,000 per windmill and that was backed up by info that it was the going rate in Lewis County (wherever that is). LA is only gettin 12,500 per windmill.

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    Let's say Buffalo had a vast tract of land that has billions of barrells of oil under it... they would lease it, and take a pittance of renumeration in return,while companies made Billions...

    Like the Niagara Power Project...
    like the WindPower Scheme...

    BUFFALO HAS ZERO GUTS AND LEADERSHIP!

    Buffalo should have set this up themselves, go into the power business and have a WICKED MAJOR tax write off.

    Instead, they were chumps!

    Any bozo can open a store, diner in WNY and make $100K

    but if they opened a WIND POWER STATION, they woukld have unlimited wealth, power, and access to more opportunities and a better hand.

    WHY IS BUFFALO SUCH A "NO GUTS" TOWN!???

    LOUSY MAYORS, DUMB CHAMBER BOSSES, AND NO GUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    No Guts, No Glory.

    Rings true here.

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    Its long overdue for Buffalo & Lackawanna to merge

    Its long overdue for Buffalo & Lackawanna to merge. Compared to Buffalo, Lackawanna has little to no influence at the state or local level....and merging with Buffalo can only improve that situation and bring attention to cleaning up those brownfields and filling them with new industry.

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    new voice

    why didn't you buy a windmill ? What type of company do you own ?
    They hate us till they need us.

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    Kiss Of Death

    Any merger with the city of buffalo would be the kiss of death for the lackawanna. If you propose a merger with buffalo than how about a merger of all the villages out there with the respective towns (ie Blasdell with Hamburg and Williamville with Amherst etc) the solution to the problem is not a merger but a new line of government officals who will make Lackawanna more competitve through smart decsion making.

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    You sound like an ideal candidate.

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    You never know

    You never know what can happen. I have to admit being a republican it would be quite challenging.

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    Quote Originally Posted by a-new-voice
    Let's say Buffalo had a vast tract of land that has billions of barrells of oil under it... they would lease it, and take a pittance of renumeration in return,while companies made Billions...

    Like the Niagara Power Project...
    Okay. Now please explain to us how Buffalo, NY could have legally gotten control of a State project in Niagara County, NY.

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    Another smoke and mirrors project by the Empire Zone Director/Town of Boston Supervisor Eagan.

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    Lackawanna's Windmills

    When are the windmills in Lackawanna scheduled to go on line and start producing energy?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Lackawanna
    When are the windmills in Lackawanna scheduled to go on line and start producing energy?

    they already are. whenever they are spinning they are producing. They all were commissioned last week and are up and running, now they just need the wind to spin!

    I guess each windmill has it's own sensors for wind movement and they need roughly 15 MPH of wind to start spinning. That's why you may only see 6 or 7 of 8 spinning, they might just be a wind gust that doesnt catch one of the windmills.

    At least, that's what I've been told

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    Once again, NIMBY!

    Quote Originally Posted by Gork315
    Any merger with the city of buffalo would be the kiss of death for the lackawanna. If you propose a merger with buffalo than how about a merger of all the villages out there with the respective towns (ie Blasdell with Hamburg and Williamville with Amherst etc) the solution to the problem is not a merger but a new line of government officals who will make Lackawanna more competitve through smart decsion making.
    That is the problem with WNY'ers, NIMBY. Explain how, IN DETAIL, a merger between Buffalo and Lackawanna would be the Kiss of Death? Seriously. If you have good vaild points please.
    I don't see any viable companies or major industry in Lackawanna. OLV Hospital is closed, many of the streets are in rough shape. Infrastructure is deplorable. You pay for a Fire Department and Police Department that would be easily merged with Buffalo, and would increase buying power for those two departments. Lackawanna could do with a combination Fire Department like the City of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda who mind you have larger populations and more companies! The Mayor of Lackawanna wants a merger to occur.
    You don't need layers of government any more. The Village of Kenmore doesn't need to exist nor does the Village Of Williamsville. Why pay for separate DPW's, sewer districts, lighting districts, garbage pickup, etc.
    It's wasteful, and already burdens our heavily laden retirement system and taxes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BuffaloEMT14216
    That is the problem with WNY'ers, NIMBY. Explain how, IN DETAIL, a merger between Buffalo and Lackawanna would be the Kiss of Death? Seriously. If you have good vaild points please.
    Property taxes in the 3rd and 4th wards in Lackawanna would go thur the roof.

    Politically Lackawanna would loose its independence.

    Buffalo's school system and their unions will run Lackawanna schools. Do we really want that?

    Lackawanna's Fire and Police Departments will be controlled by the same unions that have had peace for so long in Buffalo.

    Nothing ever gets done in Buffalo (Bass Pro or the Peace bridge) will it be the same for Lackawanna?

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