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    A Drug Raid In Lackawanna Lands Twenty People Behind Bars
    January 28, 2011

    Updated Jan 28, 2011 at 1:55 PM EST

    A six-month undercover drug investigation in Lackawanna came to a head today bring in drugs, cash and the arrests of 20 people.

    Channel 7 was the only news channel on the scene to get exclusive video of the suspects. There were 18 males and two females brought into custody. Eleven of those people were transported to downtown Buffalo to be arraigned. The others had their first appearance in Lackawanna City court. They all face charges related to the illegal sale and possession of drugs.

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    There were 14 agencies that participated in the raid including the Lackawanna Police, New York State Police, Erie County Sheriff's Office and the Hamburg S.W.A.T team.

    Lackawanna Police Chief James Michael said they began the raid around five this morning, searching eight locations in the city. Just hours later, they had all their targeted suspects in custody.

    The Lackawanna Police will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. where they will release the names and mug shots of the suspects. They will also talk more in-depth about what was found at the scenes and the amount of drug and money that was seized.

    Stay tuned to Eyewitness news at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. for more on this developing story.



    Another sad day for Lackawanna. Watch the news tonight...
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    Good news,thanks for posting this.It doesn't take a rocket scientist to look around and realize this area has problems that are drug related.I'm glad it's being shook down and cleaned up,way to go to the people responsible for making it a better place for our kids to grow up...hope it's not just another front story and it's the real deal

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    Sad to see St. Barbara's being knocked down, especially when there are all sorts of grants available to rennovate. A church in Florida that is 95 years old received grants to rennovate the building into an apartment complex - producing property taxes for the City. Doesn't the City of Lackawanna have grant writers? Did the City Council or Mayor go to the City to ask the tax payers what they would like?

    It just seems that the City of Lackawanna's solution is to condemn, board up, and knock down anything from the past. Sad. Sad. Sad.

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    In today's paper, Sweet Home was acknowledged for having a successful Universal Pre-K. I know that Lackawanna also has one. Anyone know how it's doing?

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    WASHINGTON -- The warning to the parents of the 26th Congressional District could not have been more stark.

    "Responding to what may seem like a friendly e-mail or an appealing marketing offer can have serious consequences," Rep. Chris Lee wrote in June 2009 in a column in the Tonawanda News. "Private information and images can so easily be transmitted to friends and strangers alike."

    Lee, obviously, failed to heed his own warning.

    The Amherst Republican was touting legislation aimed at helping protect youngsters from "the dangers and unknowns associated with a medium that is growing by several billion web pages per day."

    And by ignoring his own warning about the temptations of the Internet, Lee brought an abrupt end Wednesday to his own political career.

    At about 2 p.m., Gawker -- a website best known for stories about Lindsay Lohan and other out-of-control celebrities -- published e-mails between Lee and a single Maryland woman whom he met on Craigslist. One of the e-mails came with a photo of the local congressman, shirtless.

    By 4 p.m., the story had hit the New York Daily News, New York magazine, Daily Kos and a host of other blogs.

    Soon, Lee's name appeared as one of the top 10 topics discussed on Twitter.

    At 5 p.m., Lee resigned from Congress.

    That was an astonishingly quick end to scandal in a city known for scandal.

    It also shocked everyone, from people who knew Lee well to the partisans of the blogosphere.

    A Democratic congressional aide said Lee -- the man with the astonishingly beautiful wife, friends on both sides of the aisle and a knack for the tell-it-like-it-is quote -- would be the last congressman he ever would expect to get caught up in scandal.

    It also "may be the fastest-moving sex scandal ever," Daily Kos observed.

    After all, it took two days for then-Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer to resign in 2008 after revelations surfaced that he had frequented a prostitute.

    And Rep. Eric J.J. Massa, D-Corning, suffered through five days of humiliation last year before leaving office amid allegations that he groped a man on his staff.

    By nightfall Wednesday, though, Lee was no longer a congressman, not even a human being with tragic weaknesses, but merely a target in the biggest firing range ever invented by mankind, the Internet.

    Megan Carpenter of Talking Points Memo pointed to Lee's e-mails that identified himself as a divorced father of one when he is really married.

    "The 'divorced father of one' part could happen earlier (depending on how well he works it out and the state in which it gets filed)," Carpenter observed.

    And on Wonkette, he was Rep. Chris Lee (R-Casual Encounters) and a "weirdo."

    Christopher Malagisi, an East Amherst native and Republican activist who also serves as an adjunct professor in political science at American University in Washington, D.C., learned about the developments from a colleague after they already had played out.

    "It was kind of done before it even had broken," Malagisi said. "I went straight to Twitter and Facebook. I could see the feed already and all the information about it. There really wasn't much time to think about it."

    For Malagisi, also active in the young conservative movement, it leaves an ignominious mark on a seat previously held by Jack F. Kemp, Bill Paxon and Thomas M. Reynolds.

    "What a strange legacy that he's leaving for such a powerful district and a rising star within the party," he said.

    Strange indeed. This well-liked young member of Congress and married father of one turns out to have flirted with a single woman on the Internet, trying to lure her in with a pack of lies -- and his real name.

    Once she Googled him, he was done. And one of the lies he told would stand out as the saddest of all.

    Writing to the woman he didn't know on Craigslist, Lee wrote: "I promise not to disappoint."

    News Staff Reporter Joseph Popiolkowski contributed to this report.

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    Post Check Recycling Schedules

    Call 827-6489 City Council or
    827-6426 Engineer Office

    A neighbor told me there is some kind of mix-up in dates of pick-ups of recyclables.
    Did they mail them out or do you have to call for a 2011 schedule? They were put in with tax bills years ago to save money.
    Maybe put in Bflo. News?

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    Quote Originally Posted by andreahaxton View Post
    Call 827-6489 City Council or
    827-6426 Engineer Office

    A neighbor told me there is some kind of mix-up in dates of pick-ups of recyclables.
    Did they mail them out or do you have to call for a 2011 schedule? They were put in with tax bills years ago to save money.
    Maybe put in Bflo. News?
    I found this on the Lackawanna website under public works. The schedule there is in a better graph format. I never received a schedule in the mail either, they could have included it in our tax bill. The powers that be would also save us much aggravation if they would just pick up both co-mingled and paper every week. That's the way most of the other well run communities do it. Oh, I forgot... we're not a well run community!

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    Bulk Pickup
    Spring Pickup – Week of April 18 to 22 on your garbage day
    Summer Pickup – Week of June 13 to 17 on your garbage day
    Fall Pickup – Week of September 19 to 23 on your garbage day

    Bulk Items
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    washers chairs dressers scrap metal
    dryers couches desks/buffets whole rugs
    refrigerators mattresses/box spring console tv’s

    Grass and yard waste will be picked up with your garbage on your garbage day. Grass and yard waste must be put in separate open containers. No plastic bags.

    · Branches will be picked up from April 15 through October 15.
    · All branches must be placed at curbside with cut ends facing the street.
    · Christmas tress will be chipped at curbside. Please remove plastic bags from tree.
    · Leaves will be picked up from mid-October through November (weather permitting).

    All items must be placed at curbside by 7 am and cannot be put out earlier than 6 pm the day before your pickup. Please note: There is a Maximum of 4 containers (e.g., cans, bags, boxes) of solid waste per pick up.

    Contractors are responsible to remove all demolition materials from premises.

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    Post Very Astute!

    Good eye/call, Crafty! Nice job, and Thanks for the info!

    If the "family and friends" club weren't too busy planning their next vacation, maybe WE Citizens could get the correct information put out!

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    In today's paper is a list of school superintendents' salaries -

    Lackawanna:

    Korach makes $150,000 PLUS $52,274 in benefits

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    Sunflower were you not on the board for 3 yrs? Oh Ya you were just a yes person for Patty. Why would you feel the need to post that.....If it was in the paper.....TROUBLE that is all you people like to do is start trouble and talk about everyone......Have a great Day.........

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    A yes person for Patty is still better than five bought and paid for yes votes for Makeyenko. Just look and see what the 5 in the majority owe people or what family members have jobs in the district. Must be nice to get what you want by blindly following the pied piper of Lackawanna and shafting the kids and the taxpayers in the process.

    P.S. Sunflower did not start the trouble in the paper. You can thank Gov. Andrew Cuomo for that! Its nice to see a guy taking on the school districts the way he is. Thanks Andy!
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    What do you care what happens in Lackawanna,mnb,didnt you move to Boston????Dont they have speak up boston that u can chime in on????The problem is that it is not your 5 people.Can you tell me that Patty and her 5 people did better???NOT......Raises for certain people,lawsuits ,paying her people out on the lawsuits and the list can go on......Do u find good in anything anyone does????Thats the problem everyone has the answers on here run for this years election, 3 open seats. Gotta be in it to WIN it.Maybe u can save the school.But i am sure you will come back w an excuse.

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    Yep I did move to Boston to get away from the crap that people like you instigate and do that ruins peoples lives that you don't agree with. I am glad I don't have to deal with a losing school district anymore. By the way the pied piper of Lackawanna Makeyenko can continue to lead his district and followers right off a cliff. It'll be fun to watch from Boston. I'll get my popcorn ready!

    P.S. I still have family/friends that still live in Lackawanna. So I'll continue to point out what kind of bs you guys pull. Another thing they settled lawsuits on the advice of an attorney they fired and replaced with a law firm. Then you guys go out and rehire him. Makes a lot of sense! Who are the village idiots now. Take a look in the mirror.

    P.S.S. Run for school board in a rigged election with one polling place? Are you kidding me. I'll tell everyone what a farce that is. Hopefully someone will stand up against you jokers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lackawanna #1 View Post
    Sunflower were you not on the board for 3 yrs? Oh Ya you were just a yes person for Patty. Why would you feel the need to post that.....If it was in the paper.....TROUBLE that is all you people like to do is start trouble and talk about everyone......Have a great Day.........
    I do not understand how you can say that anyone started trouble by posting what was written in the newspaper. Last time I checked, this site was for posting what was happening in the different communities. It is for the taxpayers to voice themselves on local and city politics. It appears you are the only one starting "trouble" Lackawanna #1. Korach's salary is for the public, as well as the mayor etc. to know. So what really has your undies all bunched up?

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    The real trouble starts at why they are paying him that much in the first place. I thought the city was a poor district. Didn't Makeyenko ask Dr. Wile to refund some money because the district needed money? I think someone should ask Korach the same question. Since he is from Lackawanna I am sure he will understand that his city school district needs him to cut costs now more than ever. Why not take a pay cut to show how much you care about Lackawanna? Why not take a page out of Makeyenko's suggestion to Dr. Wile and Cuomo's book?

    P.S. Did Korach ever move back to Lackawanna? After all I thought you "need to keep people who live in this city in charge of it not outsiders."(Makeyenko's words at school board meeting) Not mine.
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