Free Buffalo--Free Niagara
Agenda for 2005

I. Policy reports by staff—“Follow the money”

A. Public sector/private sector wage/benefit gap
B. Excessive State Pensions
C. Medicaid

II. Projects for citizen-volunteers--“If you want a job done right….”

A. Deconstruct/reconstruct the Erie County budget
B. Deconstruct/reconstruct the Niagara County budget
C. Critique of Hevesi Report: was it a political document?

III. Projects for Student-Interns

A. The Men Behind the Curtain—a study of who runs Buffalo.
B. Who are those guys?—a profile of the members of the Waterfront Commission.
C. Where did all the pension checks go?—A study of where New York State pensions checks go and what it means.

IV. News Alerts—brief reports on issues of current interest—example—retaliation against citizen-activists

V. Forums—example—should we move toward a council-manager form of local government?