Unless Buffalos Police and Teachers contracts are revisited

Unless there is a Pay Freeze and Hiring Freeze

Unless regional services that Buffalo pays for are consolidated with the county

Unless school and city staffing is rightsized for the cities population

any additional revenue will only be spent ineffectively and has the potential for Erie County and all the suburban municipalities to catch Buffalo's contagion.

If Buffalo is made more uncompetitive with the suburbs by raising its taxes and debt to solve its problems, then Buffalo's implosion with continue and eventually it will impede jobs from being attracted to our region and increase job loss in the suburban municipalities.

If Buffalos problems are resolved by moving revenue from the county to the city without restructurign and renegotiating, then the money will be wasted and both the county and the suburban municipalities will face the same revenue crisis that Buffalo faces...the whole county could start to implode.

But what better way to humble the suburbs into thinking that they cannot insulate themselves from "Buffalos Problems" that to take away their revenue and place them in the same difficulties as the city.

So, either support a strong and invasive restructuring now with consolidation and privatization or oppose it and inherit Buffalo's problems. Mr. & Mrs Suburb, we'll see how well you do when you start to implode!