According to the Buffalo News, Tony Masiello…THE Tony Masiello, will not run again for mayor. To me this is a suprise, not because of his disgustingly low approval ratings

or the continued struggles of Buffalo, but because of his solid fundraising ability within the city, the fact that he is well established, and has the most experience of anyone. I have mixed opinions of Mr. Masiello.

I know he truly wanted the best for the city, and he especially wanted to be known as the guy who turned things around. With this said, he had to many faults and downfalls. Too many things went wrong during his time as mayor, some of which was created by Jimmy Griffin but a lot was from him. He was also a victim of trying to find the one big city project that would turn the city around. As of now, it seems that it is good that Masiello isn’t running again but the reality is that none of the current candidates could do much better. With a seemingly incompetent and unintelligent city council (not to mention stubborn) letting proposed project after proposed project get wasted away, a population that continues to dissolve, and a nation that refuses to let go of the sterotype that we are a city of fat white people who work in steel mills while eating chicken wings and watching Bills games during a snowstorm, this city will really never reach its full potential. Its too bad that Giambra and Masiello

couldnt come through with the refferendum that would create a regional government. As of now, it seems like the only solution.

A great basketball player, a mediocre mayor

Keep hope alive, keep Buffalo alive.

…seriously, were there actually that many people in downtown at one time for something other than Taste of Buffalo?

In today’s hearing in Las Vegas, Buffalo’s best boxer and hot dog salesman, Baby Joe Mesi, was told by four doctors that he could easily die if he were to box ever again.

Mesi is sure he is 100%, his father is, and Robert Cantu (a neurosurgeon who spoke for Mesi) all feel that he is ready to go. It’s a sad loss for the Buffalo sports scene. There were preliminary discussions of him fighting Mike Tyson


at Ralph Wilson Stadium, but even though there is still a remote chance of him boxing-it looks like his great run is done.

Bills

Schedule Announced!!!

Sun Sep 11 Houston 1:00 PM
Sun Sep 18 at Tampa Bay 1:00 PM
Sun Sep 25 Atlanta 1:00 PM
Sun Oct 2 at New Orleans 1:00 PM
Sun Oct 9 Miami 1:00 PM
Sun Oct 16 NY Jets 4:15 PM
Sun Oct 23 at Oakland 4:15 PM
Sun Oct 30 at New England 8:30 PM
BYE WEEK
Sun Nov 13 Kansas City 1:00 PM
Sun Nov 20 at San Diego 4:15 PM
Sun Nov 27 Carolina 1:00 PM
Sun Dec 4 at Miami 1:00 PM
Sun Dec 11 New England 1:00 PM
Sat Dec 17 Denver 8:30 PM
Sat Dec 24 at Cincinnati 1:00 PM
Sun Jan 1 at NY Jets 1:00 PM

Travis Henry/Draft Update…
Suprisingly, Travis STILL has not been traded and the deal for Arizona’s OL Shelton has fallen through for now. Still expect to see him go for a 2nd round pick. The Bills have no 1st rd pick thanks to the trade for Dallas’ pick to get J.P. Losman

Sabres

That’s right! Some sort of news involving the Sabres. On ESPN, Buffalo’s finest sports satirist, Nick Bakay,

rocked a Miro Satan jersey while talking about the greatness of hockey and how withdrawn he is from having no NHL. It’s pretty insane to think that the playoffs would be happening right now but instead, the NHL isn’t on the radar of even the diehards…enforcer Eric Boulton

was suspended for 9 games in the ECHL for his involvement in an on-ice fight.
And the Sabres’ best sex offender (he swears it was a consentual 4some), Henrik Tallinder

is off the hook for charges of his illicit activities with fellow NHLers Andres Lilja and Kristian Huselius but are sadly suspended from their Sweedish teams.

So in other words, the news is no news. I just wanted to pretend that something was happening.
Keep hope alive. Keep Buffalo alive.

OH WAIT! I found a picture I found to be quite amusing…

I made a post a while ago, whining about how no one big performs in Buffalo unless they are from Buffalo. Well, although that is exagerated, there is some good news (and concerts) coming up…

d-o-double g is gonna be in da big A wit dat boy Game on april the thirtyizzzith.

Should be fun cuz as you know, UB is ALL hood. Word to your mother.

and on 5/14…
Last Conservative

(IMO the best band from Buffalo)
will continue their mini-tour of the Buffalo area when they play with another GoodCharamel recording group, Juliet Dagger

at “Xtreme Wheels” on Hertel. If I was in Buffalo right now, I would be there no matter what. It’s well worth your time. Do it to it!

BuffaloPlace hasn’t announced their “Thursday at the Square” lineup yet for the summer but there are seven weeks left until it begins.

Keep hope alive, keep Buffalo alive.

nice change of pace from this…

…don’t worry, this will not be a Bisons blog-just wanted to express my jersey preference

With no Sabres since…um…i don’t remember…the Bisons are what I’ve been looking forward to. And tomorrow, thanks to the rain, we will have double the pleasure tomorrow!

It’s nice to have an excuse to go downtown…and mayyyybe even use the metro!

(ghost train to nowhere)

Speaking of metro…UGH! Like every government project in Buffalo, their plan to make Main Street open to traffic seems to be…nowhere to be found. I have heard nothing of it since the summer.

I’m watching a Pizza Hut commercial with Jessica Simpson

(AKA Female Albert Einstien)
in which she is flapping her wings with a Buffalo who apparently has wings also…i reallllly think the city of Buffalo or the Anchor Bar should have thought about charging royalties for saying “Buffalo Wings” (in which case I would owe much $$$). Just imagine the money! It’s the only thing we’re known for across the nation (well, that AND “wide right”)…

From the surface, City Council made a smart move this week by approving a measure which basically says “We, the government of Buffalo, agree to think that a Downtown stadium for the Bills is good for the city”

Oh! I’m just oozing with confidence in our local government like everyone else.

Keep hope alive…