Comments on: 2007. Good or Bad? http://allthingsbuffalo.wnymedia.net/blogs/2007/12/26/2007-good-or-bad/ Drooling over plans and renderings since 2005 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:39:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: wcp http://allthingsbuffalo.wnymedia.net/blogs/2007/12/26/2007-good-or-bad/#comment-25565 wcp Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:50:31 +0000 http://allthingsbuffalo.wnymedia.net/blogs/2007/12/26/2007-good-or-bad/#comment-25565 Good recap Mark, enjoy your time away! Good recap Mark, enjoy your time away!

]]> By: probuff http://allthingsbuffalo.wnymedia.net/blogs/2007/12/26/2007-good-or-bad/#comment-25553 probuff Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:28:56 +0000 http://allthingsbuffalo.wnymedia.net/blogs/2007/12/26/2007-good-or-bad/#comment-25553 i am certainly still rooting for the cause but as i look at your lists, the positives seem to be one offs and the negatives are more systematic. there are a number of good things going on but until we fix the root causes, nothing we really change. saving a church from closing in a poor neighborhood will not eliminate any problems in the future. what we need is a new tax scheme designed to attract new businesses to WNY... zero taxes for any company bringing 20+ new out of state jobs to downtown (defined as the area between tupper, michigan, and the water). i am certainly still rooting for the cause but as i look at your lists, the positives seem to be one offs and the negatives are more systematic.

there are a number of good things going on but until we fix the root causes, nothing we really change. saving a church from closing in a poor neighborhood will not eliminate any problems in the future.

what we need is a new tax scheme designed to attract new businesses to WNY… zero taxes for any company bringing 20+ new out of state jobs to downtown (defined as the area between tupper, michigan, and the water).

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