Tagged: Press Pass

The primary election season is heating up locally.   This week's Press Pass conversation looks at the races voters will decide on Thursday, September 13, 2012.

WBFO & AM-970's Chris Jamele sits down with Artvoice editor Geoff Kelly about the candidates.

Lancaster Town Supervisor Dino Fudoli has proven to be quite a controversial leader since assuming office on January 1st.  He's a proponent of limiting the financial incentives granted by the region's various industrial development agencies.  Fudoli then targeted town employee unions for criticism by describing public employees as being the "unproductive" segment of the economy.  Finally, he admitted late last month that he has not paid property taxes on various properties he owns. 

Though they may eventually stay in their current location, Delaware North officials are examining some key downtown spots for their headquarters.

Jim Fink of Business First says Delaware North will be keeping its 350 employees downtown, however the company is exploring its options prior to their lease expiring in 2015.

That's one of many items Jim Fink touched upon during his Press Pass conversation on WBFO and AM 970.

Mayor Brown, Fink expects, will make a decision this week on who will develop the Webster Block near First Niagara Center.

The city is getting closer to developing a prime piece of land in downtown Buffalo that borders the new Canalside at the hockey arena. 

Buffalo developer Carl Paladino and the Buffalo Sabres presented their separate plans for the Webster Block.  That's the topic of this week's Press Pass conversation.

WBFO & AM-970's Eileen Buckley sits down with Buffalo News reporter Brian Meyer who spoke to the developers about details of their proposals in this week's Press Pass conversation.

Some vacant houses targeted for demolition in the City of Buffalo could get reprieves from the wrecking ball. 

This week on Press Pass, Buffalo Spree editor Elizabeth Licata tells WBFO & AM 970's Eileen Buckley how one East Side woman saved a vacant Victorian home from being torn down.   
 

Western New York is in the midst of a drought.  Rain late last week brought some relief.  But it wasn't nearly enough to help the region's farmers whose crop yields are expected to be much lower this year. 

Buffalo News Suburban Editor Bruce Andriatch joins Mark Scott on this week's Press Pass on WBFO and AM 970 for a discussion of the drought's local impact.

Now that the Affordable Care Act has been deemed constitutional, it is expected to set off plenty of debate in the political arena. 

In this week's Press Pass conversation WBFO & AM-970'S Eileen Buckley and Buffalo News reporter Brian Meyer talk about the reaction that is underway over the new healthcare law.

Prescription drug abuse in Western New York has been described as an epidemic.  But a new prescription drug bill approved by state lawmakers would begin to prevent the problem. 

This week  in our Press Pass conversation WBFO & AM-970's Eileen Buckley talked with Buffalo News reporters Susan Schulman and Dan Herbeck.  They were part of an award-winning News series last year called "Prescription for Danger" and reacted to the new bill that Governor Cuomo promises to sign into law.    

Preservations are still holding out hope that the former Bethlehem Steel Administration building in Lackawanna could be sparred from the wrecking ball. 

WBFO & AM-970's Eileen Buckley asked Buffalo Spree editor Elizabeth Licata about efforts to save the building.  Licata says talks continue.

Controversy continues to swirl around the verdict that acquitted James Corasanti of the most serious charges lodged against him in the death of 18-year-old Alexandria Rice of Amherst.  The public at large believes Corasanti should have been held criminally responsible for striking Rice with his car last July and then leaving the scene. 

Bruce Andriatch is suburban editor of the Buffalo News.  On this week's Press Pass, Andriatch tells WBFO and AM 970's Mark Scott while people can disagree with the verdict, the jurors should not be subjected to the harsh criticism aimed at them.

Buffalo recently stepped up its effort combat the every growing problem of graffiti vandalism. 

This week in our Press Pass conversation, WBFO & AM-970's Eileen Buckley talks with Buffalo News reporter Brian Meyer about how the city has doubled its effort to erase graffiti.  You can watch Brian Meyer's graffiti video story on-line to the Buffalo News Web video link.

 The Buffalo Common Council has filled the South District seat that was vacated by Mickey Kearns, but questions follow their selection.

On this week's Press Pass, WBFO & AM-970"s Chris Jamele and Artvoice editor Geoff Kelly explore those concerns along with the significance of the Bethlehem administration building in Lackawanna and another studio effort by Buffalo's Boyd Lee Dunlop.

A former synagogue, one of the oldest synagogue buildings in Buffalo, was recently spared from demolition.

 WBFO & AM-970's Eileen Buckley talks with Buffalo Spree editor Elizabeth Licata about the building and offers an update on the Trico building in this week's Press Pass.