This and That (scandals in Niagara Falls, NY)

[TrogL]

http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/column226.html

Apparently Shaw got the axe when it became known that upwards of 1,000 copies of the paper were being distributed straight to the dumpster. Since the News now boasts a measly circulation of 8,815 to begin with, a thousand copies represents significant padding.

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Unbeknownst to Gazette Publisher Wayne Lowman, it's this tragic lack of professionalism that has made his paper a local laughingstock. Lowman is far more concerned about sending money earned in Niagara Falls down to Alabama every day than he is about the product he's trying to sell here.

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Del Monte has distinguished herself by siding with Mayor Vince Anello in the obstructionist policy that's kept Niagara Falls from seeing a dime of the $12 million we were supposed to get from the casino cash revenue this year, and also by playing toady to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Silver's district in Lower Manhattan has reaped billions in state aid since the terrorist attacks four years ago, while Del Monte's district -- our district -- has withered on the vine, much of it only looking as though it was attacked by terrorists.

OUCH!!!

I had a quick drive through NFNY last year and yes, the place looks like downtown Detroit in the 70's (or Beirut during the war) but I didn't realize things had gotten quite that bad.

[Montauk6]

1. I find this shocking and sad

My wife and I drove there, gee, it had to be maybe 5 years ago? We went there for the Shaw Festival, and we had a charming giggle over how over-the-top quaint the city was. If it looks like 70s-era Detroit, damn!

[TrogL]

2. That's Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

I'm talking about Niagara Falls, N.Y.

Even Niagara Falls, Ontario doesn't have these problems.

I was on another site and a poster mentioned they had travelled from one city to the other and couldn't believe the difference.

You can't get around Niagara Falls, Ontario because of all the tourists and the street construction. You can't get around Niagara Falls N.Y. because the streets are a disaster (except right around the casino) and the traffic jams around the bridges leading to Canada.

[Montauk6]

3. Whew! Cuz we were thinking about returning next year.