Bills are 3-0...there is no traffic and you can always find parking

While reading the pathethic Buffalo News last Sunday, Get Real Buffalo was thinking of the equally pathetic leadership of Buffalo (Leadership and Buffalo - Is that an oxymoron?)

Example #1 

Byron Brown said it’s important not to let the concerns over the Dollar General part of the project overshadow the other good that will come from it, namely “the job creation and the cleaning up of a blighted property that has had environmental concerns for some time.

GRB Comment – Giving money to a retail store does not create additional wealth in a community. I am sure Byron will bring up the benefits of giving money to a Dollar Store with his visionary Citistat initiatives. Hey he may even call it Byron Brown’s Dollar General.

Example #2

The county’s IDAs rely on fees from the projects they support to fund their operations. Since the recession hit, the industrial and corporate projects that used to fill the IDA pipeline have largely dried up, so doling out incentives for adaptive reuse projects have become an important source of revenue. The Amherst IDA, for instance, was running a deficit through August, but agency officials said they expected to be back in the black this month, after the fees from the dubious Prime Wines project comes in. 

GRB Comment – What this really means is they just need their job saved so that they can get a lucrative retirement package and head to Florida and leave the landscape dotted with stores that no one will have jobs or money to shop at. Wait Buffalonians will at least be able buy trinkets at the Dollar General and drown their sorrows with a jug of MD 20/20 at the local wine store

Example #3  

Q: The Partnership, and you personally, have at times been criticized for not doing very much. How do you respond?

A: First, I (Sir Andrew Rudnick) think it’s bunk. We’ve reported on specific progress, and we’ve done that because we feel accountable, and we’ve done that every year since we were founded 18-plus years ago . . . I think our track record is clear and it’s very positive.  

GRB Comment – Let’s see what has happened in 18 years. City has lost 20% of its population; became America’s third poorest city, urban blight is rampant and Forbes voted Buffalo one America's Fastest-Dying Cities. We are glad that someone is feeling accountable….

Now that the Bills finally have a QB who is leading them isn't it time that Buffalo got a Real Leader?