Buffalo Makes The Economist! (And not in a negative way!)

Hope grows in two cities more accustomed to disappointment

Keyword: HOPE

Not *quite* Buffalo…

Snow strands Buffalo drivers for more than 12 hours

Headline correction: Snow strands Western New York Drivers for more than 12 hours. From points of South Buffalo down.

Nada where I live. (Insert pouty face.)

This was our morning in the City of Buffalo.

My favorite dress shop window had bigger snowflakes than on the ground.

Of course it was a *little* better (worse, depending on your love of snow) at lunchtime.

Memo to the Rest of New York State – Welcome to Western New York!

Carl Paladino the Buffalo Ba-zillionaire is the NY State Republican Nominee for Governor.

Gregory Edwards the Chautauqua County Executive (and a graduate of my Alma Mater Allegheny College) is the NY State Republican Nominee for Lt. Governor. (Not Carl’s choice, but um…yeah.)

Hello! That would be an ALL WNY REPUBLICAN PARTY TICKET.

And Bob Duffy the Mayor of Rochester who is Andrew Cuomo’s running mate for Lt. Governor on the D side.

Also, thank you to a kind reader David for bringing this to my attention…SYRACUSE!

“Don’t forget Howie Hawkins, Syracuse resident and New York Green Party gubernatorial candidate.”

Either way we choose, WNY will be representin’ in Albany.