Comments on: Rich Tobe Resigns

By: WNYMind

WNYMind — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:17:28 +0000

No chance that HUD money will stop flowing to Buffalo. It is the second poorest city in the country and the Governor just approved a bunch of affordable housing funds that require HUD matches.

It is too bad, but Buffalo is such a mess because the people in the city know they are getting money from the federal government no matter what they do with it.

By: wastinfedtax$

wastinfedtax$ — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:08:29 +0000

This is yet another move by the Administration to to the best they can in surrounding themselves with inexpireance and YES people. They do not want a person of integrity or hard work ethic because the Adminiustration does not want to follow the rules. Now all new hires seem to be on the old freinds and family plan. Case in point, HUD is not pleased at all with the amount of Federal Tax dollars that are going to salaries,however the City continues to hire inexpireanced, no work ethic, people that are getting the jobs because of realtionships with the Administration. Im sure HUD will be happy to see this. Also several people are given financial assistance for their businesses based on who they know ands some dont have to pay it back. It would not be a suprise if all HUD funding is stopped because of this Administration. I for one am sick of seeing our tax dollars wasted.

By: Pomeroy

Pomeroy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:11:48 +0000

Sorry it seemed that way Mr. White, I’m not politically correct and you were kind enough to use the word maybe.
I have been actively supporting Barack Obama for over a year now.
When Brown and Casey went to Pennsylvania to campaign against Barrack, we went there to support him. The same in Ohio.
To even up your black and white scale: McCracken goofed up when Cutler did a hit and run on a motorcyclist while DWI in 06.
I don’t want to say you missed judged, but you miss guessed because of little info.
One very interesting thing though; “How did you know I was from Idaho?”
(p.s. We carried Idaho too!)
Obama in 08′!!!!!!!

By: Mr. White

Mr. White — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:39:42 +0000

Wha rock did Pomeroy crawl out from under. Brown, Gipson, Lynch, what do these three have in common. Race maybe. Casey, obviously discredited since he works for a black mayor. Buy a one-way bus ticket back to Idaho Pomeroy, your racist rants are not welcome in Buffalo. I don’t know who this Tobe character is, probably because he is a typical bureaucratic paper pusher who got fired for being marginal. Since Brown fired him, it is a big mistake, if Collins did the same he would be canonized. If you followed the Lynch thing you would see that he got exactly the same treatment anyone else would in the end. Equal treatment under the law. I guess in Idaho that isn’t the way it is done.

By: Pomeroy

Pomeroy — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:10:19 +0000

Thanks WeCouldBeGiants and Mr. Bumble, and to ToBeOrNotToBe who pointed out that “Casey or Brown can’t point to any best practices either.” The title of the Casey/Brown administration’s term “One and Done” was a prediction. Now it has become self-fulfilling. And we shouldn’t forget the fine police work of H. McCracken Gipson, I’m sure Marshawn Lynch is glad McCracken investigated his DWI and not Dennis Delano.

By: ToBeOrNotToBe

ToBeOrNotToBe — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:00:21 +0000

I don’t know if that guy is Casey or not, but a lot of the blogs acuse him or the mayor or some crimes. If Tobe has evidence of such crimes and is hiding them, then he should go to jail. That is called accessory to a crime. Is Tobe hiding something? As a lawyer, Tobe is ethically bound to report crimes.

No, this is all a bunch of bunk to distract people from the simple truth. Tobe got canned because he was doing a bad job. The Mayor was nice enough to try to help Tobe save a little face, and then he got criticized for that.

Can anyone list a single thing Tobe did that exemplifies a best practice in his field (not just routine holding down the fort stuff anyone could do, but truely best practices that are being replicated in other cities as state of the art). I don’t think anything will be cited that is Tobe’s work. Please refrain from saying Casey or Brown can’t point to any best practices either, after all, this is Buffalo. I would just like to see any example of why Tobe is essential to running Buffalo. My point is, Tobe is average at best, and could easily be replaced with anyone in a similar position without losing a step (and there is a clear upside to replacing him, since the odds are the next person could be better).

By: Mr. Bumble

Mr. Bumble — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:37:35 +0000

I’d like to second the “GO POM!” by We Could Be Giants.

“One and Done!” is a brilliant title for this administration’s term in office!

By: we could be giants

we could be giants — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:21:57 +0000

GO POM!

By: nate

nate — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:20:37 +0000

I think he got fired because he won’t lie for Steve Casey, right? That’s the truth, the whole truth. Casey is another weasel lining his pockets and Tobe wouldn’t bend the numbers. I hope Casey gets caught up in his own web he is busily weaving down there with the spider webs in the mayors head.

By: TheHalfTruth

TheHalfTruth — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:03:05 +0000

I think I know the “whole truth”… you’re Steve Casey, right?! Thank you for your fair and unbiased opinion on the subject!

Please feel free to post the next time one of the few truly qualified workers at City Hall gets fired for disagreeing with your administration… I would expect nothing less.