Comments on: The Library: BERC, BURA, BNRC Documents

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:48:58 +0000

Shadow Government agencies that don’t work very hard. No wonder Byron didn’t want to release this pile of junk. Great Job ArtVoice! Keep the info coming, we are eating it up like hungry peasants!!!!!

By: mr.justice

mr.justice — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:48:19 +0000

Wilbur Trammell defaulted on $800,000 what would an ex politician with a pension need such a massive loan?

By: jturcotte

jturcotte — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:01:01 +0000

So, I think what we need now is a flow chart showing how BURA, BERC, and the city are related to one another.

BERC “wrote off” about $3 Million in loans to the Arcade Cinema Group (who are they?) and BURA owns the property known as the Market Arcade Complex. Are these the same? What’s that all about? I’m no accountant and there are not enough facts here to know for sure, but at first glance… Kind of looks like BERC “giving” money and buildings to the city for the purpose of removing buildings from the tax rolls. We need someone to follow all these dollars to see who is making out at the expense of Buffalo’s Poor. Oh, and what’s the deal with with all the loans that have been “written off” in the name of businesses still in business? For example, Father Sam’s Syrian Bread, Inc. and Spot Coffee!?

By: Betty Barcode

Betty Barcode — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:55:21 +0000

Thanks, found the Rotate feature. And thanks again to Artvoice. I circulated the link.

By: Advice for rotating

Advice for rotating — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:41:15 +0000

(But I agree with you that it’d be nice if Geoff could please rotate the docs so they open that way!)

By: Advice for rotating

Advice for rotating — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:39:29 +0000

Betty, If you try right-clicking your mouse over any page of the open PDF file (has to be right-click for a Windows computer, or maybe Ctrl-click for a Mac), then that should display a menu that includes a “clockwise rotate” option.

By: Betty Barcode

Betty Barcode — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:41:18 +0000

Thanks for posting this material. Great public service. Any chance you could rotate the landscape-style PDFs for greater legibility? Can’t seem to do it in my browser.

So, who knew that BERC was big in the parking lot business?

By: Chris Smith

Chris Smith — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:55:54 +0000

Crowdsourcing this investigation is probably a good idea. I’ll post it elsewhere on the Twitters and Internets and see if we can’t get some more help.