A friend who travels close to Governor David Paterson reports on Paterson’s belt-tightening itinerary:

After a day of meeting what is left of the Blue Collar in Western New York, Governor Paterson built up quite an appetite.  So the question was: “Where does one dine after meeting with the rank-and-file in Niagara Falls?”

To that there could be only one answer: The Buffalo Chop House, located at 282 Franklin Street in downtown Buffalo, just 23 miles away.

In this time of fiscal constraint and belt tightening, all work and no play would make David a dull boy, and no one wants to be that.  So if power and money should happen to fall in your lap, follow the governor’s example from yesterday; take a ride to contemplate, visit the Falls, hear what the common man has to say, and then head back to the Buffalo Chop House with a large group of friends around 8pm.  You’ll be glad you did: They make a dynamite martini.

Let the others eat cake…