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	<title>Artvoice Daily &#187; City Hall</title>
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		<title>Nice Work If You Can Get It</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2009/09/11/nice-work-if-you-can-get-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Buck Quigley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Byron Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Buffalo News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tower of Babel]]></category>

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According to a story in today&#8217;s Buffalo News, Buffalo Police spokesman Mike DeGeorge &#8220;declined to comment on reports that Derenda had directed the police officers to bring Stokes to Brown’s office.”
In the same story, mayor Brown&#8217;s spokesman Peter Cutler &#8220;referred questions to Sciolino.&#8221;
According to Merriam Webster&#8217;s online dictionary:


Main Entry:	spokes·man

Pronunciation: \ˈspōks-mən\
Function: noun
Etymology: probably irregular from spoke, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Takes Control of NYS Senate</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2009/06/08/gop-takes-control-of-nys-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2009/06/08/gop-takes-control-of-nys-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Buck Quigley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Echo Chamber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albany Times Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dean Skelos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiram Monserrate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York State Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pedro Espada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Pigeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Golisano]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/?p=3519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A power shift has taken place in Albany today, according to this story from the Albany Times Union. Dean Skelos is the new majority leader after Senators Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens, and Pedro Espada, D-Bronx switched their allegiance. Thus ends Malcolm Smith&#8217;s tenure as majority leader.
Meanwhile, the Web site for biweekly political paper City Hall says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Hall Wins at Slots, Revises City Budget</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2009/05/15/city-hall-wins-at-slots-revises-city-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2009/05/15/city-hall-wins-at-slots-revises-city-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 15:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Buck Quigley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Byron Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Echo Chamber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erie County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Buffalo News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seneca casino]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/?p=3265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Abandoning claims that a steady stream of red light runners will fund the hiring of 20 new police officers once surveillance cameras are installed at 50 city intersections, city officials now say that a windfall from the Seneca Casino will pay for the new hires.
The Buffalo News reports that $2.5 million—twice as much as was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paint the Town</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2008/11/14/paint-the-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local Interest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Gioia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erie County Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Nova]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murray Light]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Bridge Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Gioia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Wilmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seneca Gaming Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Pigeon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/?p=1314</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Late last night, at the tail end of one of the few weeks in the past year in which we did not publish anything snarky about anybody, someone threw two gallons of paint on our front doors. Seems a waste; we hadn&#8217;t even earned it. Nonetheless, we were cleaning up all morning.
Last week, sure, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More City Hall Phone Pranks</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2008/10/03/more-city-hall-phone-pranks/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2008/10/03/more-city-hall-phone-pranks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Buck Quigley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buffalo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Permit & Inspection Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Amendment Club]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/?p=1055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s say you have a club that meets every so often to discuss political matters. Let&#8217;s also say that sometimes your views clash with city hall.
What would you think if you received a notice from the Department of Permit &#38; Inspection Services Rental Registration Program telling you that you were in violation of 264-4a of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>311: A Reverse Prank Call?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2008/07/31/311-a-reverse-prank-call/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2008/07/31/311-a-reverse-prank-call/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Buck Quigley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Byron Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Interest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[311]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/?p=651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
City Hall is making all kinds of technological leaps these days. Whether it&#8217;s solar powered parking meter kiosks that are expected to increase revenue raised by charging people more effectively to park on its streets, Citistat meetings posted on the city Web site that invariably fail to play correctly, or the awesome 311 Call and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Update: Tobe&#8217;s Resignation</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2008/06/23/update-tobes-resignation/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2008/06/23/update-tobes-resignation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Byron Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rich Tobe]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/?p=586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Here&#8217;s Tobe&#8217;s statement on his departure:
At the request of Mayor Byron W. Brown, today, I submitted my resignation as Commissioner of the Department of Economic Development Permit and Inspection Services.
Mayor Brown indicated to me on Friday June 20, 2008 that he will be announcing a reorganization of the City government in the near future [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rich Tobe Resigns</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2008/06/23/rich-tobe-resigns/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2008/06/23/rich-tobe-resigns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Byron Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rich Tobe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Casey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/?p=583</guid>
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At the request of Mayor Byron Brown, Rich Tobe is resigning his post as commissioner of Economic Development, Permits and Inspection Services. According to Brian Meyer at the Buffalo News, Brown asked Tobe to resign on Friday. His last day will be July 4—exactly two weeks notice.
Tobe has earned a reputation as a sharp administrator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor&#8217;s Impact Team—Preliminary Audit Report</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2008/05/21/mayors-impact-team%e2%80%94preliminary-audit-report/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2008/05/21/mayors-impact-team%e2%80%94preliminary-audit-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 22:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Common Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FOILed Again]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presidential Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tonight!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Buyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[s Impact Team]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the text of preliminary audit report of the Mayor&#8217;s Impact Team, filed this afternoon by the City Comptroller with the Common Council:
In response to the Council&#8217;s request for an immediate audit of the Mayor&#8217;s Impact Team, following an incident on April 25, 2008, resulting in the suspension of three city workers, I am filing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the &#8220;Public&#8221; Out of Public Hearing</title>
		<link>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2008/05/08/taking-the-public-out-of-public-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2008/05/08/taking-the-public-out-of-public-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 15:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Byron Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Interest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buffalo politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mike locurto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hearing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/?p=487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday I ran down to City Hall to catch the 5:30pm public hearing on Mayor Byron Brown&#8217;s proposed 2008-2009 budget. This is not a particularly popular pastime, I know; usually only a half dozen or so of the &#8220;public&#8221; attend and address the Common Council, department heads, etc. to make known their concerns about the [...]]]></description>
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