Networked Individualism

After Javon Jackson was gunned down last spring, passing the NYS Assembly and Senate Bills that would allow SUNY Campus Safety police to patrol off campus took on added urgency and importance. Unfortunately, the Bills died an untimely death with the Golisano/Pigeon orchestrated melt down of the NYS Sentate. Lentol , Schroeder , Colton , Hoyt , Kolb and Townsend are still working to get the Bill passed, A4940 . PURPOSE: To extend the jurisdiction, as it pertains to infractions and violations, of New York State University Police Officers from State University of New York property to an area within the radius of one ... Read Full Story

Our neighbor was robbed at gun point outside of the NFTA LaSalle Station, Wednesday evening, on his way home from work. NFTA and Brown administration both FAILed our neighbor on this one. Brown’s FAILure to staff E District with the resources they need to police this area properly. FAILure of the gun buyback program. Nothing like a gun in the face to get the point across that there are WAY too many guns on the streets of Buffalo, especially in the hands of idiot teen gang banger wannabes. Brown’s FAILure to even remotely deliver on his election eve Santa act . Brown’s FAILure to ... Read Full Story

Our neighbor was robbed at gun point outside of the NFTA LaSalle Station, Wednesday evening, on his way home from work. NFTA and Brown administration both FAILed our neighbor on this one. Brown’s FAILure to staff E District with the resources they need to police this area properly. FAILure of the gun buyback program. Nothing like a gun in the face to get the point across that there are WAY too many guns on the streets of Buffalo, especially in the hands of idiot teen gang banger wannabes. Brown’s FAILure to even remotely deliver on his election eve Santa act . Brown’s FAILure to ... Read Full Story

Dear Jennifer, Just caught your latest on the UB Spectrum (below). You obviously have not been paying much attention to what is going on in the Heights. Yes, there was a much publicized push to get UB and Buffalo Police patrolling the Heights more, but it turned out to be more hot are than anything ( Byron Brown/UB Weasel on Protecting the Heights ). UB police are not allowed to patrol off campus unless accompanied by Buffalo Police and the Buffalo Police are too busy dealing with real crime to bother with student parties. Rest assured that UB police are not breaking up parties ... Read Full Story

UB recently put out its "UB2020" Environmental/Energy Estimate focused on Global Warming, and ways to mitigate that disaster (to access the report, see http://www.buffalo.edu/ub2020/environmentalstewardship/index.html (121 pg .pdf)). And while they do a great job on energy efficiency and waste reduction, they are severely deficient in the energy generation and fossil fuel aspects: 1) UB management still HATES trains - they see no use for a UB-UB rapid rail line, and are effectively putting zero effort into this option. Maybe they need to be told who is the real management of NY State governmental entities. 2) 9% of their energy consumption involves airplane fuel (= ... Read Full Story