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8/18: Wow, I am slipping. Missed a week of news, for crying out loud. Senecas demanding resignation of a mayor that doesn't even come within 400 miles of their territory for opposing their tax schemes... now suing the state and the state police to try and stop it (again)... plus I also missed the goings-on in Little Valley this past Saturday, with the car show and the street fair...

8/9: Where are the Arbitrons? Arbitron is the company responsible for measuring how many people are listening to the radio stations in this area. They do measure for the Olean market (which includes Cattaraugus, Allegany, McKean and Potter Counties) every six months. They stopped posting their summary data after spring 2005, and didn't post any for four years. Then, in 2009, they started posting the results again. I was hoping they were going to continue posting them through spring 2010, which was supposed to come out July 28. Alas, nothing. Apparently somebody wanted those numbers suppressed. I hear ads on WPIG claiming they're still "by far #1," but where's the beef? Where does seemingly popular upstart WGWE stand in the ratings? Shortly before 7/28 WPIG had backed off their claim as #1 station in the Twin Tiers and WGWE was running ads claiming that they were the new favorite radio station. What's going on here, and where is the truth???

8/7: Rollover day-- and anniversary day too! Unfortunately, due to work, the annual retrospective will likely have to wait.

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BUSTED: State comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, just after warning that he's going to force municipalities to kick in more for pensions, is caught encouraging state workers to pad their pensions (Gannett)... 9/3

Convenience store lobby demands: If you don't collect taxes on the Indians, we want the taxes cut so we can compete (press release)... 9/2

Village of Cattaraugus chief of police accused of harassing a local minister by phone (WIVB)... 8/30

THE SENECAS ARE THREATENING US... 8/25 UPDATE 8/30: Reports flying-- "rally" scheduled for the state thruway at the 438 interchange tomorrow at 2:30, no tire fires reported yet... per WGRZ...

Report: major seizure of marijuana in Dayton... developing... 8/20

I was wondering what she was up to: my former neighbor, Brandi Bartlow, arrested a few days for stealing a car last year (WESB)... 8/20

Volk off the ballot officially-- fails to get enough signatures to qualify as a third party... it's Zeller vs. Reed this fall (Hornell Evening Tribune)... 8/18

BUDGET NOT PASSED: GOVERNOR PATERSON SIGNED WRONG BUDGET BILL (Buffalo News)... 8/11

Convenience store lobby claims: areas around reservations, near PA border lose half of their cigarette business due to tax increases this past July, while across the borders and on the rez, business has as much as quadrupled (Business First)... 8/11

IRS threatens several area nonprofits with revocation of tax-exempt status (WGRZ)... 8/11

State of New York intercepts shipment of untaxed cigarettes being shuttled by one of the litigants in the Senecas' lawsuit against the PACT Act (WGRZ) (WIVB)... 8/10 Update 8/11: Never mind, BN says the shipment will be returned....

Seneca gambling enterprises return to profit (Business First)... 8/8

Young comes out against the prisoner reallocation, calling it unconstitutional (Jamestown Post-Journal)... 8/8

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