All the news and views fit to consume during your “morning grumpy”. 1.Do you want to know what’s wrong with local television news? Look no further than last night’s 11PM broadcast on WGRZ. It was a busy news day, what with thieving parking meter mechanics, a burned down Elks Lodge, federal funding announced for major [...]

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It’s another Dart day. This 1968 Dodge Dart GT convertible was spotted in a Niagara Falls parking lot. I’d say it’s definitely a daily driver; little bit o’rust, maybe a leak at the passenger’s side door window; it also looks like it’s wearing wheelcovers (minus the spinners) of a ’66 Polara or ’67 Charger. Darts [...]

County Executive-elect Poloncarz has appointed Richard Tobe to be his Deputy County Executive. Tobe is a lawyer and held the Erie County post of Commissioner of Environment and Planning for a decade, and was Mayor Byron Brown’s Commissioner for Economic Development until 2008. During the County Executive campaign, Poloncarz said that his deputy would be [...]

Buffalo-based poet Letson Williams will be reading poems from his upcoming book of poetry entitled Me and Me in a Lifeboat at the Western New York Book Arts Center on Wednesday (Dec 14) from 6:30 pm until 8.30 pm. A regular contributor to local poetry collective PressBoardPress, Williams’ poems are an eclectic blend of rhythmic [...]

On Sunday, I attended the “Santa’s Brunch” at the iconic “Salvatore’s Italian Garden” in Lancaster. (Yes, it was a buffet. Yes, they added the gratuity. Yes, they added 18% after tax for a buffet). Lest anyone think Salvatore’s is full of nothing but tack, the work of a local artist is featured in a hallway [...]

At the Republican debate where multimillionaire candidate Mitt Romney bet slow candidate Rick Perry $10,000 as to whether Romney was a member of the Obama revolutionary socialized medicine cadre or not, book hawker and corrupt former Congressman Newt Gingrich averred that Palestinians were (a) all terrorists; and (b) an “invented” people. Setting aside the tea [...]

When Chris Collins said that Erie County was out of the hospital business, he was being deceitful – in this year’s case, to the tune of $23.8 million.  That figure would have been $40 million, but for a credit that the hospital is holding to the county’s credit. It may be a tough nut, and [...]

“Some Clouds” by Flickr user Tom Mazur. Add your Buffalo & WNY images to the AV Photo Daily group here.

Only one person is quoted directly in Bob McCarthy’s weekly political column in this past Sunday’s Buffalo News. Also, Gingrich? Really? That’s the pick for the local Palinists?

Pity this 1957 Ford Country Sedan. One day, a while back, it was a shiny new car being shown off to its new owner’s neighbors. Now… well, just look at this poor thing, sitting outside a barn in Lewiston. Yeah, it looks like it’s missing a few bits and pieces here and there, but (from [...]

“Chinaman’s Light” by Flickr user traciedspch. Add your Buffalo & WNY images to the AV Photo Daily group here.

This 1969/70 GMC pickup (both years were virtually identical) is still hard at work on a Youngstown farm. Perhaps someone can explain to me why, in trying to cut costs, General Motors continues, to this day, to produce both Chevrolet and GMC trucks. They’re basically the same vehicles with different badging and grilles (just like [...]

“Brian Higgins” by Flickr user BuffaloPundit. Add your Buffalo & WNY images to the AV Photo Daily group here.

The brochure called the 1951 Henry J “The most important new car in America.” Apparently not much of America read the brochure, as the Henry J tanked. Kaiser put a ton of money into developing the “smart, tough, thrifty” Henry J instead of developing a V-8 for its full-sized line, which also was hitting the [...]