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I just received an email that stated the reason there was no objection from Senator Thompson on why downstate gets most of the funding was because he has family in Brooklyn.

I guess that explains his rational for selling out WNY to NYC for a balance MTA bill.

Senator Thompson and Stachowski where have you been!! Don't you want to represent us??

Upstate has been short changed again..

Buffalo News 5/7/09

ALBANY — A deal approved Wednesday for New York City’s transportation system contains no funding to fix upstate roads and bridges.
The approval breaks a decades-long tradition of coupling spending on upstate roads and bridges with money for New York City’s transportation system. The three leaders from New York City who crafted the arrangement, which leaves out Long Island as well as upstate transportation projects, offered a simple message about upstate funding: Trust us.

Se la vie.... FOREVER

How committed are our elected Officials? Not one peep from Mayor Brown , Senator Thompson and Stachowski .

They are not interested in WNY economic climate.

Buffalo News 5/5/09

The other signal dropped at the CSX Frontier Yard Tuesday, as officials of the giant railroad corporation announced they would end its major switching operations at the Buffalo facility and lay off 132 employees there by the end of May.