Mayor for a week
Nation citizens, here's your chance. What would you do if you could make decisions that could bring real change to the city and region?
It's been quite a week. New Census figures show the city's poverty rate has increased, securing Buffalo's status as the second poorest big city in the country. Mayor Byron Brown counters by citing trends that show Buffalo is turning the corner on its attempts at a recovery. Meanwhile, the area enjoys one of its best summers ever, showing up other regions with serious hot-weather blues.
Everyone seems to agree that the city and region face a crossroads. What happens or doesn't happen now will determine whether Western New York's perceived "recovery" is real and will continue, or whether the region drops farther behind the rest of the country.
If Nation bloggers have shown anything, it's their sophisticated ability to grasp the issues of their region, even if they no longer live in their hometown. So how about it? Poverty, crime, education, sprawl, that waterfront. What would you do if you had absolute power for awhile and could decide how to improve these problems that still plague Buffalo?
Think big. You've got the ability to get things done. What leadership would you bring that would really make a difference?
-- Charles Anzalone


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