Salamanca Mayor: There's No Money to Fix Bridge

Where do you find the money? Do you ask taxpayers? It's tough to get around parts of Salamanca because there are now two bridges closed to traffic, including the bridge on Center Street. via WGRZ-TV Buffalo

[SICK OF]

GOOD ONE

[aol]

its the same old song and dance Take a look at are side roads from this mess.I see the road on W state st is getting a dip in it.Is the bank giving away under the road or what? OH boy what a mess

[James Z from Kaisertown]

Just do like the Thruway does, put toll booths on both sides of the bridge and start charging a toll to cross it and just jack up the tolls if you need more money......

[Mom]

been down Clinton St lately?
Let the Nation run the city. Pond is just a puppet anyway. How many times are they going to repave Broad St til they get it right?
Maybe the people running E'vile could come on over and give our city some lessons. Maybe we could get our streets fixed in time for ScumFest 08... I mean the Falling Leaves Festival.. yeah, that's what I meant. LOL LOL

[Rezidentofsalama nca]

Has anyone been up Fair Oak Street lately? If you go on that street be very very careful or you will have very costly vehicle repairs.

[Spiro Agnew]

take the money from the Indians, genius.

[Rezidentofsalama nca]

The indins have given money to the city and the state "genius". Obviously, you are not from Salamanca and have no clue.

[troll for a day]

What, the Senecas can't toss a little casino profits to the city of Slamanca so they can fix a bridge? Gimme a break. EVERY seneca gets a profit check, there's more than enough to fix a bridge.

[oh please]

exactly like Rezidentofsalamanca said the nation has give the state and city money, so why should ALL of the nations profit go to the city and state?

[Mom]

Obviously T4ADay is a complete moron, or some 12 year old with no friends and his first pimple to pop. EXACTLY why parents need to monitor their kids 'net activity. The streets in Salamanca are HORRENDOUS! It's not the Nation's job to fix the streets, it's the CITY'S!
It's like the bridge, they knew about that over 10 years ago.
Salamanca is a pathetic little area.
It's a good thing the west end is getting built up, there IS no Salamanca downtown anymore. What is around Main is run down and gross.

[oh please]

That is right but I love how here the finger is always pointed at the natives.. Like they owe EVERYONE else EVERYTHING..

[Rezidentofsalama nca]

Besides the fact that the nation has already given money we pay taxes. Where is that money? Umm, maybe we are "planning" something else for the city instead off fixing the streets.

[oh please]

good question Rezident..

[Spiro Agnew]

The Nation lies in the MIDST of the USA, not on its own disassociated island. Let them pay.

Smoke 'em if ya got 'em.

[Speck]

Why doesn't the casino pay for the bridges?
They could probably gold plate them.

[a resident]

Ya know. It is us that took away the Native lands. It is us that are living on Native lands now. There are quite a few of us that get along with our Native brothers, and, sisters. Yes, the roads ARE horrifically terrible!! Doesn't matter which road that you go down, you are bound to end up with some kind of car repair. I'm waiting for the West State St to slide down the hill. As is usual in a case like that, someone is going to get seriously hurt because of their car(s) sliding down the embankment when it does. What has the city been doing with their share of the Casino's revenue? I actually believe that both parties (Salamanca & The Nation) should be responsible for the repairs. Ya know? Life is really way to short to be bigoted. I have a sister-in-law that is Native, and, am very proud of it. Same as with my nephews, and, neice. Let's wake up people.

[Rezidentofsalama nca]

Some of the roads in this city belong to the state such as Clinton and Broad. I m not sure about West State though. If the nation has already paid money to the city and the state, I feel that they shouold fix them, dont you?

[Spiro Agnew]

Rezident....you make a good point. Someone in the Streets department should take ACTION before you lose your axle on a shoddy "road".

Potholes arrive every spring, its not like this is an unexpected wrinkle.

[Rezidentofsalama nca]

I know that some of it is expected but have you been on the dtrets here lately?

[oh please]

It doesn't matter if this is the reservation or not that is still no excuse for the roads to be fixed.. No other town around here can say oh it is all the indians, oh take the profit from casino...blah blah... How were (or weren't) the roads fixed before? The funds had to come from somewhere..