Watch Your Back

So the biggest news on today's Buffalo channels is an overturned chicken truck.  Chickens everywhere.  It made me wonder if PETA was going to show and make a protest statement about the chickens running around the highway.  Next we see Sam Hoyt grandstanding once again, taking credit for the Buffalo Schools reconstruction project.  Hoyt seems to have the nose of a bloodhound when it comes to the camera, but that's about it.  There's not much else Hoyt can hang his hat on.  The silver spoon he has had in his mouth his whole life is becoming tarnished through his cheap tactics and personal interests which rarely have anything to do with what's good for Buffalo.  I am surprised he didn't show up at the overturned chicken truck and take credit for rescuing those poor birds darting about on the asphalt or for stopping a riot due to the PETA protesters that never showed up.  There's a lot of things that bother me about this city.  So many opportunities just lost to greed and the absolute commitment of maintaining the status quo.  It seems a few wealthy families with deep pockets and deeper roots control most of the politics, most of the projects and most of the people in charge of watching out for the public.  Control Board Bob Wilmers is just one example of a really rich guy with no scruples manipulating Buffalo Schools for his own profit.  It is rumored M&T Bank floats the reconstruction bond.  Seems our puny politicians had nothing to do with the reconstruction rescue, Mr. Wilmers, now in his new downstate appointment would not let that happen.  It's good to have friends in high places.  For the rest of us, we are stuck with rotten politics, talking heads and grandstanders all smiling for the camera while they reach into your back pocket.