March 18, 2011 When it comes to the price of a starting county attorney, we’re going to have to side with Erie County Comptroller Mark C. Poloncarz. No offense meant to Jeremy A. Colby, the new chief legal counsel for, as he put it, a$1 billion entity. It’s just that the legislative body made a… Continue Reading
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Buffalo News: $150,000 for attorney? Poloncarz balks
March 9, 2011 By Matthew Spina Erie County Comptroller Mark C. Poloncarz, who signs the county’s checks, says he will pay the new county attorney only the Legislature-authorized $99,000 a year, not the $150,000 that the county executive promised. “Our office disagrees with the county executive’s assertion that he can unilaterally set the rate of pay… Continue Reading
Buffalo News: Chris Collins on Wisconsin
February 28, 2011 By Bob McCarthy There may be nobody in New York State more focused on faraway Wisconsin these days than County Executive Chris Collins. That’s because if ever two political leaders were more simpatico in dealing with municipal unions, it would be Collins and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. “What they’re doing is potentially revolutionary,”… Continue Reading