Bob Confer

Bob Confer

CONFER: Obama policies promote outsourcing
As a manufacturer, I’ve been interested in President Barack Obama’s insourcing kick.

April 17, 2012 1 Photo
CONFER: Newspapers are a tool for good
Quite often I speak to large groups — like Leadership Niagara or students at SUNY Brockport — about leadership skills.

April 9, 2012 1 Photo
CONFER: Senator Maziarz stands his ground
Quite a few years ago I wrote a column about bringing the Castle Doctrine to New York State.

April 2, 2012 1 Photo
CONFER: It’s time to end the minimum wage
Early in this legislative session, New York senators and assemblypeople debated Sheldon Silver’s proposal to increase the minimum wage in New York by $1.25.

March 27, 2012 1 Photo
CONFER: Deciphering your phone bill
My phone bill is probably not very different from yours.

March 13, 2012 1 Photo
CONFER: Roy-Hart closes book on local control
When property owners in the Royalton-Hartland School District received their school tax bills late last summer, nearly all of them were taken by surprise by a new line item that indicated the district’s (read “taxpayers’ ”) financial support for the Middleport Free Library, forever adopting it as its ward.

March 6, 2012 1 Photo
CONFER: Using the police as tax collectors
America is unique in that most policing is done at the local level by county, city or village officers.

February 27, 2012 1 Photo
CONFER: The ingenuity of the Greatest Generation
Last Sunday marked the birth date of my grandfather Ray Confer, who, along with my father, had founded Confer Plastics.

February 21, 2012 1 Photo
CONFER: Your home is a bad investment
Common sentiment is that real estate — specifically the home — is one of the best investments that a family can make.

February 14, 2012 1 Photo
CONFER: Time to end the NFL’s blackout rule
Long ago, in a much simpler time, ticket sales accounted for the majority of revenues for professional football teams.

February 7, 2012 1 Photo
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