Tonawanda News Bob Confer

CONFER: Time to end the NFL’s blackout rule

2012-02-07T00:23:59-05:00

Long ago, in a much simpler time, ticket sales accounted for the majority of revenues for professional football teams.

CONFER: Federal spending derailed by Amtrak

2012-01-31T00:46:27-05:00

We’ve been inundated with news reports about the fiscal woes of the U.S. Postal Service. Why is it that we never hear anything about another federal enterprise facing ongoing losses -- Amtrak?

CONFER: Sifting through fracking propaganda

2012-01-24T00:03:34-05:00

Hydrofracking ranks among the most contentious issues in New York.

CONFER: Unexpected sights in the wilds of Niagara

2012-01-16T23:36:12-05:00

In recent years, local residents have had the chance to witness some interesting animals within our borders.

CONFER: Observations on the Social Security situation

2012-01-10T01:23:05-05:00

In the days leading up to Christmas, the White House unleashed a huge social media marketing campaign to get people involved in the political discourse surrounding the extension of the payroll (Social Security) tax cut for another 2 months.

CONFER: The chains of inflation will bind us all

2012-01-02T23:56:53-05:00

We have a federal government that has a spending problem and because of that it has a revenue problem, too.

CONFER: All for the love of the game

2011-12-20T01:29:36-05:00

In my younger years I was, like any red-blooded American, an avid fan of professional sports.

CONFER: A tax cap with no teeth

2011-12-06T00:35:33-05:00

Earlier this year, the tax cap was instituted by the state Legislature at the behest of Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a means to curtail the ongoing decline of New York state by limiting the growth of property taxes, which are already 79 percent higher than the national
average.

CONFER: Wage Theft Act: More paperwork for NY businesses

2011-11-29T01:15:34-05:00

Business owners and managers like to spend their time doing productive things that make them, their company, their co-workers and their clients better.

CONFER: Libya no better off — maybe worse

2011-11-14T23:51:36-05:00

All of the major news outlets, and therefore most U.S. citizens, were downright giddy over the uprising — and NATO intervention — in Libya.