SOUND OFF: Published March 10, 2010

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March 10, 2010

Anonymous The Tonawanda News Wed Mar 10, 2010, 01:15 AM EST

I agree with the Sound-Off statement about shame on the people who adopted a dog after the Pitstop Puppies story. I agree with you; if they wanted a dog they should have gotten one before it was on the news. Why do people always want something after they see it on the TV? It is like Haiti. Now all off a sudden everyone wanted to adopt a child just because they had a earthquake. Where were you before the disaster?

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North Tonawanda is a union town? Ha ! Ha! Look around at all the factories and other big companies. See any? That is what the unions did for North Tonawanda! Ask those who worked at Durez, American Axle, Chevy how they feel about their unions. Even those businesses that are suing and complaining about Walmart because it might hurt their wallet don’t have unions. If Walmart wants to come into North Tonawanda and improve a very large vacant parcel of land that is currently an eyesore and pay lots and lots of taxes to North Tonawanda and increase our tax base ... great! Hundreds of part-time and full-time jobs in the area are better than no jobs, don’t you think? Not to mention all the construction jobs in the beginning. Nobody is forcing you to shop there or work there but allow us the choice.

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I just drove down Oliver Street between Goundry and Robinson, then turned right on Robinson. Both of these roads are a mess. Huge potholes on many of them. It’s an embarrassment to our great city. I called the mayor’s office in early February and they said they would look into it but they did nothing. Well, I’m going to call Sound-Off every month until this gets fixed. Maybe the mayor will act then, because he just ignored my phone calls.

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