Miner Points…

Budget votes are due before the end of April for New York state villages. Lewiston votes on its spending plan today and Youngstown may approve theirs at a 4 p.m. meeting next Monday, April 28 at Village Hall. If my past experience at these meetings is any indication, attendance and feedback afterward will be sparse. Are you going to the meeting?

Hi. This is our blog. By “us”, I mean me and anybody interested in Lewiston, Porter, Youngstown and the New York Power Authority. Those are my beats at the Niagara Gazette and that’s what we’ll be discussing here, hopefully on a regular basis. Beyond that, the format will be pretty fluid. I’ll try to update you on the happenings I come across during the week but I’m also interested in having substantive discussions on the issues as you see them. What’s it like to live in the sometimes suburban, sometimes rural municipalities north of Niagara Falls? Is there a collective set of issues that really matter to you, the way there often are for city-dwellers? Or is it simply a place to live and not be bothered while you work, raise a family and pursue your own, personal interests?

I’m looking forward to finding out.