buffalo,
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municipal stupidity
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Buffalo music lovers got a right kick up the backside this morning when they read in today's Buffalo News that Funtime Productions would NOT be putting on shows this summer on NFTA property on Buffalo's outer harbor as a result of colossal stupidity on the part of NFTA commissioners. As reported in the News, the concert promoters who've brought so many fine (fine!) acts to the region went to the NFTA with a plan to on shows on the patch of land near the old Shooter's with Funtime paying the NFTA $20,000 to rent the property and putting up the resources to handle parking, fencing, security and cleanup. NFTA commissioners however balked at the deal for a variety of lame reasons: some don't care if nothing happens on the outer harbor, others want to see if anybody else comes to them with a proposal even though Funtime's the only group so far to submit a proposal, while some think concerts are messy and complicated, and others just want more money. Well hooray for the NFTA.
Now nobody's making money out there on the outer harbor, so congratulations! Good job, boobs. You've succesfully coupled this region's penchant for having no vision with naked foolish greed, and now, thanks to this tomfoolery some terrific shows (The Black Keys! Government Mule) just aren't going to be happening in WNY (at the outer harbor at least- I'm still holding out hope for a Buffalo date for the Keys later this year).
It's a crying shame.
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