Not to mention that the wealthiest among us in this city deliberately plan their lives around owning out-of-state homes and owing minimal state/city tax. The ones without absurd means are left holding the bag. And we have derelict stations, 50 year old train cars, and trash strewn streets to show for it. Meanwhile the Buffalo Bills, and their billionaire owner, get a free $800m subsidy on their new stadium.

Right wingers across the country love to get frothy mouthed about crime and other Democrat-city misdeeds, but it is fascinating to me that they give relatively little attention to the real rot, waste, and corruption that we have in our state.