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2007 NEWS ROOM

Magazine Articles:

November 2007, The Capitol: Up and Coming in the Empire State

News Articles:

December 28, 2007, Buffalo News: County loan door opens, but expensively

December 27, 2007, Buffalo News: Erie County expected to end year with $12 million surplus

December 19, 2007, Buffalo News: County, control board near funding deal

December 9, 2007, Buffalo News: Counties play role in high gas prices

November 30, 2007, Buffalo News: Collins’ aides put on county payroll before he takes office

November 30, 2007, Buffalo News: County frees $7 million to clear out Aud

November 30, 2007, Buffalo News: Borrowing by control board would set bad precedent

November 30, 2007, Tonawanda News: Legislature votes down borrowing

November 23, 2007, Buffalo News: Giambra plan for zoo called flawed

November 18, 2007, Buffalo News: Legislators stand up to control board

November 16, 2007, Buffalo News: Control board rebuffed on loans

November 16, 2007, Tonawanda News: Comptroller alleges board misconduct

November 12, 2007, Buffalo News: Probe this allegation

November 3, 2007, Buffalo News: Poloncarz alleges loan efforts were undermined

November 2, 2007, Buffalo News: Scoreboard dispute creates icebowl sideshow

November 1, 2007, Buffalo News: Poloncarz says income from sales tax fuels surplus

October 31, 2007, Buffalo Business First: Comptroller says EC tracking towards surplus

October 26, 2007, Buffalo News: Use of county computers by Clark's campaign is investigated

October 3, 2007, Buffalo News: Budget dispute may result in 3 percent county tax hike

September 30, 2007, Buffalo News: Open merger meetings

September 29, 2007, Buffalo News: Control board OKs deal on overdue tax collection, with a catch

September 26, 2007, Buffalo News: Poloncarz asks hospital merger board to open meetings, include county

September 5, 2007, The Bond Buyer: N.Y. adjusts pension formula

September 5, 2007, Buffalo News: Erie County budget relies heavily on sales tax

September 5, 2007, Buffalo Business First: Comptroller: EC can't afford to share

August 29, 2007, Buffalo News: Audit finds budget flap earned attorneys $616,000

August 15, 2007, Buffalo News: Giambra urged to rework parks deal with Buffalo

August 11, 2007, Buffalo News: Good idea was botched

August 8, 2007, Tonawanda News: County drawing lenders interest

August 5, 2007, Buffalo News: Fifteen banks respond to borrowing request

August 4, 2007, Albany Times-Union: Comptroller candidate wants audit info

August 1, 2007, Buffalo News: County may reopen tax collection office

August 1, 2007, Buffalo News: Keane’s challenge: City Democrats rarely win high countywide offices

July 31, 2007, Buffalo News: Comptroller sounds 'alarm' about budget

July 26, 2007, Buffalo News: Control board action criticized

July 23, 2007, Buffalo News: Cut county jail costs

July 18, 2007, Buffalo News: Erie County paving program may be dead for this year

July 13, 2007, Buffalo News: Howard, Giambra, control board incur comptroller’s wrath on costs

July 13, 2007, Buffalo News: Legislators favor baring bed-tax offenders

July 10, 2007, Buffalo News: Cosentino Makes Progress on Back Taxes

July 4, 2007, Tonawanda News: Mid-year hearings show county on solid fiscal ground

June 16, 2007, Buffalo News: Erie County allowed to borrow $100 million

June 11, 2007, Buffalo News: County could give Medicaid to state

June 9, 2007, Buffalo News: Erie County needs loan to bridge revenue gap

June 8, 2007, Buffalo News: Plan to help Cheektowaga is held up

May 31, 2007, Buffalo News: 2006 interest income totaled $11.6 million

May 25, 2007, Buffalo News: County legislators, control board fail to bridge fiscal differences

May 23, 2007, Buffalo News: County officials, control board still in disharmony

May 18, 2007, Buffalo News: Hotel owner chronically late paying bed taxes

May 16, 2007, Buffalo Business First: Majority of hotels current with E.C. bed tax

May 9, 2007, Buffalo News: Auditor calls for more inspectors

April 25 2007, Tonawanda News: Poloncarz says 'no thanks' to top job

April 24, 2007, Buffalo News: Poloncarz won’t run for county executive

April 22, 2007, Buffalo News: Lenihan will announce his choice for county executive within days

March 28, 2007, Buffalo News: County leaders wary of board refinance plan

March 27, 2007, Buffalo News: Control board plugs offer to float loans

March 20, 2007, Buffalo News: Poloncarz considering run for county executive

March 13, 2007, Buffalo News: Auditors find computer glitch

March 8, 2007, Artvoice: Beware Adult Supervision

March 5, 2007, Buffalo News: Huge cost of public retiree health insurance could create fiscal crisis

March 3, 2007, Buffalo News: Control board wants to refinance debt

February 20, 2007, Buffalo News: County sale of tax liens on delinquent property a point of contention

February 19, 2007, Buffalo News: New deal on tax liens will benefit Erie County

January 30, 2007, Buffalo News: Control board can assert more authority

January 27, 2007, Buffalo News: Erie County on short end of cellblock pact with city

January 24, 2007, Tonawanda News: ERIE COUNTY NOTEBOOK: 'Savior' control board dodging the darts

January 23, 2007, Buffalo News: Comptroller accuses control board of 'hype'

January 18, 2007, Buffalo News: A Good Case for Hiring

January 14, 2007, Tonawanda News: ERIE COUNTY: Too much overtime

January 11, 2007, Buffalo News: Audit Finds Ways to Save $2.1 million in Jail Overtime

January 10, 2007, Buffalo Business First: Audit inspects costs at EC Holding Center

January 5, 2007, Buffalo News: Giambra's ECC Project May be too Costly

Radio Reports:

December 28, 2007 WBFO 88.7 FM: Agreement Reached on County Borrowing

December 27, 2007 WBEN 930 AM: Compromise in County Borrowing Reached

December 21, 2007 WNED 970 AM: Sub-prime Crisis Impacts County Taxpayers

December 12, 2007 WBFO 88.7 FM: Erie County Capital Borrowing Deal Near

November 2, 2007 WBFO 88.7 FM: Control Board Rejects 2008 County Budget Proposal

November 2, 2007 WBEN 930 AM: Borrowing Dominates Contentious Control Bd. Mtg.

November 2, 2007 WBFO 88.7 FM: ECFSA Set to Vote on County Financial Plans

November 2, 2007 WBEN 930 AM: Erie County Surplus, Labor Contract Talks Expected

November 1, 2007 WNED 970 AM: Comptroller reviews Giambra budget proposal

October 26, 2007 WNED 970 AM: Hundreds of County Computers Missing

September 26, 2007 WBFO 88.7 FM: Poloncarz Concerned about Lack of County Representation on New Hospital Board

September 5, 2007 WBFO 88.7 FM: Poloncarz Launches ECMC Audit, Issues Report on Sales Tax Sharing

September 5, 2007 WNED 970 AM: Comptroller Issues Report on Sales Tax

September 4, 2007 WBEN 930 AM: Comptroller Concerned Over Sales Tax Revenue

August 1, 2007 WBFO 88.7 FM: County May Hire New Workers to Collect Back Taxes

July 31, 2007 WNED 970 AM: Poloncarz Issues Budget Warning

July 31, 2007 WBFO 88.7 FM: Erie County Fiscal Outlook Mixed

July 18, 2007 WNED 970 AM: Comptrollers Issue Warnings on Sales Tax Reliance

July 16, 2007 WBFO 88.7 FM: Erie County Government Patch Job needed to get Road Work Done

July 13, 2007 WBFO 88.7 FM: Audit Blasts Erie County Jail Operations

July 12, 2007 WBEN 930 AM: Comptroller Not Pleased with Holding Center Audit

July 3, 2007 WBFO 88.7 FM: Erie County Surpluses Eyed to Fill Gaps

July 2, 2007 WBEN 930 AM: County Ends 2006 in the Black

June 28, 2007 WNED 970 AM: Comptroller Calls for Changes in Tax Law

June 9, 2007 WBEN 930 AM: Erie County Looking For Loan

May 17, 2007 WNED 970 AM: Comptroller says Some Hotel Tax is Not Being Collected

April 23, 2007 WBEN 930 AM: Poloncarz Passes on County Executive Run

April 23, 2007 WNED 970 AM: Poloncarz Won't Run for County Executive

March 20, 2007 WNED 970 AM: Poloncarz May Enter County Executive Race

March 20, 2007 WBEN 930 AM: Another Democrat Eyes County Executive Race

March 13, 2007 WBFO 88.7 FM: Audit Finds County Is Properly Spending Homeland Security Funding

March 12, 2007 WBEN 930 AM: Comptroller Relases Homeland Security Audit

January 11, 2007 WBFO 88.7 FM: County Audit Identifies Holding Center Savings
January 11, 2007 WBEN 930 AM: Adding Deputies Could Save County Millions

January 10, 2007 WNED 970 AM: Comptroller Issues Audit of County Holding Center

TV Reports:

December 27, 2007, WGRZ NBC-2: Control Board reacts to Giambra Claims

November 30, 2007, WKBW ABC-7: Three aides of County Executive Elect will be on County Payroll

November 20, 2007, WKBW ABC-7: Erie County Budget

November 20, 2007, WGRZ NBC-2: Collins on budget, transition team< /a>

November 2, 2007, WGRZ NBC-2: County Control Board Rejects Giambra Plan
November 2, 2007, WKBW ABC-7: Sabotage: Control Board Accused of Costing County

August 30, 2007, WGRZ NBC-2: Taxpayers Pay Big Bucks For County Legal Fees

July 13, 2007, WKBW ABC-7: ECC Spending

July 12, 2007, WKBW ABC-7: War of Words Between Erie County Officials

July 12, 2007, WIVB CBS-4: Poloncarz Criticizes Lack of Cost-Cutting at Correctional Facility

June 29, 2007, WKBW ABC-7: Hotel Operator Owes County Half a Million Dollars

June 9, 2007, WIVB CBS-4: Could Erie County be Heading for Another Cash Crisis?

June 9, 2007, WGRZ NBC-2: Erie County Government On Brink Of Shutdown

June 8, 2007, WIVB CBS-4: Baynes, Poloncarz Face Off Over Borrowing Cash

June 8, 2007, WKBW ABC-7: Could Erie County Government Shut Down?

June 7, 2007, WGRZ NBC-2: Cell Phone Cost Almost Doubled In Erie County

May 23, 2007, WGRZ NBC-2: Taxpayers Paying Utilities For Parks Workers In Homes

May 9, 2007, WGRZ NBC-2: County Workers Take Off 30 Minutes Early: And Still Get Paid

April 23, 2007, WGRZ NBC-2: Poloncarz Decides Against County Executive Run

January 29, 2007, WKBW ABC-7: Judge rules in favor of County Control Board

January 27, 2007, WIVB CBS-4: City of Buffalo Isn't Holding Up Its End of a Costly Jail Deal

January 11, 2007, WIVB CBS-4: Poloncarz Releases Holding Center Audit

January 11, 2007, WKBW ABC-7: Poloncarz Audit
January 10, 2007, WGRZ NBC-2: Erie County Comptroller Questions Holding Center O.T.

Press Releases:

November 1, 2007: Poloncarz Statement Upon Release of Report on 2008 Budget

October 31, 2007: Poloncarz Issues Third Quarter Financial Report for Erie County

September 25, 2007: Poloncarz Expresses Concern on Lack of County Representation and Transparency with new Joint ECMCC-Kaleida Health Governing Body

September 4, 2007: Poloncarz Releases Major Report on Sales Tax

August 28, 2007: Poloncarz Releases Law Audit

August 15, 2007: Poloncarz Praises Passage of Hotel Law Amendments

August 2, 2007: Poloncarz Reports Responses to Borrowing RFP

July 30, 2007: Poloncarz Issues Second Quarter Financial Report for Erie County

July 19, 2007: Poloncarz Announces Underwriting RFP

July 12, 2007: Poloncarz Releases Audit of Sheriff's Office's Management of County's Correctional Facility

July 2, 2007: Poloncarz Releases County's 2006 Financial Statements

June 27, 2007: Poloncarz Recommends Changes in Law

May 30, 2007: Poloncarz Releases 2006 Erie County Investment Report

May 16, 2007: Poloncarz Releases Hotel Occupancy Tax Audit

April 30, 2007: Poloncarz Issues First Quarter Financial Report For Erie County

April 23, 2007: Statement of Mark Poloncarz on Not Entering the Erie County Executive Race

March 12, 2007: Poloncarz Releases Homeland Security Audit

February 6, 2007: Erie County Receives Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting

January 26, 2007: Poloncarz Releases Review Of City Of Buffalo Holding Center Agreement With Erie County

January 10, 2007: Poloncarz Releases Audit of Sheriff's Office's Management of the Erie County Holding Center

January 2, 2007: Poloncarz Comments On Successful Resolution Of Employee Theft Prosecution

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