Joe Beamer

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On the program today, we talk about the shaky rollout for the already delayed New York State budget, with Governor Hochul announcing the supposed agreement at 9 a.m., only to essentially be called a liar by state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie two hours later. We also discuss the pesky electric school bus mandate in New York State that just won't go away, we're joined by State Senator George Borrello on this. We also hear from Erie County Legislator Lindsay Lorigo on the gas tax in Erie County, and get a response from Cheektowaga Supervisor Brian Nowak.

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New York State Senator George Borrello joins the show to discuss his bill that would've repealed the electric school bus mandate in New York State, had it not been blocked by Senate Democrats. Also, we discuss the bungled New York State budget rollout, and more.

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On the show today, we talk about City of Buffalo Comptroller Barbara Miller-Williams wasting Buffalo's money, Erie County Deputy County Executive Lisa Chimera has filed to run for Erie County Executive next year, and to round out the show, we speak with Republican candidate for Governor in New York State, Bruce Blakeman.

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Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County Executive and Republican challenger to incumbent New York State Governor Kathy Hochul joined the show today to react to a recent Siena poll that showed the Governor's lead over Blakeman has widened, although her overall favorability has slipped among the state's voters.

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Featured on the program today, New York is set to ban local police from cooperating with ICE, the Williamsville board will not vote on an updated noise ordinance, and a reason why Joe is not a fan of cruise ships.

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In previous installments of the program, we covered the Buffalo Grand Hotel and the revelation that owner Harry Stinson had secured financing from an investor out of Tampa, Florida to reopen the Buffalo Grand Hotel. Well, at the 11th hour, it was announced by Stinson that said investor, Perry Davis, called him with changes to terms of the partnership on midnight of the day a press conference was meant to be held announcing the deal. We discuss that, we take your questions for Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan who will appear on the next edition of Hardline, and we talk with former Sabre Andrew Peters about the Sabres/Bruins series thus far and looking ahead to game six.

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Former Sabres winger Andrew Peters joins the show to give his thoughts on the Sabres/Bruins first round playoff series through five games and to look ahead to game six in Boston where the Sabres have the chance to clinch the series, which would be their first Sabres playoff series win since the 2007 Eastern Conference Semifinals

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On the show today, we follow up on the story of the Buffalo Grand Hotel discussed on the last show. Also, we speak with WBEN's Jim Fink on the two votes in the Erie County Legislature on bills to ban stores from collecting the biometric data of shoppers, and allow hunting for 12 and 13-year-olds in Erie County under direct adult supervision. Afterwards, we take your thoughts on the biometric data collection issue, where do you stand on that?

The Joe Beamer show on demand from NewsRadio 930 WBEN!

During the recording of this podcast, news came down on two big votes in the Erie County Legislature, one on a bill that would ban businesses like Wegmans from collecting biometric data on shoppers and another on a bill that would make it legal for 12 and 13-year-olds to hunt with a firearm or crossbow under direct adult supervision. WBEN's Jim Fink joins the show to discuss the results of those votes and what's next.

The Joe Beamer show on demand from NewsRadio 930 WBEN!

On the show today, we found out that Canadian developer Harry Stinson has secured financing from an investor out of Tampa, Florida to reopen the Buffalo Grand Hotel, as the deadline to secure such funding loomed. We speak with WBEN's Jim Fink who broke the story and take your thoughts on it as well. We also speak with Buffalo Sabres anthem singer Cami Clune about the viral moment from game five of the Sabres Bruins first round playoff series, which saw her microphone malfunction, and right on cue, Sabres fans jumped in and picked up where she left off.