Joe Beamer

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To start off today, we talk about some comments made by Darius Slay, defensive back formerly of the Pittsburgh Steelers who was released and claimed on waivers by the Buffalo Bills earlier this week, only to tell the team he was not going to report, due in part to the fact that Buffalo is 'cold as hell'. While technically, that's true, is that enough to solely deter someone from wanting to come to Buffalo? What are your biggest pros and cons of Western New York, is there anything that would make you consider leaving? Also, Joe discusses a trend of decedents having someone post about their deaths on social media on their behalf, and to have some fun, what is the worst Christmas song of all time?

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On the show today, we welcome Erie County Clerk Mickey Kearns to discuss REAL ID and changes to the New York State Driver Point System, Fillmore District Council Member Mitch Nowakowski to talk the city budget and 33 project, and in between, we talk about something that was floated back in April, when President Trump suggested a $5,000 'Baby Bonus' to promote higher birthrates in the U.S., and Joe gives his take on why this is a bad idea.

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Fillmore District Council Member Mitch Nowakowski joins the show to give his thoughts on the city budget, and his thoughts on the Kensington project in the wake of this week's NYSDOT public listening session, and more.

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Erie County Clerk Mickey Kearns joins the show to discuss non REAL ID holders facing a fee when flying, some changes that are coming to the New York State Driver Point System, and more.

The Joe Beamer show on demand from NewsRadio 930 WBEN!

Once again, we focus on the 33 in today's program. We have Michael Gainer of the East Side Parkways Coalition to discuss yesterday's NYSDOT public listening session, addressing some concerns that came up yesterday from listeners, and we hear from more of you today with your thoughts on the 33. Also, we get a quick weather update from meteorologist Andy Parker.

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Michael Gainer of the East Side Parkways Coalition joins the show to discuss yesterday's NYSDOT public listening session regarding the Kensington Expressway project, as well as answer some of the questions and address some of the concerns that came up on yesterday's show about this issue, and more.

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Meteorologist Andy Parker joins the show to provide a weather update, and what we can expect as far as snow, temperatures, and if you're planning on attending the Bills game Sunday, what the conditions will be like for that.

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Tonight, as of the posting of this episode, NYSDOT will host the first public listening session in regard to the future of the Kensington Expressway at the Schiller Park Senior Center, located at 2057 Genesee Street in Buffalo from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. We hold our own open house style listening session on the program today, what do you think should be done with the 33?

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Beamer is live today from Dash's on Hertel as Mission Give Where You Live kicks off today and runs through December 19th to benefit the City Mission. You can find more information at https://www.audacy.com/wben/events/mission-give-where-you-live-powered-by-nyseg-wben-2025

As far as the content of the program goes, we speak with Mike Baggerman, Communications Manager at NYSEG, one of the featured sponsors of Mission Give Where You Live, to talk about that and some tips to save on electric this winter, we speak with Legislator Lindsay Lorigo about the county budget, Rich Barnes of The Barnes Firm, another featured sponsor of the event, and more.

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Rich Barnes of The Barnes Firm, another featured sponsor of Mission Give Where You Live, joins the show to discuss why he wanted to get involved, the importance and success of these types of charity drives in Western New York, and more.