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After a vote Thursday, Erie County has now approved nearly $7 million dollars to be put toward transforming the old Westwood Country Club location into a nine-hole golf course. What are your thoughts on this, is this really the best allocation of resources the county could come up with? Also, candidate for Amherst Town Supervisor Dan Gagliardo joins the show to discuss the matter.

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Today, we gauge your thoughts on AI, how concerned are you as AI becomes more and more advanced by the day? Also, Senator Elizabeth Warren accused some media companies for caving to President Trump in the wake of 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' being cancelled, and Adam Zyglis released a new political cartoon recently, but has not apologized for his cartoon about the Texas flooding that drew the ire of many.

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Today marks the beginning of our Wednesday chat with an elected Democrat, and we kick things off with Fillmore District Council Member Mitch Nowakowski.

In the second hour, we talk about New York State's announcement that $200 million will be allocated to support the deployment of 'emission free', or electric, school busses. What are your thoughts on this? Would you feel comfortable sending your child on an electric powered school bus during some of the bitterly cold winter days Western New York has to offer?

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On the program today, we ask you the appropriate age is for a child to have a smart phone as new studies have shown you probably shouldn't consider a smart phone for a child until at least 13.

Also, tomorrow marks the start of our chat with an elected Democrat every Wednesday, with our first guest being Fillmore District Council Member Mitch Nowakowski, have you any questions you'd like to ask him?

We also received some unexpected sad news in the second half of the show, former Black Sabbath frontman and accomplished solo artist, the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, died today at age 76.

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Today, we continue looking at the state of late night TV and comedy in the wake of the cancellation of 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert', a push to make cash accepted everywhere again, being led by Senators John Fetterman (D-PA) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) who introduced a bill that would generally require in-person business locations to accept cash payments, and we talk about where we are today after decades of one party rule in Buffalo, how can you continue to vote the same after decades of one party rule in Buffalo and where we are as a result?

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Today we are joined in the first half of the program by candidate for Erie County Comptroller Christine Czarnik to discuss Erie Net and more, Congressman Nick Langworthy follows to discuss the Jeffrey Epstein situation and calls for transparency there. To round out the show, we examine the case of a Buffalo woman who was sentenced to only 90 days in jail for striking and killing a pedestrian while under the influence of alcohol and while an infant was in the vehicle, and Beamer reacts to the news that the Late Show with Stephen Colbert will be cancelled next year.

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Buffalo was rocked by the news of a homicide that took place Thursday morning in which a 44-year-old woman was gunned down in a home on South Ogden Street, allegedly by 49-year-old Rickey Crouch, who had a past record of multiple arrests, including one which posted a $50,000 bail and the District Attorney's office requested he not be released. We have from Buffalo's acting Mayor Chris Scanlon and former Erie County District Attorney John Flynn on the tragedy, and the need for adjustments to New York State's bail reform laws, although this incident did not occur while Crouch was out on bail.

Also, we hear from John Domres of Buffalo Brewing Company after they had equipment vital to their operation vandalized, and the idea of bringing nuclear power to Dunkirk has been floated, there have been discussions about repurposing the old NRG plant as a nuclear power plant. Would you be on board with this? Is it worth the risk?

Former Erie County District Attorney John Flynn joins the show to continue the discussion on the need for adjustments to New York State's bail reform laws in the wake of a murder that took place on South Ogden Street in Buffalo Thursday morning. Flynn also explains why the main suspect, Rickey Crouch, who had a past record of multiple arrests, including one previous arrest which posted a $50,000 bail and the District Attorney's office requested he not be released, was ultimately released and was able to walk free before ultimately allegedly committing this heinous act.

Buffalo's acting Mayor Chris Scanlon joined the show today to provide the latest update on the homicide that occurred Thursday morning on South Ogden Street. The prime suspect, Rickey Crouch, had a past record of multiple arrests. One of those two previous arrests posted a $50,000 bail and the District Attorney's office requested he not be released. Although Crouch was not on bail at the time of this incident, Mayor Scanlon also used this opportunity to outline why bail reform needs to be re-examined in New York State.

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After a community meeting last night on the proposed $1 billion project to cap a small portion of the Kensington Expressway, we bring that to the show today to find out what you believe lies ahead for this project and your thoughts on it. Also, the Jimmy Kimmel show was actually funny recently? Beamer talks about the job guest host Chris Distefano did filling in for Kimmel, which also featured Shane Gillis, and MTV going back to their roots for a week.