Rod Watson
Rod Watson: Idiotocracy reigns in land of the scared
Somebody has to say it: It’s time we rethink this whole universal suffrage thing. (Updated: 03/18/10 3:50 PM )
Rod Watson: Keep Buffalo Neat: service + work ethic
In an old plant on Northampton Street, the snowblowers and pickups with plows attached anticipate winter’s last hurrah. The lawnmowers await warmer times. (Updated: 03/11/10 7:59 AM )
Rod Watson: Racial gains sullied by big slips up high
It strikes me that somewhere along the line, African-Americans have passed a milestone that has gone largely unnoticed. (Updated: 03/04/10 7:42 AM )
Rod Watson: Neglect at jail will be costly to taxpayers
If you live in Erie County, get ready to pay up. Get ready to pay the cost of obstinacy. Get ready to pay the cost of arrogance. Get ready to pay the cost of bad management. (Updated: 02/18/10 8:27 AM )
Rod Watson: Merit pay for teachers? The kids win
As the state’s big teachers union tries to swallow up charter schools, it would be funny if it gets indigestion from one local charter that’s paying teachers based on how their students perform. (Updated: 02/11/10 7:40 AM )
Rod Watson: In defending your home, all bets are off
I’d love to be on Dennis Cherry’s jury. Of course, I’d never get the chance, even if I lived in Niagara County. All a prosecutor would have to ask me is, “Do you promise to follow the law?” and I’d be out quicker than Cherry could fire 15 rounds at a burglar’s car instead of at his head. (Updated: 02/04/10 8:08 AM )
Rod Watson: Broadening definition of unfit parent
If tougher criminal penalties haven’t scared drunks who drive their kids around—and apparently they haven’t—maybe they would fear one charge that could have even greater consequences: child endangerment. (Updated: 01/28/10 7:20 AM )
Rod Watson: Where would Collins do the least harm?
Old definition of mixed emotions: Watching your in-laws drive over the cliff in your brand-new Cadillac. (Updated: 01/21/10 7:53 AM )
Rod Watson: Council bloc foils the will of the people
While U.S. soldiers fight to promote democracy around the world, the concept may take a beating in City Hall today. (Updated: 01/14/10 9:29 AM )
Rod Watson: At City Hall, it’s ‘Too much information!’
Forget, for a moment, that Buffalo’s Human Resources Department made double payments for health insurance for hundreds of workers, spending more than a half-million dollars that must be recouped. (Updated: 01/07/10 8:21 AM )
Rod Watson: It’s essential for us to hear the other side
It’s traditional at New Year’s to resolve to lose weight, give up cigarettes or exercise more to benefit the body. (Updated: 12/31/09 12:07 PM )
Rod Watson: A just society will find way to help poor
The increase in charitable giving that occurs this time of year is a wonderful thing. (Updated: 12/24/09 7:53 AM )
Rod Watson: Vacancy tests character of Council bloc
cha•rade (shuh raid´) n. a game in which two teams compete to see which can most quickly guess a group of words or phrases chosen by the other team and acted out in pantomime — Webster’s New World College Dictionary (Updated: 12/17/09 8:14 AM )
Rod Watson: Using funds for Jefferson Avenue makes sense
So the mayor of Buffalo is paying particular attention to the rebirth of the Jefferson Avenue commercial corridor? (Updated: 12/10/09 8:08 AM )
Rod Watson: A crying need to walk the walk on jobs
The car slowed to a stop in the middle of the East Side street. The young ex-con walking down the sidewalk went over to the driver’s window for a chat, but he didn’t get in or take the package. (Updated: 12/03/09 7:33 AM )