"The New Buffalo" Commercials

I can’t find them anywhere online, but I’ve been seeing them out of state in the southern US and someone has an account of seeing them running in Vegas.

It has Warren Buffet, Jim Kelly, the Geico gecko (and probably some other names that I’m missing because I’ve seen it twice just not all the way though) talking about opportunity for businesses in Buffalo.

It turned my head… and made me shake it as well, lol. I hope some big company CEO sees it while drunk and coked out of his mind at the Bellagio and thinks it’s an idea worth investigating… so we can have our next Bass Pro…

Cynical commentary aside, it’s something cool to see when you’re out of state. Hopefully we’ll see some ROI with this undoubtedly tax payer funded TV spot.

They’re going to put casinos up and SAVE NY!

New YorkYork ranks second last in national survey of worst states to do business in. Glad they came up with something to draw attention away.

I just read this info about buffalos history, we were the first city to have an electrical grid.

Good book

this is also where we derived the name for the “city of light” event we do every year with B Team Buffalo
http://bteambuffalo.com/city-of-light/

NYS logic= let’s say that we are lowering taxes for businesses when in reality we just want to tax them some more. Come open s business because we need more your money.

They are playing “Come to NY commercials” in Washington state…

Saying they lowered taxes etc etc

^^ I’ve seen those too, but these are Buffalo specific.

Ehhh they’ve spent tax dollars in worse ways. Who knows maybe Buffet and gang footed the bill. Regardless, any press can’t hurt. I saw one of these for Topeka Kansas a few months back… FUCKING TOPEKA. It at last got my mind thinking wtf is the deal with Topeka?

If I recall, isn’t the money that he is using for these commercials money that came from disaster relief funds?

Commercial has been on the buffalo news site for a few days, you might have to search… Its probably not on the front page anymore

:waves: from my new place in Austin, Texas…

I’m moving just west of there soon enough.

Found it:

http://blogs.buffalonews.com/strictlybusiness/2013/05/video-new-yorks-tv-advertisement-promoting-investment-in-buffalo.html

Hopefully they actually commit to making it easier for growing businesses to build/move here.

Local economic development organizations keep giving tax breaks to big box stores/national chains which doesn’t do much to help the economy. They also have been giving tax breaks to places that would be building regardless.

I do too. I have recently started a small side business that I am currently 1099, but I am hoping to get it established soon. I filed my DBA, got my insurance and I am ready to start getting jobs.

I have to tell you, It was weird sitting at a bar in Jacksonville, And seeing this ad. I took a double take. Kgun!!

It was on Fox news

I keep seeing these down here in Florida. They make me lol

Doesn’t the state have the lowest income taxes ever right now? We never notice it because counties raise their rates anytime the state drops theirs but I thought I read NY was lower than ever.

Many states have 0 income tax