ON THE TRAIL OF THE BUFFALO: I don't have much to say about the big Convention Center issues yet, like who should get the bond fees or which tax-abated hotel it should be closest to. (Though it was kind of striking to have the business guys propose a new quarter-percent county sales tax hike on the same day the Ohio General Assembly raised the state sales tax 1%. And a 2% Convention Center tax on restaurant bills... did you see that coming?)

But here's something I feel I should pass along:

Maybe you heard Growth Assn President Dennis Eckart explaining to WCPN today that the City has to show its commitment to build a CC in order to compete with... Cincinnati and Buffalo. Yes, Buffalo. Now, as it happens, my weekly Net reading includes the Buffalo Report, a Roldo-esque site produced by University of Buffalo professor Bruce Jackson. And just the other day, Jackson posted a couple of articles (this and this) about a proposal to sell Buffalo's convention center to the Seneca Nation for a gambling casino.

Think there might be something they're not telling us?