Property owner hiring pest control company to look at the gull issue at Latina's

Posted by Howard Owens on July 16, 2010 - 5:02pm
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Tom Lewin, one of the owners of the former Latina's Market location on Ellicott Street will have a pest control company on site Monday. It will evaluate the gull problem that city residents and business owners have been complaining about for months.

"Hopefully by Tuesday, I'll have their recommendation," Lewin said.

Asked about DEC involvement -- the city was required to get a permit before dealing with the gull issue atop City Centre a couple of years ago -- Lewin said he didn't know anything about that.

"I'm not a gull expert," he said. "Are you?"

Earlier today, Lewin was quoted on the WGRZ website as saying he was cooperating with the city on the issue.

"We are working diligently and cooperatively with the City of Batavia to find a solution," Lewin reportedly said.

Reached this morning, City Manager Jason Molino said he had spoken with Lewin, but also said he would like to see some action before he would call it cooperation.

"If there’s a move over on that property, then I guess you could say that’s true," Molino said.

The city issued a condemnation notice on the building, which could provide a path for the city to take steps on its own to deal with the gull infestation; however, the County Health Board has ruled the gulls are not a public health hazard.

Lewin, principal in LKLWL Properties, has also been summoned to City Court to respond to allegations of code violations at the vacant site.

Posted by Anthony Timberlake on July 16, 2010 - 8:19pm
This guy is cocky, its like he thinks hes God or something.
Posted by Jeremiah Pedro on July 17, 2010 - 1:05pm
I'm curious as to why this guy purchased the property in the first place?
Based on his actions surrounding the problems with this property, it does seem as though he considers Batavia and it's residents not worthy of his immediate attention.
Very rude to say the least.
Posted by Laura Scarborough on July 17, 2010 - 5:13pm
Because this person lives in Buffalo not Batavia... any coverage here does not bother him...(Howard you did a great job) however, once the Buffalo TV stations started their coverage where this guy lives, runs a business and people he knows saw it there has been movement. Maybe this guy could go the extra mile and get to know the community and other business owners and put water under the bridge let by gones be by gones. Just a suggestion.
Posted by Autumn Connolly on July 17, 2010 - 5:28pm
Well we know he isn't going to go that extra mile because he could have done so before now. I would have figured that when you buy property it is because you would have plans for it. If he "didn't know how to take care of a gull problem" wouldn't you then make calls and find out how? It sound like a bunch of excuses for a problem he doesn't care about or wanted to deal with.
Posted by Howard Owens on July 17, 2010 - 5:39pm
Laura, where do you think the Buffalo TV stations got the story idea? :)

You're right, he could easily ignore the local coverage. Once his friends, neighbors and colleagues started seeing it, it became harder to ignore.

But, the city's legal pressure was a factor, too, I'm sure.
Posted by Richard Gahagan on July 17, 2010 - 6:31pm
Big news in blah town more bird poop stories heh heh heh heh blahh ha ha ha ha I kill me.
Posted by paddy horgan on July 17, 2010 - 7:04pm
its been a big year bird poop sex in the park and a guy raising ducks.
Posted by Gary Spencer on July 17, 2010 - 7:24pm
and don't forget the field sobriety test!! But then again, Batavia doesn't have stories of shootings and violence every night, like Buffalo or Rochester!!

I am glad I live in a s town where the big news stories are about bird poop, sex in the park, some poor guy and his ducks (and the #1 commented story so far in July a drunk guy taking a sobriety test!!)
Posted by paddy horgan on July 17, 2010 - 7:36pm
yes
Posted by John Roach on July 17, 2010 - 8:32pm
Richard,
Just read some of your local big time news. "Pizza queen winding down her reign", and a child porn case. Maybe some of the over 1000 public employees there can help out.
Posted by Charlie Mallow on July 17, 2010 - 11:37pm
Richard, what kind of big spending liberal town do you live in? Your local town has $236 million in expenditures for 120,00 people? 1,200 city employees? The school district is the biggest employer with 3,200 people on the dole? Are you kidding me?

You got big problems right there in your own back yard! Tell me I'm reading something wrong! If what I'm reading is right, YOU Texans must LOVE big government! Hold on your your hat, cause they will tax that too!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prairie,_Texas

Just pack up the covered wagon and move back home now, before it's too late :-)
Posted by Charlie Mallow on July 17, 2010 - 11:58pm
Richard, it is much worse than I thought! Your town has a socialist golf course? Round up the local tea baggers and organize a march on town hall, quick.

(If you have trouble finding them, check the golf course)

http://www.gptx.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=2974
Posted by George Richardson on July 17, 2010 - 11:55pm
See, this is the love I'm talking about. One big dysfunctional family who cannot help picking on each other. It's real life and the more we hate each other, the more we love each other. I know, I live it everyday just like y'all. You know it too, and you are hopeless in your attempts at restraint. Just like me and Richard. He don't like me and I like that a lot. Love your enemies, because friends are kind of iffy anyway.
Posted by John Roach on July 18, 2010 - 7:47am
Richard,
Suburb or not, your in a town out of control with spending and employees. Your mayor even wants slot machines in parks.

You should worry.
Posted by Charlie Mallow on July 18, 2010 - 8:59am
Richard, Your town is filled with poor people just like here. Your per capita income is only $18K, a little more than your beloved Batavia. What are those people doing in those fortune 500 companies? Moping floors perhaps?

Here's the list you need to think about. This is a list of the biggest employers in your town, big government is running wild down there in cow country. There is also no doubt number 2 and 4 are also supported by unnessasary government contracts the military doesn't even want but, some out of control Republican congressman from your state won't cut. What's your town going to do when Obama cuts that military spending? Or moves the contract to a company in a state that voted for him? The Bush gravy train left Texas. Maybe NY will get those jobs. Hell, I wouldn't mind making $100 hammers....

It looks like Obama has already gotten wise to number 4. It's going to be tough to lose 1,300 jobs in that Podunk town.
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/May/10-civ-617.html

1 Grand Prairie Independent School District 3,200
2 Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control 2,600
3 Poly-America, Inc. 1,400
4 Bell Helicopter-Textron 1,300
5 Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie 1,200
6 City of Grand Prairie 1,200
Posted by Charlie Mallow on July 18, 2010 - 9:09am
Richard, you didn't tell us your town had a big federal prison too! Your town's whole economy down there is supported by government spending. You are all pretty much living off stimulus money that dropped from Baby Bush, the Spender and Chief.
Posted by Richard Gahagan on July 18, 2010 - 9:13am
Faster Charlie Johns almost there.
Posted by John Roach on July 18, 2010 - 9:25am
Richard,
How do you explain all that government spending? Why do you need all those government employees?
Posted by John Roach on July 18, 2010 - 9:29am
Charlie,
You're going to hurt Richard's feelings if you keep using facts.
Posted by Charlie Mallow on July 18, 2010 - 10:02am
I can't help but wonder what our county would look like with thousands of jobs created by federal spending like Richard's town. Our tax money is going to support Texas because his politicians in Texas held power for years. Then he has the balls to talk shit about us, when they are living on our dime.
Posted by Richard Gahagan on July 18, 2010 - 11:26am
Your a joke Charlie, Grand Prairie is consistently ranked as one of the best places to live and retire in the country. Know why quality of life, low housing prices, and low taxes. Oh and by the way Texas is a net payer of federal income tax meaning they spend more money to support welfare states like New York than they get back. And here's another research assignment for ya study the population decrease of WNY and let me know where most people go when they leave there. Hint: Its Big and it begins with T. Here's some facts for you and John Boy to spew over.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2010/snapshots/PL4830464....



http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/snapshots/PL4830464....

http://money.usnews.com/money/best-places/listing/texas/grand_prairie/re...

Seeing as you mentioned LoneStar Park here's a pic:

http://cache.virtualtourist.com/939019-Lone_Star_Park-Grand_Prairie.jpg



And here's Ranger Stadium about 10 minutes away.

http://www.hawkeyemedia.com/gallery/20091016_RangerStadium.jpg

Don't forget this again 10 minutes away.

http://sportstemples.com/Football/Pro/Dallas/Cowboys%20Stadium/Cowboy%20...
Posted by Charlie Mallow on July 18, 2010 - 11:45am
Richard, live large on those military "make work" contracts you got down there for as long as you can. The gig is up and that free money is coming to an end soon. You guys have built up a huge government that you will never be able to support long term.

Tex-ass is going to be in a world of hurt. In fact, the only thing they got going for them is a strong influx of hard working Mexicans.
Posted by Richard Gahagan on July 18, 2010 - 12:07pm
This is really what Texas is about Chuck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Mrez7ahZA
Posted by Charlie Mallow on July 18, 2010 - 12:06pm
Richard, you send me a song i have to pay $10 to hear? We dont have big federal money to toss around up here. :-)

Move back home before the bottom drops out and they start raising your taxes to pay for that bloated Tex-ass government.
Posted by Richard Gahagan on July 18, 2010 - 12:14pm
Try it now ya cheap yankee socialist.
Posted by Charlie Mallow on July 18, 2010 - 12:23pm
But Richard, you are from good old Batavia. Not Tex-Ass. I'm positive your trailor park neighbors remind you of that all the time too.

Your welcome back home any time, I'll even buy the first round.
Posted by Dave Olsen on July 18, 2010 - 1:17pm
Richard, here's a couple for you, I like these better. I know they're about Buffalo, but you know it's just down the 90. By the way it's mid-July, how's your electric bill, wiseguy? Mine's low 'cause I don't need air conditioning.




Posted by Richard Gahagan on July 18, 2010 - 2:20pm
You dreamin david.

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Goin' nowhere, goin' nowhere
Their tears are fillin' up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dyin'
Are the best I've ever had


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfmNgQH2nm8&feature=PlayList&p=FB6340FEB5...
Posted by Dave Olsen on July 18, 2010 - 2:42pm
Yeah, well, here in Genesee County it's 77 degrees, light breeze, I'm sittin' under a shady tree in my yard on the laptop. Got the grill smokin' a pastrami, drinkin' a Souther Tier Craft Ale from Jamestown, inside is some NY sauerkraut and WNY Kielbasa in the crock pot (Can't get a decent hot dog south of Pittsburgh much less kielbasa) Tonight I'll have some of my home made pastrami, on NY rye bread toast, NY sauerkrat, NY Swiss cheese and a NY beer. That ain't dreamin' buddy, it's reality and none of it is available in Texas. You probably can't stand to be outside this time of year, much less drink and take a nap in the yard. And I'll bet you pay more property tax than I do. Granted it's still too much
Posted by kevin kretschmer on July 18, 2010 - 3:01pm
Enjoy your NY Kraut while you can (unless you're making your own). I'm told that all the production lines in Shortsville are being moved to Wisconsin. Richard can eat all the local food he wants thanks to NewYorkStyleDeli.com.
Posted by Richard Gahagan on July 18, 2010 - 3:06pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M30z7xsiGHc
Posted by Howard Owens on July 18, 2010 - 3:14pm
Interesting choice of lyrics, Richard -- from a lame TV show, by a guy so plastic he hides his Hispanic identity by changing his name from Gary Jules Aguirre, Jr. to Gary Jules.

And he's born in Fresno, not Batavia. He's based in Los Angeles, not Batavia.

And the song is clearly about Los Angeles, not Batavia.

Once again, proving, the best place to live is Batavia, not Los Angeles , or Texas -- because unlike people in California or Texas (with the possible exception of George Richardson, who clearly needs to return home), we're happy here.

Plastic songs (man, are those lyrics trite, or what?) by plastic singers don't mean anything to Batavia.
Posted by Howard Owens on July 18, 2010 - 3:18pm
Love Joe Ely, love the song, but isn't interesting, the the only way one of the best, most creative and thoughtful songwriters in America (Jimmie Dale Gilmore) could find something good to say about Dallas was to write about at night and from 20,000 feet away?
Posted by Dave Olsen on July 19, 2010 - 9:24am
Kevin, that sucks about the kraut. You can also buy great stuff at www.Buffalofoods.com; kielbasa, hot dogs, pierogis, Weber's mustard etc. We send care packages to the in-laws in Tenn. all the time. It's just not the same as walking into your favorite deli, grocery or butcher's and getting it fresh. They have some great steak in Texas, but then so do we.
Posted by Dave Olsen on July 18, 2010 - 3:27pm
Joe Ely opened for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers in 1981 at the Aud in Buffalo and got booed off the stage he was so bad. LOL
Posted by Billie Owens on July 18, 2010 - 3:40pm
Too bad that the delicious "Silver Floss" sauerkraut company is pulling up stakes and moving to Wisconsin. The folks in Shortsville can say goodbye to the annual Kraut Festival and so too the gigantic chocolate cake, with sauerkraut for moistness, made by hair-netted ladies from the town grocery store.

But the neighbors of the cabbage farms will not be crying in their beer. For years they have complained about the rotting post-harvest fields, the stench and the plague of flies this brings.

I know because Shortsville was part of my beat when I worked at The Daily Messenger in Canandaigua.

The funny thing is, if you like sauerkraut juice, like I do, you cannot find it. I finally located one producer of kraut juice. It's called Frank's Kraut Juice and it comes in little green cans, from Ohio. Had to order it online and have it shipped to me. Put margarita salt on the rim and sip it ice cold.
Posted by Richard Gahagan on July 18, 2010 - 3:41pm
Ok how bout David Allan Coe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHlFrUkthsc

Billy Joe Shaver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyEJfoLWq9k

and Dime Bag Darrell


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkFqg5wAuFk
Posted by Ron C Welker on July 18, 2010 - 3:53pm
Must of been the water on Mckinley ave...
Posted by Richard Gahagan on July 18, 2010 - 4:06pm
That would be PRUNE STREET, you know that little street between Jerome and S. Spruce your mommy wouldn't let you go near cause we'd steal your money, your bike, your sneakers, and then eat your lunch.

OK all y'all and urin two can go back to talkin about bird poop stories, I'm done entertaining for the day.
Posted by John Roach on July 18, 2010 - 4:24pm
Richard,
You seem a bit edgy; buck up a bit.
Posted by Michael Tost on July 18, 2010 - 4:42pm
I'm sure I'll catch hell from the bleeding hearts but Richard....This one's for you
http://funnytshirts.savatoons.com/texas.html
Posted by Dave Olsen on July 18, 2010 - 4:46pm
y'all have a good day down there, Richard, it's all good.
Posted by Mike Corona on July 18, 2010 - 6:29pm
I hate to blow this for Richard but he has been residing back in New York for months now. I guess Texas is not all that he thought it was. Welcome home Buddy!!!! Also I was one of those kids that screwed up and went down Prune St. and now I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!! If I remember right it was about 86 cents. With inflation I may let you out for 6 beers at Kellys you pick the day.
Posted by Richard Gahagan on July 18, 2010 - 7:46pm
Come on My Corona

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdnqEyToqg
Posted by Richard Gahagan on July 18, 2010 - 8:30pm
But I'll get back there as fast as I can.

Cause everythins bigger n Texas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaNpIAy22XU&NR=1
Posted by John Roach on July 18, 2010 - 8:00pm
Mike,
You mean the pretend cowboy is back?
Posted by Mike Corona on July 18, 2010 - 8:26pm
He's back and I'm sure if you ask him BETTER than EVER!! Here is a song for you Gahagan just change Freehold to Batavia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLlz_IihzFA
Posted by Richard Gahagan on July 18, 2010 - 8:40pm
Mike been havin fun playin mind games with the local political hacks and you had to blow it. All y'all must stay home watchin CSI, desperate houswives and real wives er sumpin cause I been tearin the hometown up for weeks and ain't seen ya out.
Posted by DOUGLAS MCCLURG on July 18, 2010 - 8:37pm
I really like all you guys..Which one of you sells the most girl scout cookies each year?LOL.have a great week and let's get the gulls out by next weekend!
Posted by Richard Gahagan on July 18, 2010 - 8:58pm
Awite Doug I probably sell more girl scout cookies than anyone but I don't know what your wife does with all those cookies.