$2 Billion for what?

That's the amount that is going to be spent on advertising during the primary season,  or at least by the end of November 2015.

That's quite a chunk of money.

Status Cuomo gave us the "Buffalo Billion" to try and bribe capitalists to come set shop up in the Buffalo-Niagara region.

What could Buffalo, Niagara Falls, the suburbs, the south-towns do with $2 billion?

How about opening up the closed schools and hiring teachers so that class size diminishes?  Research show that the optimum class size is 15 students per teacher.  We have what in some of our schools?  30 students in a class?  What are they really learning?  What can the teacher really teach to a class that size?

Or open back up the community schools.  I grew up walking to my community school.  Then it was closed and students started getting bused all over Buffalo.  Miss the bus and that did what to your grades?  How many students would be in school if they could safely walk to the school rather than worry about trying to figure out some crazy bus schedule?

How about those pot hole pocked roads?  Not fill them, fix them.  In my economics classes in college the professors talked about transportation costs and networks and how they affected businesses.  Can the workers get to work?  What does a rotten road do to cars, trucks, buses?

How about the homeless?  Renovate houses and let them be occupied by people that need a place to live?  Utah found it less expensive to provide houses than other solutions (incarceration).

What about tearing down deadly houses and building community gardens where people could grow affordable food?  Healthy food.  How much would that cut down on obesity, diabetes, and other nutrition related health problems?

What about community health clinics?  Instead of travelling half way across the city for health care, go to a place that's less than 15 minutes away?  That you could walk to?

How about increasing and improving public transportation?  Fixing the Metro Rail stations, adding buses and routes, etc so that people can get around?

How about using that money to help people instead of trying to tell them what to think?

What ideas do you have?

How would you use $2B to improve WNY?