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Paula's Donuts will close at 308 Kenmore Ave. at 5 p.m. Sunday before reopening its new, larger location at 2319 Sheridan Drive in the Town of Tonawanda Wednesday.
"It's bittersweet," Huber said. "I hate to leave, but we're excited about the new location."
After losing the lease on her current store near the Budwey's supermarket (a CVS Pharmacy is planned for the site), Huber said she searched for a nearby replacement, but couldn't find a suitable space she could afford to renovate. Instead, she ended up 2.5 miles away at 2319 Sheridan Drive in the Town of Tonawanda.
"The people who walked here every day and actually built the business can't get to the new place, so that's why I'm torn," Huber said. "These people become friends and we're really going to miss them."
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As much as they will miss their longtime location, Huber and her husband, Chuck, expect nothing but success on Sheridan Drive. Highly visible to vast amounts of passing traffic and situated near local landmarks Ted's Hot Dogs, Caputi's Pub, John & Mary's and Anderson's Frozen Custard; the Hubers are anticipating a 25 percent increase in business.
"We had outgrown the place really. The staff and the customers were tripping over each other. It was like doing the wave when they brought the doughnuts out, passing them over and under," Huber said.
Paula's will go from 1,400 square feet to 3,500 at the new store. Its larger kitchen will boast twice as many fryers and two additional baking benches to accommodate the 250 dozen doughnuts baked during three shifts over 24 hours each day.
At the current location, staff members crowd around a single cash register taking orders from customers packed onto the floor on the other side of the counter. At the new store, there are six registers with clearly designated lines divided by roped stanchions.
Like Paula's Clarence location, the walls on Sheridan Drive are adorned with black and white historic photographs of Western New York (Huber is still looking for a photo of Jet Doughnuts, the now defunct local favorite that once occupied the same plaza). The spacious dining room, outfitted in warm earth tones, has seating for 51 people at tables, booths and counter stools plus a four-table outdoor patio.
Paula's employs 77 people at its two locations.
"I'm torn, but it's a good thing," Huber said. "We needed more room. It's going to be better for the staff and the customers."
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ANAHEIM -- Angels hitting coach Don Baylor is currently in physical therapy, and manager Mike Scioscia is hopeful that he can rejoin the team in a limited capacity when it returns from a three-city road trip for the April 28 series opener against the Indians.
It'll still be a while before Baylor can be in the dugout during games, and even longer before he can travel with the team. But Baylor, who suffered a fractured right femur while catching the ceremonial first pitch thrown by Vladimir Guerrero on Opening Day, may be able to work with hitters and attend pregame meetings before home games in about 13 days.
"Don's a tough guy," Scioscia said prior to Tuesday's game against the A's. "He's anxious to get back. We've texted a lot. He's in touch with [hitting coaches] Dave [Hansen] and Paul [Sorrento] on a daily basis. He's still keeping tabs on everything that's going on."
Baylor was discharged from UCI Medical Center on April 4, three days post-op. Based on his initial prognosis, the 64-year-old still is at least three weeks away from being able to put weight on his right side, so he'd probably be getting around on a walker upon returning to Angel Stadium. Baylor is currently recovering at his home in La Quinta, Calif.
Scioscia said he doesn't "anticipate Don back in full force for a while," adding: "Even being here and being in the dugout, getting involved; I'm not sure when that's going to be."

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Joe, that is a thing of beauty. I would buy a print of that right now.ReplyDelete
Nice Joe..Classy.ReplyDelete
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I will post some of my work to that page (if its ok) for you to see or i can message it to you. Let me know what you would prefer.
You are really amazing! Love your Rock work also! Peace.-Chris
Very cool Chris. It's up to you. You can post there or keep it personal. Can't wait to see your work.ReplyDelete
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This year the entire day was devoted to state tax issues. The morning started off with an introduction to the new Acting Director of the NJ Division of Taxation, Michael Bryan. Let me say that for the first time in many years I have hope for the NJ Division of Taxation. Mr. Bryan was followed by brief presentations on tax law changes for NJ's neighbors – Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York – followed by a panel discussion where each state, NJ included, described how it would handle specific client tax situations.
The afternoon was devoted to New Jersey corporate and individual taxes and the state's "property tax relief" programs – the annual "Jim and Jake Show", so-called because of the two excellent NJDOT speakers Jim Gordon and Jacob Foy who have been a fixture, and usually the highlight, of the NJNATP annual state tax seminars for quite a few years now.
For a complete "review" of the day check out my Monday post "1" at THE NJ TAX PRACTICE BLOG.
Perhaps the most important item of the Jim and Jake show was the explanations of the New Jersey Homestead "Benefit" (no longer Rebate) and New Jersey Property Tax Reimbursement (aka "Senior Freeze") programs for 2011.
FYI, NJ homeowners and tenants did not receive any Homestead rebate or benefit in calendar year 2010. Senior and disabled tenants who did not have to file Form NJ-1040 for 2009 did receive a $50.00 check in 2010 – but this was a payment of the "Property Tax Credit" and not a tenant rebate.
First off – there is no more tenant rebate or "benefit", regardless of age or health. Tenants will get no "benefit" in 2011. As was the case in 2010, senior and disabled tenants who do not file a 2010 NJ-1040 will receive a $50.00 "Property Tax Credit" check if they file the new NJ-1040-H form that is included in the 2010 NJ-1040 package (replacing the TR-1040 form).
Qualified homeowners under age 65 and not disabled won't receive a benefit in 2011 if their 2009 NJ Gross Income (Line 28 on the 2009 NJ-1040) was over $75,000. Those age 65 or older and/or disabled get no benefit if their 2009 NJ Gross Income is over $150,000.
The NJ Homestead rebate check of past years has been replaced with a credit against the actual tax bill issued by the qualified homeowner's municipality. The credit will appear on the municipal tax bill for the 2nd quarter of 2011 – the bill whose payment is due on May 1, 2011. Municipalities will be mailing out corrected 2nd Quarter 2011 tax bills to homeowners sometime before May.
This idea was, I believe, first proposed by former Governor Corzine at the beginning of his tenure, before he lost his testicles and sat back and let the ethically-challenged state Democratic Party leaders continue to run the show. I am very pleased to see Governor Christie decided that this method of delivery is the proper way to go.
From a federal income tax point of view this way of distributing the "benefit" is "more better". When a taxpayer receives a refund of an item that was deducted on the previous year's tax return, such as with a state income tax refund or the former Homestead Rebate, the refund is reported as income on Page 1 of the Form 1040. There is a specific memo from either the IRS or NJDOT that indicates this is the proper treatment of the NJ Homestead Rebate check.
Reporting a rebate or refund as income on Page 1 increases the taxpayer's Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) and can therefore reduce a multitude of deductions and credits that are phased-out or eliminated based on AGI, and can also cause more of a retiree's Social Security or Railroad Retirement benefits to be taxed.
If the benefit is provided as a credit against actual real estate tax billed and paid during the year, the taxpayer simply claims the reduced amount paid as a deduction on the current year's Schedule A. The taxpayer's AGI is not increased – his/her net taxable income is.
Jacob Foy explained how the "benefit" qualified homeowners will receive in 2011 will be calculated.
The benefit to be distributed in 2011 is actually the 2009 NJ Homestead Benefit. The application forms were sent out in September 2010 and the deadline for submitting the application was eventually extended to January 3, 2011. The benefit for 2011 is based on where one lived on October 1, 2009.
Step One - You begin with the tax assessed - and paid - on the property that you owned and lived in on October 1, 2009 for calendar year 2006, whether or not you actually lived in that house in 2006. If the house you owned and lived in on October 1, 2009 was not built in 2006 the state will estimate the tax that would have been paid on the home based on the property's current assessed value and the municipality's 2006 property tax rate.
The property tax is capped at $10,000. If the 2006 tax on the qualifying property was $11,500 the benefit is based on $10,000.
Step Two- Multiply the 2006 property tax by a percentage – depending on status and income.
For those age 65 or older and/or disabled if 2009 NJ Gross Income was -
Not over $100,000 = 20%
Between $101,001 and $150,000 = 10%
For those under age 65 and not disabled –
Not over $50,000 = 20%
Between $50,001 and $75,000 = 13.34%
Step Three - The amount of 2009 NJ Homestead Benefit you will receive as a credit on your May 1, 2011 tax bill is one-fourth (1/4), or 25%, of the amount determined in Step Two.
Let us say you are not 65 or older or disabled. Your 2006 property tax was $4,200 and your 2009 NJ Gross Income was 63,700. Your 2009 NJ Homestead Benefit, the credit that will appear on your revised property tax bill, will be $140.07, determined as follows –
$4,200.00 x 13.34% = $560.28 x 25% = $140.07.
The maximum 2009 NJ Homestead Benefit is $500.00 ($10,000.00 x 20% = $2,000.00 x 25% = $500.00).
Some people will actually receive a "benefit" check in the mail, or via direct deposit, in 2011. You will get a check if –
(1) You are a qualified homeowner who lived in a co-op or continuing care retirement community on October 1, 2009 (where the actual tax bill is sent to the co-op association or community and the owners pay their share of the tax, based on their individual unit of ownership, to the co-op association or community), or
(2) You indicated on the 2009 NJ Homestead Benefit application that you no longer own the qualifying property.
If you sell the qualifying property after submitting your benefit application and before paying the 2nd quarter tax bill you are somewhat screwed. If you indicated on the application form that you still owned the property the credit will stay with the property.
Let's say you submitted your 2009 application back in October of 2010 and indicated that you still owned the property. In February of 2011 you sell the property. The Homestead Benefit to which you are entitled will still appear as a credit on the 2nd Quarter 2011 property tax bill from the municipality – so the new owner will get your benefit. Do you think that the new owner is going to send you a check?
In such a situation you should be sure to include an adjustment on the Closing Statement for the 2009 NJ Homestead Benefit that you, the seller, are entitled to but will not receive. If, as in the example from above, you are entitled to a $140.07 benefit you should receive an additional $140.07 from the buyer at closing.
Information on the 2009 NJ Homestead Benefit is available on the NJ Division of Taxation website. Click here.
Any questions?
The 2010 NJ Property Tax Reimbursement, to be paid in 2011, which is for qualified homeowners age 65 or older or disabled only, is even more complicated. I will discuss this here at TWTP on Thursday.


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Earlier this month, I laid out $60 at a gun store in Orlando to take the firearms course required for a license to carry a concealed weapon.
Rieg's Gun Shop and Range is located in a squat cinderblock building, between the Baby Dolls strip club and The Royal bar. Inside, a long-haired cat lounged on a glass display case that held used semi-automatic pistols. Rifles and shotguns hung on a wall, and there were novelty paper targets for sale near the indoor range. One featured Osama bin Laden; another showed a woman brandishing a tequila bottle in one hand and an automatic handgun in the other.
The store manager helped me through the paperwork, and then notarized the application himself. He had the casual demeanor of a surfer, with blond hair and a backwards baseball cap.
"Occupation?" he asked.
"Journalist," I said. I told him I wanted to see how easy it was to get a concealed-carry permit in Florida.
"Pretty freaking easy," he said in a slow drawl as he filled in the form.
More than 900,000 people are currently licensed to carry concealed firearms in Florida—including, until recently, George Zimmerman, who in February shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African-American teenager he felt was behaving suspiciously. Zimmerman, a volunteer neighborhood watchman, has claimed that the shooting was in self-defense, and invoked the state's now-infamous Stand Your Ground law. Because of that law he was not immediately arrested, leading to a national furor centered largely on issues of race. But now that Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder, much of the legal focus will likely shift toward self-defense laws such as Stand Your Ground. Specifically, when is the use of deadly force justified?
I hoped to learn more about this in my class at Rieg's Gun Shop, but there wasn't any instruction at all. Together with three other students, I moved straight from filling out paperwork to firing a pistol. A store clerk, who functioned as the range officer and the "instructor," handed us plastic shooting glasses and protective ear muffs. He told us to pick up a loaded Glock 19, fire two rounds at a target, and put the gun back down. I hit the center of the target with both rounds, which wasn't hard; it was only five yards away.
By the time the shooting was done, my certificate was already printed. "Aram Roston has completed Firearms Safety Training," it said. To get my concealed-carry license, I need to send the certificate, along with an application, photo, and fingerprints, to the division of licensing at the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. I was told it can take up to several months to get the actual license back in the mail.
In the wake of the Martin killing, it is worth asking just how well Zimmerman—not to mention anyone else licensed to carry a gun in public places—understands Florida's self-defense and gun laws.
Even though that wasn't taught at Rieg's, on one counter, over the used revolvers, a book was displayed for sale: Florida Firearms: Law, Use, and Ownership. Considered the Florida gun-owners' bible, the book is in its seventh edition. At $31.50, it has sold 160,000 copies. I arranged to meet its author, Jon Gutmacher, for coffee the next day.
We met at a local Starbucks, where I learned that Gutmacher carries not only a concealed firearm but also a Taser, which he took out of his pocket and briefly balanced on the table. It looked a bit like an electric razor.
When I pointed out that the cover photo of his book portrays a Kel-Tec PF-9—the same weapon Zimmerman used to shoot Martin—Gutmacher did a double take. "Son of a bitch!" he said, at no one in particular.
Though Gutmacher is an impassioned advocate for gun rights, he believes there's a serious knowledge gap when it comes to the law. "Too many people don't have the training," he said. "You don't assimilate the law from thin air!"
For example, he said, people don't realize that absent an "imminent threat," simply reaching for your handgun, or showing off that you are carrying it, is illegal. Brandishing a gun can get you charged with "aggravated assault," which carries a three-year minimum prison sentence.
It's rarely simple. "If someone says 'I'm going to punch you, you son of a bitch,'" Gutmacher said, it's probably legal to pull out a firearm and say, "'Don't try it!'" Still, he said, some prosecutors might consider that aggravated assault.
But "if you actually go and punch me in the nose, and I shoot you," he said, "I've committed manslaughter, because I've used excessive force."
As for warning shots—fired into the air or at the ground—they are a legal no-no. In Florida a warning shot carries a 20-year mandatory minimum sentence.
The irony is that if Zimmerman had merely displayed his weapon to Martin, or if he had fired shots in the air, he could be subject to a lengthy prison term. But under Stand Your Ground, actually killing an unarmed person can, in some cases, be legal.
Prof. Mary Anne Franks, who teaches law at the University of Miami, suspects that even detailed knowledge of Stand Your Ground might not help clarify things, or minimize shootings.
"Our laws are not written for clarity, but this is a particularly confusing statute," she told The Daily Beast, adding that Stand Your Ground has been applied in unpredictable and inconsistent ways.
Earlier this year, a Miami judge ruled it was a justifiable use of deadly force when a man chased down and stabbed a suspected thief to death, because the suspect had swung a bag of radios at the man's head. In contrast, when a 31-year-old woman named Marissa Alexander fired a gun in her own home during an altercation with her husband, who no longer lived there, her Stand Your Ground defense claim was rejected. Last week Alexander was sentenced to 20 years in prison, even though the round she fired injured no one.
Zimmerman's case could turn on another idiosyncrasy in Florida law—a nuanced provision related to who provokes a deadly confrontation. The law states that a defendant can't "stand his ground" and use deadly force if he "initially provokes the use of force against himself or herself." Prosecutors will almost surely argue that Zimmerman provoked the confrontation with Martin, and for that reason is unprotected by the law.
But even that is open to interpretation: What does it mean to "provoke" force? Can it be taunting? Pushing? Must it be physical?
Prof. George R. "Bob" Dekle of the University of Florida says Stand Your Ground's "provoke" language is intended to prevent someone from "engineering" a self-defense case—that is, provoking an enemy into committing violence just to kill him. But beyond that, he said, the meaning of the term isn't clear.
Even the "provocation" exemption has loopholes. A shooter like Zimmerman, legal experts say, can still plead self-defense even if he provoked the confrontation, so long as he reasonably believed he was "in imminent danger of death or great bodily harm" and did his best to retreat once the violence began.
Zimmerman has told police he fired his gun only when Martin was straddling and hitting him. If a jury believes this account, Franks said, "then obviously you can't retreat and you may need to resort to lethal violence."
Not every gun store in Florida is as lax about training as Rieg's was. Although it's not required, some stores highlight the legal and moral concerns inherent in carrying a firearm before giving out certificates.
At the Oak Ridge Gun Range, also in Orlando, a class for concealed-carry applications runs three hours and includes a video. "Life is not Hollywood," intones the narrator, "and the good guys and bad guys are hard to tell apart." The day I watched the class, two applicants were getting briefed by the store's owner, John Harvey. "If you can run away, crawl away, drive away, walk away from the situation without having to shoot someone, obviously that's what you want," Harvey told them.
A week after getting my certificate, I called Reig's with some follow-up questions. Chuck McCulley, who identified himself as a co-owner of the store, said he had heard about my visit and apologized for the lack of training I'd received. He said that no one should get a concealed-carry permit without adequate training in either gun safety or the law, and told me that the manager who had overseen my training didn't work at the store anymore.
"We're covered legally," McCulley added, "but ethically I think we're wrong. I have fixed the problem and it will never happen again."