Mayor Sings for Hard Rock's Supper

If the mayor of Niagara Falls, Paul A. Dyster, happens to like you--and it helps a lot if you don't come from Niagara Falls--then you can get almost anything. He will give you public money, even if you don't really need it. If he doesn't like you--say, if you are a local developer who employs local people with no international glamour--you can wind up like One Niagara. He will do everything in his power to close you down, run you out of town and put your people out of work. As for the international corporation the Hard Rock Cafe--the mayor likes them. This year, Dyster persuaded City Council to spend $180,000 in casino revenue on six free outdoor concerts run by the much-favored Hard Rock Cafe, up from $145,000 last year.