You Make the Call: Steve Pigeon and Co. — Shady or Slipshod?
Note to Steve Pigeon and his attorneys: When you bring a lawsuit alleging that the Erie County Board of Elections and its commissioners are pursuing “baseless” and politically motivated investigations...
View ArticleSacha’s Complaint
In this week’s Week in Review, we recap some of the points made in the wrongful dismissal suit filed by former Erie County deputy district attorney Mark Sacha against his former boss, DA Frank A....
View ArticleThe War for Independence
So today Assemblyman Sam Hoyt sent out a press release: He’s received the endorsement of the Independence Party. The state Independence Party, that is, chaired by Frank MacKay. The local chapter of the...
View ArticleGrisanti to Receive Endorsement of Other Horrible Transactional Fusion Party
At 1:30 pm today, a press conference will be held in Buffalo to announce that the Independence Party, which is neither independent nor really any sort of political party with any firm ideology or...
View ArticleWinners & Losers: On to November
To my mind, last night’s primary election was a repudiation of some ugly things. 1. Homophobia: SD-62: Even Maziarz, who voted against same sex marriage in 2011, was a victim of an online whisper...
View ArticleErie County Democrats, Politics, and Governing
The Democratic Party in Erie County needs to change, and it needs to do so fast. In just a short period of time – less than 10 years – the Erie County Republican Party has gotten its act together...
View ArticlePigeon Promotes Pizazz, Prejudice
I wrote this linked-to post during Wednesday and Thursday, with the intention of posting it first thing Monday morning. When I learned that the Buffalo News’ political columnist Bob McCarthy would be...
View ArticleErie County 2013: Ds, Rs, Is, Cs, Blanks, and EmoDems
Who’s who, what’s what, and what to think about it all. The background is as follows: Jeremy Zellner defeated Frank Max last year in a hotly contested race for chairmanship of the Erie County...
View ArticleAwfulPAC
Yesterday, I wrote about the Kristy Mazurek / 2Sides / Steve Pigeon involvement in a shiny new PAC that sent out thousands of unattributed campaign literature smearing incumbent Democratic county...
View ArticleEverybody’s Awful Everywhere (Niagara Edition)
Up in Niagara Falls, a deal with businessman Mark Hamister to build an admittedly boring and dull hotel in the beleaguered city is in danger of being killed by the city’s own council. One of the most...
View ArticleLoanshark Politics and Other Things
Endorsements will come tomorrow both in text and by way of a Trending Buffalo podcast I’m recording with Brad Riter and Artvoice editor Geoff Kelly today. In the meantime, 1. Donn Esmonde is still an...
View ArticleAwful Endorsements for an Awful Primary Day: #WNYVotes
Greetings, citizens of Goodenoughistan, where good enough is good enough! First things first. Please note: these are not Artvoice endorsements, nor are they to be cited as such. They have not been...
View ArticleCuomo to Pigeon: Stay out of My Way in Niagara Falls
Last weekend, Governor Cuomo attended the Bills game at the Ralph – the first home game under the new 10 year lease agreement. It was an open event, and lots of people came to see the governor, maybe...
View ArticleCampaign Disclosure: 10 Day Post Primary
If you were a candidate for election involved in a primary earlier this month, your campaign finance disclosure should include a 32 day pre-primary report, an 11 day pre-primary report, and a 10 day...
View ArticleAwfulPAC is Awful (UPDATED)
Remember the WNY Progressive Caucus? The Steve Pigeon/Kristy Mazurek production that was caught existing way before it intended? It’s $19,000 in the red, paid someone $100 on top of that, and is late...
View ArticleAwfulPAC abandons Dobson
AwfulPAC made $112,000 in direct payments to vendors on behalf of the Dobson for Sheriff campaign. Under the law, it was entitled (a) only to make contributions to the Dobson campaign, not make...
View ArticleWes Moore c/o Kristy Mazurek?
Michael Caputo’s PoliticsNY.net published some embarrassing 10 year-old information about Democratic LD-8 candidate Wynnie Fisher on Friday. Fisher apparently doesn’t get along with her neighbors, who...
View ArticleThe 2014 Kennedy/Mazurek Slate
From everything I can gather, there’s never been a time in recorded history when Erie County Democrats were united and working together as a matter of routine. It happens from time to time when...
View ArticleCampaign Finance Irregularity Wednesday
Cheers to Steve Pigeon and Kristy Mazurek, who have managed to crowbar their names back into the news. They have either found or manufactured a crisis, accusing Board of Election workers of destroying...
View ArticleCarl Being Carl
It was a cool evening; cool in the sense of temperature as much as atmosphere. The sun had just set and the cloudless sky was turning a lovely shade of dark blue, with a disappearing tinge of orange on...
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