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Posts tagged with "Chris Collins"
The Unfortunate Death Of Six Sigma In Erie County
Jan. 30 | American City and County Magazine ran an article recently titled Trimming the fat-or-not with Lean Six Sigma by Stephen Ursery. The article refers to the success of Lean Six Sigma in Irving Texas and its failure in Erie County according to Mark Cornell...
Collins Returns Emergency Equipment Himself, Finds New Calling
Jan. 13 | "I like the globe that flashes red like our Krypton sun..." The Buffalo News followed up on the dramatic drama that was “County Equipment-Gate” by reporting that the disputed county owned “emergency equipment” that was installed in former...
Collins, County At Odds Over Coffee Mug
Jan. 12 | Parting (Mug) Shot When Chris Collins was Erie County executive, he drank the finest Columbian dark roast coffee that he purchased himself (directly from Juan Valdez), rather than the county provided coffee which he referred to as “rat piss”. But...
Collins’ Three Rs – Resist , Retain, Raise
Nov. 16 | The View from Poloncarz HQ Bob McCarthy talks to local Republicans who seem as disgruntled as they are un-named, and lists off a series of concerns they have about the Erie County Republican Committee’s direction now that it lost the Corwin and...
Doc Maelstrom Re-Emerges
Nov. 10 | Doc Maelstrom was a thorn in Collins’ side during the early days of the campaign, but abruptly stopped posting over the summer. On Election night, I received an email from him, reproduced below. Had to lay low the past few months because Collins...
Looking Forward to Smooth Transition
Nov. 10 | I would like to express my gratitude to Chris Collins for his service on behalf of Erie County residents. This was a very hard-fought campaign and I wish him well in his return to the private sector. A lot has been made of our disagreements over the course...
Post Election Predictions
Nov. 9 | After a short campaign that was more yawn than scream, Mark Poloncarz succeeded last night in breaking an important glass ceiling: first WNYMedia commenter elected County Executive. Congrats, Mark – like the Bills, enjoy the win for 24 hours,...
Collins Concedes
Nov. 9 | The View from Poloncarz HQ Long story short: He had fun. Also, “The public has spoken. I don’t quite know what to make of that”. Right before that quip, Collins wonders aloud that he doesn’t know what else his campaign could have...
Collins Cuts to Social Services Hit Home
Nov. 7 | It’s a common misconception among suburban voters that just because they don’t use social services that they aren’t necessary. Think again. DSS is not adequately doing the job they are supposed to do because the “King” himself,...
Siena Poll on the Erie County Executive Race: Dead Heat
Nov. 6 | Things I find interesting from the Siena Poll for the County Executive’s race that was released last night, apart from the fact that the race swung from a statistical dead heat of 49/46 for Collins with a MOE of +/- 3.4%, to a genuine dead heat...
Petedorsements
Nov. 5 | I’m not sure that anybody actually cares who I think is the best candidate for anything. Hell, my wife doesn’t even ask me for political advice. I’m just one of those guys who has a “use it or lose it” mentality. Since stormtroppers...
The Paladinoists’ Attempted Assist
Nov. 4 | Rus Thompson hasn’t been relevant at all this campaign season – a first for the frequent candidate and tea party leader, especially in a county election year. So, he went on the “Voice of Paladino” “News”Radio 930 to...
Collins vs. Poloncarz: Final Weekend
Nov. 4 | 1. The Siena Poll will be releasing updated numbers on Saturday. The hot rumor is that it will find Mark Poloncarz ahead of Chris Collins, likely by about 3 points. This would represent a 6-point swing in Poloncarz’s favor in just less than a month....
Chris Collins: Disabled? (Redux)
Nov. 3 | Hopefully, you remember this post from July, which showed Chris Collins’s vehicle parked at a high school in Akron in a spot reserved for handicapped drivers. This was right before the Akron July 4th parade. We have better images now – images...
Cuts + “Savings” = Millions Lost in Reimbursements
Nov. 3 | Drastic job cuts to the Department of Social Services (“Social Services”) in next year’s budget lack substantial savings. “It appears the Collins administration is more concerned with showing cuts on paper than actually providing tangible savings...
Bonnie Russell just LOVES Chris Jacobs
Nov. 2 | Got a stinky little missive in the mail today. To me it smells like Byron Brown, constrained by political considerations from planting a big wet one on his BFF Chris Collins, came up with the next best thing; a real black woman to endorse Chris...
Lying Liar Chris Collins
Oct. 31 | Going to the voters of Erie County to debate, speak, and listen to them at candidates’ forums? Absolutely not. Go on Obamaphobic proto-fascistic Fox News and lie through your dirty whore mouth? Absolutely. Having watched Chris Collins lie lies...
Regarding a Political Opinion Poll
Oct. 28 | Hey, about those phone calls that voters are receiving purporting to be from the Poloncarz campaign, we’ll have some video up later, but here are a few issues: The Collins campaign has it all figured out. [blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/#!/news4buffalo/status/129995007955435522"] 1....
Podcast the Fourth: Dirty Republican Telephone Tricks
Oct. 28 | A press release from the New York State Democratic Party’s Executive Director, Charlie King: “The State Democratic Party is asking Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita III to investigate reports of widespread and fraudulent phone calls that...