Comments on: Byron Brown's 1st Term is Up Next Year

By: hank

hank — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:44:39 +0000

By all means, Re-elect Byron Brown!!!

Look at all he’s done in his first term, does he not deserve to finish the job he’s started–Even if it takes the next 100 years?

It WAS time to elect a black state senator with a lackluster record to be mayor of Buffalo, even the Buffalo News said so.

In fact, it’s worked out so well we should elect a black state senator with a lackluster record to be President too!!!

All the thinks they can think…….

By: James

James — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:17:05 +0000

Paladino or Collins seem like better options. (Not sure if Collins lives in B’lo)

By: Dave A.

Dave A. — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:31:14 +0000

Forget Brown. We should run Erie County like a business. We should fire Collins, as long as he gets his $42 million golden parachute. Shut down the underperforming north towns, sell off Amherst, Clarence and Orchard Park to Pennsylvania, and lay off half the work force of everything that’s left. And we also need to fire the entire city government and outsource its day-to-day operation to India.

By: Adam K

Adam K — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:55:56 +0000

Chris.

Name one, just one, resident of the city of Buffalo who meets your stringent qualification of perfection and no less to be a public official. Give me just one person to vote for.

Like BJ implied, Brown is unbeatable.

By: Prodigal Son

Prodigal Son — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:11:10 +0000

Buffalo has been failing for fifty years. Buffalo has had a Democratic mayor for seventy years. Coincidence? Is there a connection? Seems like any R has a chance by offering change.

As in “If you don’t think Buffalo has gotten better for the last seventy years, try me. If it doesn’t work out, vote me out. After seventy years, what do you have to lose.”

I don’t think Buffalo’s problems only stem from having a Dem mayor, but isn’t there an opportunity here? Even with the massive advantage Dems have in registration?

By: RaChaCha

RaChaCha — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:17:48 +0000

I wrote in Marti Gorman, mainly because I have a running joke with her that she should run for mayor. She always protests, “I don’t know anything about politics!” and I say, “Exactly!”

By: B.J.

B.J. — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:14:59 +0000

Let’s start with which attributes a candidate would need to successfully run against Byron Brown:
1. Minority
2. Female
3. Success in the Private sector
4. Name recognition
5. Close ties with the labor community
6. Close ties with the progressive activist community

A candidate would need a majority of these attributes to stand a chance against Brown. Remember, too, its been 40 years since the last time a Mayor lost a re-election bid.

By: al-alo

al-alo — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:52:25 +0000

how about some of the previous also rans? Steve Calvaneso? or Gaughan?

Pundit, how about a nomination thread to come up with a few viable names?

By: wcp

wcp — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:50:34 +0000

Is Carl Paladino available?

By: Jon Splett

Jon Splett — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:24:09 +0000

I wrote myself in so I’m assuming that 22% voting for ‘Other’ all did the same.

Thanks for your support guys.

I’ll be sure to keep you on my short list for some patronage jobs.