Mychajliw’s Support of Asphalt Plant in Hamburg Puts Residents at Risk

Randy Hoak, the endorsed Democratic candidate running for Hamburg Town Supervisor, calls on Stefan Mychajliw to reject failed asphalt plant developer, Rosanne Dipizio. Dipizio tried to bring an asphalt plant to a residential neighborhood on the border of the Town and Village of Hamburg.

Dipizio, apparently eager to get back into Hamburg’s political spotlight and seen in the accompanying photo installing an anti-Hoak sign at Hamburg’s Moose Lodge ahead of early voting, is one of Mychajliw’s most vocal supporters.

“The people of Hamburg fought too hard to keep the asphalt plant out of Hamburg,” Hoak says. “I’ve spent this campaign listening to members of the community. Hamburg does not support an asphalt plant. They deserve to be heard by both candidates in this race. I’m calling on Stefan Mychajliw to reject Dipizio, and keep any chance of her asphalt plant out of Hamburg.”

Mychajliw, who has provided jobs and other perks in exchange for political favors, received over $20,000 from Tonawanda Coke throughout his political career. Mychajliw has a history of working with environmental polluters. Hamburg came together to reject the pollution of our neighborhoods in 2019.

“As Town Supervisor, I will work with elected officials, and listen to Hamburg’s residents,” Hoak says. “Hamburg overwhelmingly rejected this asphalt plant. I will honor the voice of our community and I challenge Stefan Mychajliw to pledge the same.”

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“Something in the late spring, early summer time frame happened – I don’t know what happened,” Kent said during an appearance on the “Julian Dorey Podcast” published on Monday.

“I can’t tell you why his mentality changed, but it went from, ‘we’re gonna create the most space we can for [Iran] negotiations and we’re not interested in the war,’ to, ‘okay, we’re gonna support the Israelis, do Midnight Hammer and we’re gonna continue to entertain this.’”

A key pledge of Trump during his 2024 campaign was that he would not send Americans “to fight and die in stupid foreign wars that never end,” reiterating that promise during his victory speech: “I’m not going to start a war,” he said.

And yet, in late February, Trump launched Operation Epic Fury with a large-scale attack on Iran that months later now risks sparking a broader war.

Kent, who's long championed Trump's anti-interventionist rhetoric, said he was confused by the president's apparent shift, and while he could narrow down roughly when it happened, he still couldn't say what caused it.

“I don’t know what happened. And so for me, when something like that happens, from an intelligence background, you do have to step back and look at what else could be influencing the president,” Kent said.

“Did he just change his mind? For him to go through with [launching the Iran war], ultimately, I do think there’s potentially other factors there: so what could those other factors be? Why would a president make decisions that he doesn’t agree with?”

Other conservative figures have speculated as to why Trump launched a war against Iran despite his frequent anti-war rhetoric, including prominent conservative figure Tucker Carlson, who in April floated a disturbing theory that a “blackmail” operation perpetrated by the Israeli government could potentially have forced the president’s hand.