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Former and aspiring candidates for various judgeships have been wondering how State Senator Marc Panepinto and his wife, State Supreme Court Justice Catherine Nugent Panepinto, navigate what they call “impossible conflicts of interest.” They worry that attorneys who practice before Justice

By Rich Purtell  Webster defines standardize: “to change (things) so that they are similar and consistent and agree with rules about what is proper and acceptable.” The process can certainly be used to help reduce costs for construction projects. Whereas

By Rich Purtell  A plan called FSSI (Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative) is akin to “legalized cronyism”.  HR 1441 is a bill now under consideration that is in need of a CBA (cost benefit analysis); write your congressman about that.  At least

By Rich Purtell  At a young age we are all educated about the USA gold standards of “innocent until proven guilty” and double-jeopardy.  These are fit and proper standards for criminal convictions, and even with these beliefs, we still wrongfully

The Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority’s stunning level of incompetence was on display at the agency’s March Board meeting last Thursday, and it is having horrible impacts on the 31 public housing complexes that the agency manages. The mismanagement is so dire

By Rich Purtell  The landmark US Supreme Court case Citizens United v. FEC, decided in 2010, protected free speech but unfortunately as a consequence the ruling essentially established that political corruption and bribery are synonyms.  For hundreds of years prior

Frank Max, the Chairman of the Cheektowaga Democratic Party organization who nearly ousted Eire County Chairman Jeremy Zellner two years ago, is alleging that the young man solicited $4,000 bribes from each of 9 judicial candidates who are vying for