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Buffalo parents asked to join civil rights lawsuit
BY CAROLETTE MEADOWS As a parent of a Buffalo Public School student, I have filed a breech of contract law suit on behalf of my child in U.S. District Court regarding the Board…
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A proper sense of priorities
Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But, conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes…
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Secret Eddie Egriu campaign video surfaces
Eddie Egriu, the popular Buffalo businessman who ran a spirited campaign for Congress two years ago before being removed from the ballot on contrived legal grounds, is considering another run against a…
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2016 will be a big year in politics
As we look forward to 2016, the election calendar dictates that it will be a big year in politics — especially for Western New York. The Presidency It’s a presidential election year, so…
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Syposs clarifies support of Clinton, Sanders
Earlier this week, The Buffalo Chronicle reported that the politically influential former Deputy Election Commissioner and City of Tonawanda Democratic Party Chairperson is supporting Bernie Sanders for President, based on supportive commentary made on social…
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Plouffe: “Primary is anything but locked up”
President Barak Obama’s 2008 campaign manager, David Plouffe, said “this primary is anything but locked up,” in a fundraising solicitation behalf of the former Secretary of State. The email fundraising solicitation reads…
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Peter F. Paul threatens to expose Hillary Clinton
Peter F. Paul, a major contributor to Bill and Hillary Clinton when they were still in the White House, is alleging that he gave the Clintons $2 million in campaign contributions to Hillary…
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Cox to fund moderates in WNY?
Buffalo based businessman Carl Paladino is flirting with another run for Governor of New York. Observers suspect that Paladino is posturing to force out the current party Chairman Ed Cox — a…
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Activists say Higgins should return Honeywell contributions
Congressman Brian Higgins is at the epicenter of the United States’ National Security apparatus, with assignments to both the House Homeland Security and House Foreign Affairs committees. On Homeland Security, he is the…
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If Higgins departs, local politicians would scramble
Republican Party operative Michael Caputo, who enjoys a “public relations” contract at the Erie County Water Authority, broke a story last month that was later retracted, after a staffer from the local congressional…
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Fisher discusses hiring disparities in construction
Charlie Fisher, the widely respected President of BUILD and longtime community activist hosted The Advocator with Nikita Williams to discuss ongoing efforts to force LP Ciminelli and other government contractors to meet minority hiring…
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Rumors keep swirling about Higgins’ retirement
Last month, the digital tabloid founded by the late publisher Joe Illuzzi, circulated a rumor that Congressman Brian Higgins (D-South Buffalo) is considering retirement. The current publisher of that ‘scandal sheet,’ as it is…
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Oprah can trump Trump
OPINION History repeats itself. When the stock market collapsed in 1929 to trigger the Great Depression, the following decade of stagnation gave rise to xenophobia, militarism, dictatorship, genocide, and the second world…
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Higgins’ relationship with female operative raises eyebrows
Renee Schaeffer is a professional DC fundraiser and the founder of Schaeffer Strategies, which has been doing work for Congressman Brian Higgins. The Congressman’s relationship with the attractive female operative has begun to…
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Paladino, Long may recruit Bharara for Governor
Carl Paladino and Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long may ask United States Attorney Preet Bharara to run for Governor in 2018 on the Conservative Party’s ‘row C,’ speculates a source familar with…
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Black and Latino communities need an economic plan, says Cappas
By Alberto O. Cappas As promised, on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 I did speak at the City’s Common Council hearing on the subject of “Contract Compliance Community Review,” regarding jobs in the…
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After Silver conviction, Buffalo conservatives rally around Paladino
Following the stunning defeat of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — who now faces up to 120 years in prison — Buffalo area conservatives are rallying around Carl Paladino, the former Republican…
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Critics say Higgins’ campaign finance plan is full of loopholes
March of this year Congressman Brian Higgins (D-South Buffalo) advanced a self-drafted plan to reform campaign finance laws pertaining to Congressional elections, titled “Restoring Confidence Through Smarter Campaigns Act,” (HR 1495). On…
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Obama and Trudeau should open the Canadian border
It would require the elimination of customs tariffs, border crossing fees, and travel restrictions between the federal governments of the United States and Canada — but the concept of an open northern…
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Civic leaders call for fair hiring practices at state funded construction sites
The respected Eastside activist Charlie Fisher and County Legislator Betty Jean Grant — the black community’s most trusted and respected civic leader in more than a generation — are rallying the city.…
