Lackawanna Corruption

Code enforcement officials are corrupted as Ms. Haxton suggested. I've obtained a copy of violations that Joseph Geyer executed. He cited several violations under the NY State Uniform Code Property Maintenance division.

However, when we examined the cited codes, they do not read as Geyer alleges. Either Joseph Geyer is illiterate or corrupted; Either way is doesn't matter, he is going to be arrested soon for filing false instruments.

For example Geyer charged a LA resident with doing electrical work without a permit; the citation reads:

1. Performing electrical work without a permmit as per property maintenance Section 604.1 of the New York State Uniform Code.

The NYS Uniform Code reads: Section 604.1 Facilities required. Every occupied building shall be provided with an electrical system in compliance with the requirements of this section and Section 605 .
Exception: Owner-occupied, one-family dwellings.

New York State does not require any resident to obtain a permit from the City of Lackawanna to do their own electrical work. Joseph Geyer made several similar false allegations.

It is time to clean house in the City of Lackawanna

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Originally Posted by buffalonymann

Code enforcement officials are corrupted as Ms. Haxton suggested. I've obtained a copy of violations that Joseph Geyer executed. He cited several violations under the NY State Uniform Code Property Maintenance division.

However, when we examined the cited codes, they do not read as Geyer alleges. Either Joseph Geyer is illiterate or corrupted; Either way is doesn't matter, he is going to be arrested soon for filing false instruments.

For example Geyer charged a LA resident with doing electrical work without a permit; the citation reads:

1. Performing electrical work without a permmit as per property maintenance Section 604.1 of the New York State Uniform Code.

The NYS Uniform Code reads: Section 604.1 Facilities required. Every occupied building shall be provided with an electrical system in compliance with the requirements of this section and Section 605 .
Exception: Owner-occupied, one-family dwellings.

New York State does not require any resident to obtain a permit from the City of Lackawanna to do their own electrical work. Joseph Geyer made several similar false allegations.

It is time to clean house in the City of Lackawanna

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Yep, this tuesday. Time to clean house in the city Lackawanna...Buffalonymann. :eagerness:

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Don't know if this picture will appear maybe I'm doing it wrong but it's of a house on Caldwell and Center that is in deplorable condition. About a month ago I saw the code truck in front of this home while someone was trying to "renovate" the foundation ( which is falling apart). Now I see it's up for sale. Gee, did they bring it up to code??

I see it does appear. This is from Google earth and actually it shows it in better condition than it is now. I know they are a few years behind in their photos.

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Originally Posted by CraftyExp

I see it does appear. This is from Google earth and actually it shows it in better condition than it is now. I know they are a few years behind in their photos.

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I rode one of the Democratic Committeemen around on EVERY street in the Center Street section of the First WARD not long after I got in office. We made up a HUGE list of Code Violations from street view and sent them off to Development. I never saw Geoff on the streets and I patrol.....ask anyone.
I never heard another thing about my/our list, and every time I asked for an update, they said things like, " oh yeah....that's in court or that's going to court ".
You know what though, there definitely is Selective Enforcement going on, but I don't totally put the blame on the Code guys.........they are on a very short political leash.

The blame for everything , I mean everything, comes out of the Mayor's Office and a certain Department Head that lives in Hamburg. They give the Code guys and the rest their marching orders and if people want to keep their job ......they march hup two ! Can you imagine working under those conditions?!?

There is stuff wrong all over the City.......the City needs to work with people, not beat them down.........but after so long-----the Committee-people who are supposed to be the eyes for the Councilperson in their Ward, and then the City, are responsible for the extended blight! The Committee-person plays a BIG part in the break-down of the Lackawanna neighborhoods, historically they were the people citizens told the issues too and the Councilperson worked with the Mayor/Departments to resolve. Today they have become the Lackawanna "family and friends club" , endorsing who they are told to, and toasting each other at their numerous cocktail parties for getting so and so's kid in. Buffalo is coming down on boarded up buildings on Main Street, we are so used to the blight throughout Lackawanna that some people just accept it.

And then there are those of us who DON'T and won't! November 8th, 2011 is upon us !:mad: Too Little-----Too Late!

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Originally Posted by andreahaxton

I rode one of the Democratic Committeemen around on EVERY street in the Center Street section of the First WARD not long after I got in office. We made up a HUGE list of Code Violations from street view and sent them off to Development. I never saw Geoff on the streets and I patrol.....ask anyone.
I never heard another thing about my/our list, and every time I asked for an update, they said things like, " oh yeah....that's in court or that's going to court ".
You know what though, there definitely is Selective Enforcement going on, but I don't totally put the blame on the Code guys.........they are on a very short political leash.

The blame for everything , I mean everything, comes out of the Mayor's Office and a certain Department Head that lives in Hamburg. They give the Code guys and the rest their marching orders and if people want to keep their job ......they march hup two ! Can you imagine working under those conditions?!?

There is stuff wrong all over the City.......the City needs to work with people, not beat them down.........but after so long-----the Committee-people who are supposed to be the eyes for the Councilperson in their Ward, and then the City, are responsible for the extended blight! The Committee-person plays a BIG part in the break-down of the Lackawanna neighborhoods, historically they were the people citizens told the issues too and the Councilperson worked with the Mayor/Departments to resolve. Today they have become the Lackawanna "family and friends club" , endorsing who they are told to, and toasting each other at their numerous cocktail parties for getting so and so's kid in. Buffalo is coming down on boarded up buildings on Main Street, we are so used to the blight throughout Lackawanna that some people just accept it.

And then there are those of us who DON'T and won't! November 8th, 2011 is upon us !:mad: Too Little-----Too Late!

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Do not get me wrong....the Committee-Person I talked about on my ride is sick of the blight too. Others are so deep into being a party foot soldier that they wear their boots to bed!
I am sure there are people be-holding for jobs and whatever kind of political favor, that had to give their first-born (joke) and hate having to buy cocktail party tickets for the rest of their life too.

If only these folks could get away from the club hounding them I bet they would......November 8th is a good day to take a stand, don't you think?
There is a big-time political prostitute that rides around a certain part of the City preying on the folks who he thinks he can control because they might not be political savvy. He is even using the "N" word I heard a few weeks back from someone who ran into him shopping. This infuriates me and I might even go to his house to tell him off..........but then again I would never," vengeance is a dish best served cold." The sexist things he used to say to me could be used to destroy his marriage. But then again, his wife would probably be glad to be rid of the old coot!:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by andreahaxton

I rode one of the Democratic Committeemen around on EVERY street in the Center Street section of the First WARD not long after I got in office. We made up a HUGE list of Code Violations from street view and sent them off to Development. I never saw Geoff on the streets and I patrol.....ask anyone.
I never heard another thing about my/our list, and every time I asked for an update, they said things like, " oh yeah....that's in court or that's going to court ".
You know what though, there definitely is Selective Enforcement going on, but I don't totally put the blame on the Code guys.........they are on a very short political leash.

The blame for everything , I mean everything, comes out of the Mayor's Office and a certain Department Head that lives in Hamburg. They give the Code guys and the rest their marching orders and if people want to keep their job ......they march hup two ! Can you imagine working under those conditions?!?

There is stuff wrong all over the City.......the City needs to work with people, not beat them down.........but after so long-----the Committee-people who are supposed to be the eyes for the Councilperson in their Ward, and then the City, are responsible for the extended blight! The Committee-person plays a BIG part in the break-down of the Lackawanna neighborhoods, historically they were the people citizens told the issues too and the Councilperson worked with the Mayor/Departments to resolve. Today they have become the Lackawanna "family and friends club" , endorsing who they are told to, and toasting each other at their numerous cocktail parties for getting so and so's kid in. Buffalo is coming down on boarded up buildings on Main Street, we are so used to the blight throughout Lackawanna that some people just accept it.

And then there are those of us who DON'T and won't! November 8th, 2011 is upon us !:mad: Too Little-----Too Late!

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Since you brought that up, the cocktail parties, I went to the facebook pages for Watkins and Syzmanski. What a world of difference between the two! Watkins looks mild and family orientated, Szymanski's looks like a college dorm frat party. Lots of pictures on both to give you the basic mentality of the candidates. Who wants a hard drinking city hall? :devilish:

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Originally Posted by YNOTNOW

Since you brought that up, the cocktail parties, I went to the facebook pages for Watkins and Syzmanski. What a world of difference between the two! Watkins looks mild and family orientated, Szymanski's looks like a college dorm frat party. Lots of pictures on both to give you the basic mentality of the candidates. Who wants a hard drinking city hall? :devilish:

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This is from his WEB Page......tooo funny, but sadly toooo true.
Councilman Geoff Szymanski is announcing his candidacy for Mayor of the City of Lackawanna. Citing his vast experiences, he plans on utilizing all of his training toward the betterment of Lackawanna.

“I’ve lived here most of my life and I plan on living here the rest of my life. I want to have as much input as possible in making our city grow and become better. Our city is my number one priority.” “In the coming weeks, I will demonstrate how to be more creative with city spending without reducing our quality of life or the services we expect, enjoy and most importantly – pay for,” concluded Szymanski.

“I have the skills, experiences and personal commitment to lead our city. As Mayor, I will work tirelessly to preserve our citizen’s priorities along with our city’s finances.

Geoff, a 1993 graduate of Lackawanna High School, is the son of Michael “Mickey” and Jane (Wall) Szymanski. He is married to the former Janelle LeBlanc. A decorated US Navy veteran, he holds an Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts, a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, and is in the process of completing his Master’s Degree in Public Administration. Presently a Lackawanna Councilman, he is on Congressman Higgins’ Military Academy Review Panel. A former Senior Clerk on the Erie County Legislature, he is a member of AFSCME – Local 930 and member of the NRA.

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What priorities? " A successful cocktail party?!? "
OMG.......Should't he be running for President or something than Mayor of Lackawanna with all those credentials and accomplishments?
But then again, Walter Winchell the famous radio days commentator is reportedly famous for saying, : He would rather be Mayor of Lackawanna than President of the United States " ........................meaning:rolleyes:

As a registered Independent I recieved a letter yesterday from Dennis Koziol saying to vote for John Gorman. It says that Jon Gorman recieved the local endorsement (which isn't true) and was overuled by the state. I am sick and tired of this no good clown Koziol lying about endorsements etc. etc.. Reality is that this flip flopper switched his party to Conservative several weeks ago along with his posse to take over that party eventually after Billy Delmont is done. So why is he saying he's the Independence Chairman? He's nothing! All endorsements come from the state committee due to corruption and infilitration in the local committee by the local democrats and those loyal to them under Len Linehan. Which means since Koziol is backing Gorman he was/is one of the corrupted people in that party. Furthermore Koziol is looking for a water authority job for his kid. Fran Warthling's term is up next and I would say Good Ol' Fran is trying to save his job so he has his pal Koziol do his dirty work for him. If this city really wants to do in the Democratic Machine vote for anyone other than Gorman as Warthling's power will diminish and hopefully he will be gone! This is like Andrea Haxton says "POLITRICKS" as it finest. This is low really low.:disgust:

People need to know about this Koziol. He's no damn good. I am glad someone else sees the light!

Received the same letter. Reread it, odd, thought I missed something. As far as the water authority jobs, Jim Sieracki pulled strings a few months back to get his nephew a desk job at the water authority.

Its about jobs with all of these guys. Hell with the citizens. What's in it for me? Sickening.

Don't you just love the way this Koziol panders to Warthling. Someone needs to challenge him before he gets the Conservative Chairman's job in Lackawanna!

Heaven forbid someone else takes over the Conservative Party. How many jobs did Delmont hand out to the
politically connected during his reign over the Conservative Party? He didn't just take care of his supporters, he took care of their whole families!!! He didn't get the nickname, "The Weasel", for nothing.

[QUOTE=blahblahblah;815306]Heaven forbid someone else takes over the Conservative Party. How many jobs did Delmont hand out to the
politically connected during his reign over the Conservative Party? He didn't just take care of his supporters, he took care of their whole families!!! He didn't get the nickname, "The Weasel", for nothing.[/QUOTE]



" Weasel "? Why? Where did that come from?

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Originally Posted by bluethunder

As a registered Independent I recieved a letter yesterday from Dennis Koziol saying to vote for John Gorman. It says that Jon Gorman recieved the local endorsement (which isn't true) and was overuled by the state. I am sick and tired of this no good clown Koziol lying about endorsements etc. etc.. Reality is that this flip flopper switched his party to Conservative several weeks ago along with his posse to take over that party eventually after Billy Delmont is done. So why is he saying he's the Independence Chairman? He's nothing! All endorsements come from the state committee due to corruption and infilitration in the local committee by the local democrats and those loyal to them under Len Linehan. Which means since Koziol is backing Gorman he was/is one of the corrupted people in that party. Furthermore Koziol is looking for a water authority job for his kid. Fran Warthling's term is up next and I would say Good Ol' Fran is trying to save his job so he has his pal Koziol do his dirty work for him. If this city really wants to do in the Democratic Machine vote for anyone other than Gorman as Warthling's power will diminish and hopefully he will be gone! This is like Andrea Haxton says "POLITRICKS" as it finest. This is low really low.:disgust:

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I knew of Dennis Koziol when my Nik was at Franklin.......I don't know if his title was a custodian or a maintenance guy. I just remember him watching everybody and everything, he would just appear......he had a cake job there.
Then he went to the Junior/Senior High to work and I would see him peeking out of the room across the hall when the School Board meetings were going on, listening--watching.

When I ran in 2005 I applied to the Independent Party so we went for coffee at Apollo's and he interviewed me for their endorsement. We had a pleasant conversation and toward the end he told me right out.........., " if it was up to me you are the best candidate and would get the endorsement because you are up on all the issues, but it is NOT up to me to decide who gets the endorsement ".........HE WAS THE PARTY CHAIR! I know it goes back to committee, BUT,...........
We should all become " UNAFFILIATED " that would fix them all!

Wimpy and a political pimp was the impression I got of him that day. He was all fired up a few years back about the school something or other but he wimped out again!
Vying for the Conservative Chair.........he should be sent off to a rocking chair! And the people in the Conservative Party should run to find, then back a person without all the political baggage this flip-flopper has! How about a woman Chair....has Lackawanna ever had a woman Chair a political party?
BTW:
I have heard through the years that he liked to throw his self-appointed power around in the schools and bullied some of the lady cleaners. Shame on the wimp!:disgust: I wonder how many grievances he caused the schools?

I just found my old "Map and Guide to the City of.....Lackawanna" published by Good Beginnings in Rochester in cooperation with the LA Chamber of Commerce---1982.
The title is:
"Looking forward to its future with pride in its past!"
Subtitles:

"Lots Of Things To Do And See"

"There's always plenty to do and see in the "Big City", but Lackawanna offers visitors and residents a full schedule of entertainment opportunities at home too!"
"Twenty playgrounds, six of which include tennis courts and instruction, and Parochial School gymnasiums provide facilities for a wide range of activities sponsored by the Recreation Department. Sports programs include winter and summer basketball highlighted by a hoop shooting contest, seminars for soccer participants. Inter-city bocce tournament's and trips are available throughout the winter season. Aerobic classes, arts and crafts and bussing for various field trips round out the schedule".
"Special programs for over 900 seniors.....
"Each year kiddies search for hidden treasures during the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Fireworks complete the 4th of July celebrations, complete with a parade, and during August the City of Lackawanna sponsors a special day of singing , dancing, and fireworks when friends and neighbors join together in community recreation."
"Cultural entertainment is provided by Lackawanna's community theater groups. Open air art shows and ethnic displays are always popular with visitors and residents."
"Yes there are things to see and do in Lackawanna, whether its a backyard BBQ, sometime at the beach or a community celebration. We invite you to join us and see for yourself why so many happy people call Lackawanna home."

Other Subtitle Topics:

"Looking Forward To The Future With Victoria Square"
"Business"
"A Proud Heritage"
"An Ideal Setting"
"Play Ball"

2011
-1982
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= 29 years later.................Are WE Happy People?

I will gladly share this with anyone, it is a hoot! BTW: When I was in City Hall I asked if we could get the Lackawanna Historical Society (yes there are some real troopers who meet to keep this alive) to redo the locked cabinents in the lobby of the City Hall change-ups quarterly or so......... I was flatly denied by the Mayor and Council President!

The same with my 1936 edition of a Lackawanna Leader aka The Front Page, I will gladly share it.
I would have fought someone till next week if I did not see it with my own eyes....it was election time and there is an ad describing the polling places for the Political Parties in Lackawanna, N.Y.
The parties listed are:
Republican,
Democrat,
Socialist,
Communist!

And who do you think the offspring of those members are.........!!!!!:eek:

QUOTE=Dan12;816007]Blue this will be my last statement to you . If you see a piece of dog crap do you call it a flower, if it is raining do you say it is sunny so why when I see an idiot I shouldnt say so. If some is going to post a stupid statement then call it a stupid statement. Some people can hear something and not know what they just heard and whats worse is up here people see something and cant understand what they just seen ![/QUOTE]


What are you the, SpeakUp-Nazi? Telling US that WE don't understand when we don't even know or really care what personal vendetta you have for someone?!? Many of us don't know who you are.
Whatever bee bit YOUR bonnet .......we are on a different page than you, and are not on here for that; this is supposed to be an informational POLITICAL Forum. To keep up on the people, places, and things that relate to the betterment of Lackawanna. How are you trying to better Lackawanna with your personal issue ****-on blocking your view? :witless:

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Council President Race



Word is that Makeyenko's honeymoon with Polanski and Szymanski is now over. Polanski wouldn't give Makeyenko the promotion that he wanted in Lackawanna Municipal Housing and also refused his request for a position in the Authority for Lisa Friend's son.
So....in typical Makeyenko fashion, he throws another candidate into the Council President race to upset the proverbial apple cart.
Sue Staniszewski is now seeking Democratic Party support for the position of Council President. Sue is the wife of John's best friend and school district employee Dave Staniszewski. Sue is also an employee of the school district.
So....is Makeyenko out to control both the schools and the city or is this just a bluff to get the jobs he desires?
Will Norm and Geoff stand their ground with Makeyenko...or will they buckle under pressure and concede to his demands for more patronage jobs??



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funny how things work in this city,,,,, Where does "the son work now"?????????

What Watkins looks like and really is are 2 very different things.........ask around......

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What Watkins looks like and really is are 2 very different things.........ask around......

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I have been thinking about your rantings Change 2011.......
Too many of you people keep going off half cocked about some nonsense and spew lies to defame and harass a persons' character. What kind of an accusation is that, " What Watkins looks like and really is are 2 different things" . I have been around too long to listen to and put up with the junior-high mentality of political soldiers like YOU who like to stir the pot by putting out lies.
Put Up or SHUT-UP about what you are saying. I post facts, most of us do....this is a POLITICAL FORUM to discuss Lackawanna politics.

Ask around?
You know what, big boy/girl.......why don't YOU ask him to his face instead of making accusations on here, I know he will gladly spend some time with you; and then be man/woman enough to print your answers in The Front Page paper?!? " Put your big boy/girl panties on and deal with it! "
Tag! You're it!:eagerness: YOU started this.

" Dion Watkins:
Don't allow anyone to steal your joy. It's time to grow up and stop allowing people to "rent" space in our heads. Life is too short to waste time worrying about who likes you or who doesn't. Your blessings are NOT predicated on who likes you or who doesn't, they're based on what God wants to have. So be encouraged and keep it moving! "


Now CHANGE THAT, 2011!:p