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    FYI, this was sent to me as a registered Conservative today:

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    Interesting!

    Republican Party Chair Carl Simmeth declares that ‘we have a critical responsibility to fight back against the rise of socialist Democrats’.

    Chair Simmeth also writes: Actions speak louder than words and right now our Republican Party is fighting seven days a week to elect strong Republicans right here across Erie County.

    I would have to ask whether Chair Simmeth authorized Lancaster Republican Party endorsed candidates that are being cross endorsed by the Democratic Party and where Highway Superintendent Amatura and Councilmember Wozniak are being endorsed by the radical, socialist Working Family Party.

    A Republican Party that did not endorse Republican incumbent candidates Dickman for Town Council and Justice Cervi.

    Endorsed Republican Party candidates and Republican Party committee members who challenged opposing Republican and Conservative candidate petitions.

    Republican Party committee members who carried petitions for an 11th hour entry Conservative Party primary candidate to oppose an endorsed candidate and fellow Republican.

    What is going on in Lancaster Chair Simmeth is not in line with your ‘strong’ Republican candidate slate contention.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post
    Interesting!

    Republican Party Chair Carl Simmeth declares that ‘we have a critical responsibility to fight back against the rise of socialist Democrats’...

    I would have to ask whether Chair Simmeth authorized Lancaster Republican Party endorsed candidates that are being cross endorsed by the Democratic Party and where Highway Superintendent Amatura and Councilmember Wozniak are being endorsed by the radical, socialist Working Family Party.
    Given their endorsed 2021 slate for Town Council and Highway Superintendent, does not the Lancaster Town Republican Committee appear to be tone-deaf as to Chairman Simmeth's expressed concerns about the rise of the socialist Democrats?

    BTW, why is it that the Wozniak and Amatura running mate Trustee Rudz is not included in the Working Families Party slate?

    With all of your insightful observations in play Lee, how on Earth how does the Lancaster Republican Party harmonize its endorsement of both Wozniak and Amatura with Mr. Simmeth's stated concerns
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post
    What is going on in Lancaster Chair Simmeth is not in line with your ‘strong’ Republican candidate slate contention.


    Perhaps Chairman Simmeth did not include any specific mention of Lancaster's candidates on page two of his letter...

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    ... because such a reference would seem to contradict the Chairman's more broader comments?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mark blazejewski View Post
    Perhaps Chairman Simmeth did not include any specific mention of Lancaster's candidates on page two of his letter...

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    ... because such a reference would seem to contradict the Chairman's more broader comments?

    So, Simmeth advocates putting taxpayers first, rooting out corruption, and holding politicians accountable, eh?

    How many more times are we going to hear the tired campaign phrase ‘putting the taxpayers first’ and then giving no time to give specifics on issues that plague the town or on how to curbing spending.

    Rooting out corruption like what is taking place in county and municipal committees where patronage is rewarded to unqualified individuals, or individuals willing to do the bidding of the ‘bosses’. Case in point, Republican Party county hires and wannabe hires collecting petition signatures for a conservative primary challenger.

    Holding Politicians Accountable – for a ‘blank’ like me, that is near impossible. Simmeth should hold the Lancaster Republican Party accountable for not endorsing true and best qualified Republican / Conservative candidates. Then to see Republican committee members acting as Conservative Party obstructionists is appalling. Research the names of the Republican Party committee members employed by the county that authorized the 11th hour petitions of Conservative Party primary challenger Greg White – all petitions garnered on 3-23-2021.

    As for the Democratic Party this year, what you see and get is to be expected – do anything to get your candidate elected. Call a weak endorsed Republican Party candidate at the 11th hour and tell him that you endorsed him - and he jumps on board. He then tells the Republican Party at the next committee meeting that he would have been a damn fool not to accept the Democratic Party endorsement. Accountability, Mr. Rudz? Integrity? Character? Community best interest over that of yours?

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    Lee, as usual you are to the point and articulate in addressing a glaring question. And that is, "What is Carl Simmeth doing about the Greg Smith led Lancaster Republican party's dark dealings with the same type of Democrats he so boldly accused form Hamburg.

    Well I can tell you why. Nick Langworthy's wife was put in charge of fund raising, with a 10% payout to her. Carl Simmeth is not of charge of anything. He is a Ralph Mohr puppet. If he was really doing his job he would be asking why BOE employees are collecting petition names for candidates outside their own party. As a Notary Public a person may do this this . So what Ralph has done is fill the BOE with people that have those credentials to do his dirty work.

    Need some examples?

    Collecting signatures for Conservative Party candidates:

    1- Jessica Smith Overholt
    2- Robert Mathews
    3- Anne Desiderio
    4- Melissa Heath
    5- Mike Wozniak

    Those names look familiar? They should, to Republicans and Democrats. To Conservatives those are the name of the opposition.

    Why would BOE employees get involved in the Town of Lancaster politics so personally?

    Why so much interest in the Conservatives by Ralph Mohr puppets? Part of it falls directly in the lap of Carl Simmeth. I can only believe he is in the pocket of Ralphy Boy.

    Every one of these players owes their political life to the Fatman, from his girlfriend working in the office of Chris Greene, an out of district legislator, to all the employees of the BOE that got their jobs bestowed upon them by Ralph.

    The Republican party in Lancaster is DEAD. And the Conservatives are going to be shoveling the dirt into their grave.

    Frank Lee Speaking....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Lee Blunt View Post
    As a Notary Public a person may do this this . So what Ralph has done is fill the BOE with people that have those credentials to do his dirty work.

    Need some examples?

    Collecting signatures for Conservative Party candidates:

    1- Jessica Smith Overholt
    2- Robert Mathews
    3- Anne Desiderio
    4- Melissa Heath
    5- Mike Wozniak

    Those names look familiar?
    Indeed some are very familiar to me Blunt.

    It may now seem like a distant memory, but the 2019 Lancaster Town Clerk was decided only 17 months ago. Your words which I quote Blunt, for me, serve to resurrect vivid memories of these 2019 Lancaster Town Republican Committee endorsements...

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    This is the Lancaster Republican Ticket for 2019, as I understand it:


    Lynne Dixon, County Executive

    Frank Todaro, Erie County Legislator, 8th District

    Dawn Gaczewski, Lancaster Supervisor

    Bob Leary, Lancaster Town Council

    Bruce Stutz, Lancaster Town Council

    Diane Terranova, Lancaster Town Clerk


    Reference: https://www.speakupwny.com/forums/sh...desiderio+2019

    ...and of this subsequent Lancaster Bee news story...

    Registered Democrat Diane Terranova has also filed petitions to run on the Republican line after the incumbent clerk’s party refused to endorse her re-election campaign, according to a release sent by Ralph Mohr, Desiderio’s campaign manager. Earlier this year, the Lancaster Democrat organization endorsed Cynthia Maciejewski for the clerk position. Terranova will now face life-long Republican Desiderio in the Republican primary to be held June 25.

    “I stand for the Republican principles of delivering the highest quality services in a friendly, efficient and effective manner,” Desiderio said after filing her petitions. “I am looking forward to bringing my business experience and commitment to making our government work better for the residents it serves, to the Town Clerk’s Office."
    Reference: https://www.lancasterbee.com/article...er-town-clerk/

    Just My Opinion:

    To some, such as myself, your referenced words, if considered with linkage, tend to provide a simple, but substantial, explanation(s) of many of the complicated political maneuverings and machinations which attended the 2019 Town Clerk's campaign.

    I'm not going to revisit that 2019 campaign in this post, but the reader may refer to these threads to refresh its memory...

    https://www.speakupwny.com/forums/sh...desiderio+2019

    https://www.speakupwny.com/forums/sh...desiderio+2019

    https://www.speakupwny.com/forums/sh...desiderio+2019

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    This one may be of particular interest, eh Gorja?:

    https://www.speakupwny.com/forums/sh...desiderio+2019
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Lee Blunt View Post
    Lee, as usual you are to the point and articulate in addressing a glaring question. And that is, "What is Carl Simmeth doing about the Greg Smith led Lancaster Republican party's dark dealings with the same type of Democrats he so boldly accused form Hamburg.

    Well I can tell you why. Nick Langworthy's wife was put in charge of fund raising, with a 10% payout to her...
    Just My Opinion and Understanding:

    As usual Blunt, if these clips from news reports are truthful and accurate, you are "Spot On!"


    The Buffalo News has learned that Jacobs' fundraising is under the local direction of Erin Baker, finance chairwoman for the Erie County Republican Committee and wife of state GOP Chairman Nicholas A. Langworthy. Baker’s role in the Jacobs campaign caused some to question if the fundraising relationship was too cozy in view of Langworthy’s influence among party leaders – the same leaders expected to select a candidate for a special election anticipated sometime in early 2020.
    Mychajliw charged that "no reasonable person" could expect a fair decision when Langworthy's wife works as a fund raiser for Jacobs.

    "The process is compromised by the fact that the state chairman's wife is on the payroll of one of the candidates," Mychajliw said. "A reasonable person could infer the fix is in.

    "Mychajliw also zinged secret deliberations orchestrated by the leaders on Saturday, which were only revealed by knowledgeable (but not party) sources early in the morning. Though he acknowledged that state election law has saddled the leaders of the district's eight county chairmen and chairwomen with the responsibility of finding a candidate, he bristled at their behind-closed-doors efforts.

    "I was very blunt and direct," he said, specifically mentioning Simmeth and Langworthy, who were both in the room. He also said the process should have been conducted in public.
    "I was very blunt?"
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    The same lifelong Republican Ann Desiderio who was carrying conservative Greg White's primary petition challenging against Republican endorsed Conservative Party Mark Burkhard? The same Greg White who brought legal suite against Burkhard to dismiss his Conservative Party endorsement and whose court case decision is due today?

    I have to make up a new spreadsheet to keep up with the drama - and I don't even get to vote.

    Another 'As the Stomach Turns' political drama in Lancaster. Or, better titled: Killing the Conservative Party in Lancaster!

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    Legal suite against Burkhard is dismissed.

    Mark Burkhard will be the endorsed Conservative Party candidate for Town Council.

    On February 16th I posted that in a bold move that the Conservative Party was the first to announce its slate of endorsed primary candidates:

    Highway Superintendent – John Pilato
    Town Judge – Anthony Cervi (incumbent)
    Town Council – Adam Dickman (incumbent)
    Town Council – Frank Smierciak


    Conservative Party Chair Deborah Lemaster declared by announcing endorsed candidates first, the party was making it known these candidates petitioned for interview, were interviewed, and vetted by committee, and endorsed as qualified candidates holding conservative values and ideology best suited in the interests of party and community.

    Much has taken place since then. The endorsed Conservative Party have been under attack from within its own party and from candidates and parties from this years cross endorsed Lancaster Republican and Democratic Parties.

    Not satisfied with having endorsements from Democrat, Republican and Working Family parties, John Pilato’s Republican Party primary petitions were challenged by Amatura and Mark Burkhard’s conservative endorsement was court challenged. Burkhard was a replacement for Frank Smierciak who resigned at the 11th hour.

    11th hour conservative party entrant Greg White’s legal suite against Burkhard was dismissed today and today’s final slate of endorsed candidates is:

    Highway Superintendent – John Pilato
    Town Judge – Anthony Cervi (incumbent)
    Town Council – Adam Dickman (incumbent
    Town Council – Mark Burkhard


    The endorsed Conservative Party candidates will be primary challenged by:

    Highway Superintendent – Dan Amatura
    Town Council – Mike Wozniak
    Town Council – Greg White*


    *Entered race after Smierciak resigned. Petitions garnered on March 23rd.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post
    Legal suite against Burkhard is dismissed.

    Mark Burkhard will be the endorsed Conservative Party candidate for Town Council.
    Thank you for sharing this information Lee. It is very good news for those holding a true conservative ideology to match its party label.
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    Mark:

    I don’t have a Facebook account. Is there anything out there that presents Burkhard’s bio regarding reasons for taking on the 11th hour position, his qualifications / experience that make him best candidate to handle the task of Lancaster government and in the best interests of the community?

    He certainly has exhibited the tenacity and will to buck the Democratic and Republican cartel and all the **** they have thrown his way. In fact, kudos to Pilato for going through the same situation. Cancel culture on the local level.

    Just like on the national scene, it’s all about control and destroying the opposition through deception.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post
    Mark:

    I don’t have a Facebook account. Is there anything out there that presents Burkhard’s bio regarding reasons for taking on the 11th hour position, his qualifications / experience that make him best candidate to handle the task of Lancaster government and in the best interests of the community?

    He certainly has exhibited the tenacity and will to buck the Democratic and Republican cartel and all the **** they have thrown his way. In fact, kudos to Pilato for going through the same situation. Cancel culture on the local level.

    Just like on the national scene, it’s all about control and destroying the opposition through deception.
    I understand that a Burkard Facebook page is in the late stage of development.

    However, based strictly on anecdotal information that I have garnered from conversations with others, I understand that Burkard to be alarmed by this year's machinations applied jointly by both major political parties which seem to favor the interests of the bi-partisan "Swamp;" the abuse of the "true" Conservative Party membership by both the Republican and Democrat Parties; the Town Council's Democrat majority's prioritization of politics over good governance; and the perceived innerworkings of some government departments which may reflect their favor of privileged actors.

    I also understand that Burkard is committed to maximum transparency, fiscal conservativism, and that, as a Councilmember, to serve the best interests of the taxpayers and residents, without reliance on, or regard to, a strict, major party label.
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    mark blazejewski;1977107]I understand that a Burkard Facebook page is in the late stage of development.

    However, based strictly on anecdotal information that I have garnered from conversations with others, I understand that Burkard to be alarmed by this year's machinations applied jointly by both major political parties which seem to favor the interests of the bi-partisan "Swamp;" the abuse of the "true" Conservative Party membership by both the Republican and Democrat Parties; the Town Council's Democrat majority's prioritization of politics over good governance; and the perceived innerworkings of some government departments which may reflect their favor of privileged actors.
    Mr. Burkhard had reason to be alarmed by the Republican-Democratic attack to declare his Conservative Party endorsement illegitimate. He stayed the course and rebuffed their meritless attempt. That illustrates tenacity and character.

    I also understand that Burkard is committed to maximum transparency, fiscal conservativism, and that, as a Councilmember, to serve the best interests of the taxpayers and residents, without reliance on, or regard to, a strict, major party label.
    Usual political campaign vacuous blather! There are several town board members who promised independence, transparency, and commitment to serving in the community’s best interest and have failed to live up to those promises. Hopefully, Mr. Burkhard will follow the lead of councilmember Leary in asking the tough questions and independently voting in the town’s best interests. That independence carries the risk of being labeled ‘that pain in the ass’! Tired of hearing Supervisor’s publicly boasting: “I have the votes.”

    Don’t know the man. Need to hear whether he can walk and chew gum at the same time. Examples of his leadership skills, knowledge of town issues that plague the town – and resolve, budgetary experience (this year’s budget process was chaotic), etc.

    Who are you Mr. Burkhard? It’s time we found out.

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    That Lee is indeed the question, "who are you", a question the voters will be informed of this year. Of who all the players are and what all their connection are.

    So,yes Mr.Burkard has something to prove, and his opponents are going to have to prove they are not the slimeballs they certainly appear to be to the not in the loop voters This time the voters will have all the info they need to make a smart choice.

    I believe this slate the Conservatives have gathered are clean enough to withstand any and all dirty tricks that will surely be coming their way

    This will be an election the whole county will be watching
    Frank Lee Speaking....

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