Will Ward Win???

[Joesph1319]

With All The Lies And Dishonest Behavior That Has Been Going On Under The Giza Rehlm Since He Has Been In Office, I'm Curious Why Ward Wouldnt Win Or Who Would Even Think About Voting For This Guy Again.

We See It Day In An Day Out In Lancaster, How This Old Man Screwed Everthing Up. The Kickbacks Are Boderline Obsered. I Think Giza Himself Should Be Audited.

I Was Speaking With One Of Wards Neighbors And They Told Me That Ward Went To Giza On Illegal Activities That Were Going On At The Townline Fire Dept. I Guess Giza Lied To Ward, Turned A Blind Eye, Then Ward And Sherwood Almost Went At It Outside Gizas Office.

So Once Again We Find Out About The Illegal Activites That The Town Attorney Is Involved In. What A Crew. I Think Its Time For Channel 2 To Investigate Giza And Sherwood And The Rest Of The Thieves!

We Need Not To Vote For A Party Or Party Line This Year, But Vote For Change.

The People I Talk To Say Ward Has Not Been Contacted By The Republican Party And That He Is Going At This Alone.

But Then They Tell Me He Is Just Going To Fly Under The Radar, And Wont Even Campaign Because His Party Screwed Him By Putting Him On The Ballot Without Telling Him, To Make Him Look Silly.

Everyone I Speak To That Knows Ward, Loves This Guy. They Say He Is Striaght Shooter Who Always Speaks His Mind,and Speaks The Truth.

So Far This Is What I Have Found Out About Jim Ward:

Former Us Marine
Bs And Mba
Runs A Multi-million Dollar Medical Device Company In Wny
He Is 36
Former Buff State Hockey Player
Had A Tv Show With Rob Ray (maybe We Should Ask Rob?)
His Dad Is A Fireman In Lancaster And Whole Family Live Here
Wifes A Teacher

Looks Better Than Giza Already!

I Think If We Show This Guy Some Support, Maybe We Can Pull Him Out Into The Spotlight And Help Him Overthrow Giza. Since His Party Threw Him Under The Bus, Maybe We Can Help Brush Him Off.

All Indications Are Telling Me That He Wont Even Campaign, Even Though He Is On The Ballot. Maybe We Can Hold A Town Forum For Ward And Get Him To Show Up So He Sees Our Support. Convince Him To Run Hard Against Giza And Get The The Change That We So Need!

I Havent Heard Anything From This Guy Since The Stuff In The Paper, So I'm Thinking All Of This Is Probably True About Him Not Even Campaigning.

I Really Believe The Voice Of The People Can Change The Election This Year, If We Can Get This Guy Out To Tell His Story.

The Volunteer Firemen Are For Ward
The Police Are For Ward
And Anyone Who Actually Knows This Guy Is For Ward

Now Its Time To Show Our Support Before Its Too Late!!!!

[atotaltotalfan2001]

He just needs to win Depew. Depew puts GIza over the top every time. So wean Depew voters from Giza, and you've got a new supervisor.

[Joesph1319]

We Need Ward To Get Out And Campaign First, Then Worry About Depew, Then We Win And Ward Can Clean House!

[Joesph1319]

Doesnt Kevin Sylvester Live In Lancaster???

Maybe Kevin Can Get Rob Ray And Ward Together And Do A Tv Show With Them.

Instead Of Tee To Green, They Can Call It

Death And Dying, Wny Politics!

[shadow]

I think Ward can win if people vote and get out and do something about it. If depew can clean house we can too. I'm sure the town workers would vote for someone else after that foreman job fiasco and I'm sure the union's still not happy. I wonder if Mr.Ward is one of the Homeowners in summerfield farms that found out his house was built on wetlands and his sump pump runs 24 -7 they can join ranks with many pissed off residents in Windsor Ridge who have no use of the back yards and have actually seen there lawn furniture floating. One better how would you like to be entertaining and your lawn chairs are sinking in the ground!!!!!! All these issues the town leaders don't want to know anything or they blame the people before them. They think the developers will take care of it!!!!!!!

[Joesph1319]

The Yards Are Sinking Just Like The Town Leadership Is Sinking

[Foot Fungus]

Originally Posted by Joesph1319

With All The Lies And Dishonest Behavior That Has Been Going On Under The Giza Rehlm Since He Has Been In Office, I'm Curious Why Ward Wouldnt Win Or Who Would Even Think About Voting For This Guy Again.

We See It Day In An Day Out In Lancaster, How This Old Man Screwed Everthing Up. The Kickbacks Are Boderline Obsered. I Think Giza Himself Should Be Audited.

Substance please.

I Was Speaking With One Of Wards Neighbors And They Told Me That Ward Went To Giza On Illegal Activities That Were Going On At The Townline Fire Dept. I Guess Giza Lied To Ward, Turned A Blind Eye, Then Ward And Sherwood Almost Went At It Outside Gizas Office.

Details please.

So Once Again We Find Out About The Illegal Activites That The Town Attorney Is Involved In. What A Crew. I Think Its Time For Channel 2 To Investigate Giza And Sherwood And The Rest Of The Thieves!

Details please.

We Need Not To Vote For A Party Or Party Line This Year, But Vote For Change.

The People I Talk To Say Ward Has Not Been Contacted By The Republican Party And That He Is Going At This Alone.

That's nothing new.

But Then They Tell Me He Is Just Going To Fly Under The Radar, And Wont Even Campaign Because His Party Screwed Him By Putting Him On The Ballot Without Telling Him, To Make Him Look Silly.

Not defending himself against the only thing in print about him makes him look sillier.

Everyone I Speak To That Knows Ward, Loves This Guy. They Say He Is Striaght Shooter Who Always Speaks His Mind,and Speaks The Truth.

So Far This Is What I Have Found Out About Jim Ward:

Former Us Marine
Bs And Mba
Runs A Multi-million Dollar Medical Device Company In Wny
He Is 36
Former Buff State Hockey Player
Had A Tv Show With Rob Ray (maybe We Should Ask Rob?)
His Dad Is A Fireman In Lancaster And Whole Family Live Here
Wifes A Teacher

Looks Better Than Giza Already!

Anything would look better than Giza. Although if he was wearing a pretty dress and some fishnets...well...

I Think If We Show This Guy Some Support, Maybe We Can Pull Him Out Into The Spotlight And Help Him Overthrow Giza. Since His Party Threw Him Under The Bus, Maybe We Can Help Brush Him Off.

So sorry...no speakee, no supportee.

All Indications Are Telling Me That He Wont Even Campaign, Even Though He Is On The Ballot. Maybe We Can Hold A Town Forum For Ward And Get Him To Show Up So He Sees Our Support. Convince Him To Run Hard Against Giza And Get The The Change That We So Need!

See above.

I Havent Heard Anything From This Guy Since The Stuff In The Paper, So I'm Thinking All Of This Is Probably True About Him Not Even Campaigning.

See above above.

I Really Believe The Voice Of The People Can Change The Election This Year, If We Can Get This Guy Out To Tell His Story.

There ya go.

The Volunteer Firemen Are For Ward

Details please.

The Police Are For Ward

Details pleeeease. I have a real hard time with that one.

And Anyone Who Actually Knows This Guy Is For Ward

Now Its Time To Show Our Support Before Its Too Late!!!!

See somewhere up above, I've lost track. Criminy!

A few fun extras from other posts:
-Leave out the Saddam stuff.
-Leave out the smart people stuff.
-He doesn't take Depew, he goes home.

Hope that helps. Best of luck.

[Contrarian101]

Anything would look better than Giza. Although if he was wearing a pretty dress and some fishnets...well...

you asked for it

GizaFishnet.jpg

Giza

[Contrarian101]

or perhaps foot fungus means something like

FootFungusDelight.gif

[therising]

We See It Day In An Day Out In Lancaster, How This Old Man Screwed Everthing Up. The Kickbacks Are Boderline Obsered. I Think Giza Himself Should Be Audited.

Obsered, huh?

When you're going to make matter-of-fact allegations about illegal activity, you should be prepared to give a little back-up.

So, I'm not asking you for irrefutable proof - that would be impossible. But, how about filling us in on these kickbacks. Who were they from? For what purpose? How much? How often? How do you know about it?

I'm not even asking you to answer all of these questions. Just a few would be good.
Thanks -

Oh, yeah - aren't you the one that also said Lancaster Volunteer Firemen are endorsing Ward? Why are they endorsing him?

[SMOKEY]

Ok now that I have them 2 pictures from Contrarian out of my head (maybe) I have to say again that yes we need a change but it will be hard to vote for someone who does not speak or stand up for themselfs.

[4248]

Mohan did it!
Remember?

Clarence tax payers were so fed up with Mrs.Grelick they voted for a guy that ran a last minute news print campaign.
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I think the main difference in Lancaster's voters -
is the majority of "Prime Voters*" (compared to Clarence) is if you broke down the list by Party - then family members - then by employment of those families-- then their relatives and friends - one could easily draw a line directly to friends ,families and relatives who either work for the Town -and or are affiliated with of one of the many volunteer organizations who's funding is tax dollar Dependant .

This is the Gizites main tool !

Its the threat of budget cuts , loss of Town Job opportunity's , Parks Dept. , youth Bureau appointments , senior center positions , Youth Program subsidies , Law enforcement , Highway Dept. jobs ( two new crew chiefs this year alone at $68,000.00 each- we have 4 total ) - and so on .

Not too mention - the loyal families of the recipients of the tax payer funded summer jobs programs!!!

So please - don't imply the Democratic Employment Agency wins through "Hard-work."
There is discontent in their ranks - but in the final days of each election cycle - the "wallet" is the overriding factor.

It is an Election season custom for Mr.Giza to drive around to different Town Departments delivering payroll checks -
- nothing reminds employees who to vote for better than the Town Supervisor handing you your taxpayer funded check


* Prime Voter = The Board of elections keeps and supplies this list of regular/frequent voters to who ever wants to pay for it - yes they track your voting history -" Fact."

[WNYresident]

It is an Election season custom for Mr.Giza to drive around to different Town Departments delivering payroll checks -
- nothing reminds employees who to vote for better than the Town Supervisor handing you your taxpayer funded check

You have to be making that up.

[4248]

You have to be making that up.

He does it every election cycle.

Watch he'll do it this time , he and Stempniak will serve Spaghetti at St.Marys so all the regulars and seniors see them.

He/they will also go to the high rise senior center off Central and hand out cake , some times cookies too ! They also have the Town Senior Center van drivers drive them to and from the polls - and of course just so they don't forget who to vote for , each senior accepting a ride is given a Demo-party flier listing only their (Demo) candidates to take with them!!

This Senior High Rise is the same place where the "Forged" petitions were made in support of one of Bella-Vista's projects . It turned out that a worker who was tight with our Town Government and Joey forged most of the old peoples names.(article was in Buffalo News)


These guys have no shame and its all achieved using Lancaster tax dollars.

[shadow]

§ 9-4. Conflicts of interest.
A. No town officer or employee shall:
(1) Act as attorney, agent, broker, employee, consultant or representative of or for any person in connection with any business dealing that person has with the Town.
(2) Directly or indirectly solicit any gift or accept or receive any gift or series of gifts having a value of $25 or more, whether in the form of money, service, loan, travel, entertainment, hospitality, thing or promise, or in any other form, under circumstances in which it could reasonably be inferred that the gift was intended to influence him or her in the performance of his or her official duties or was intended as a reward for any official action on his or her part. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to campaign contributions not otherwise prohibited by law.
(3) Take or refrain from taking any action or agree to take or refrain from taking any action or induce or attempt to induce any other town officer or employee to take or refrain from taking any action on any matter before the Town in order to obtain a pecuniary or material benefit for:
(a) Himself or herself;
(b) A family member;
(c) Any partnership or unincorporated association of which the Town officer or employee is a member or employee or in which he or she has a proprietary interest;
(d) Any corporation of which the Town officer or employee is an officer or director or of which he or she legally or beneficially owns or controls more than 5% of the outstanding stock;
(e) Any person with whom the Town officer or employee or his or her family member has an employment, professional, business or financial relationship; or
(f) Any person from whom the Town officer or employee or his or her spouse has received, within any twelve-month period during the previous 24 months, a pecuniary or material benefit having an aggregate value greater than $1,000, unless said individuals make up less than 5% of a class of individuals benefited.

(4) Appear before the agency serviced by or which employs such town officer or employee except on behalf of the Town or on his or her own behalf.
(5) Appear before the Town except on behalf of the Town or on his or her own behalf. This subsection shall only apply to officers and employees who are elected or who are paid by the Town.
(6) Appear as attorney or counsel against any interest of the Town in any matter in which the Town is a party or a complainant.
(7) Solicit any nonelected officer or employee of the Town to participate in an election campaign. This subsection shall not prohibit an elected officer from soliciting such participation from officers and employees who are appointed by, and directly subordinate to, such elected officer and whose service in positions which are in the exempt classification or the unclassified service under the Civil Service Law.
(8) Directly or through a person, campaign committee or other organization authorized to act on his or her behalf solicit any nonelected town officer or employee of the Town to pay or promise to pay any assessment, subscription or contribution to a political party, political party organization or election campaign. This subsection shall not prohibit a general solicitation of a class of person.
(9) Directly or through a person or campaign committee or other organization authorized to act on his or her behalf solicit participation in an election campaign or payment or promise of payment of any assessment, subscription or contribution to a political party, political party organization or election campaign from any person who, to the knowledge of the Town officer or employee, has or within the previous 12 months has had any business dealing with the Town. This subsection shall not prohibit a general solicitation of a class of persons.
(10) Except where such disclosure is authorized by law, disclose any confidential information acquired in the course of his or her official duties or use any such information to advance the financial or other private interest of himself or herself or any other person.
(11) After termination of his or her term of office or employment with the Town, appear before the Town or receive compensation for any services rendered on behalf of any person other than the Town in relation to any particular matter upon which he or she took any discretionary act during his or her term of office of employment with the Town.

B. No partnership or unincorporated association of which a town official is a member or employee or in which he or she has a proprietary interest, nor any corporation of which he or she is an officer or director or legally or beneficially owns or controls more than 5% of the outstanding stock shall appear before the agency served by such town official on behalf of any person other than the Town or itself.
C. No partnership or unincorporated association of which a town official who is elected or paid by the Town is a member or employee or in which he or she is an officer or director or of which he or she legally or beneficially owns or controls more than 5% of the outstanding stock shall appear before the Town on behalf of any person other than the Town or itself.
D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a town officer or employee or any other person from receiving a municipal service or benefit or using a municipal facility which is generally available to residents or a class of residents in the Town.
E. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any town officer or employee listed in § 11 of the Domestic Relations Law from accepting any gift or benefit having a value of $25 or less for the solemnization of a marriage by that town officer or employee at a place other than the Town officer's or employee's normal place of business or at a time other than the officer's or employee's normal hours of business and except as may be otherwise restricted by law.
F. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a town officer or employee from performing any ministerial act.
G. A person who knowingly violates any provision of this section may, in addition to any penalty contained in any other provisions of law, be dismissed, suspended or removed from office or employment in the manner provided by law.
§ 9-5. Transactional disclosure and recusal.
A. Whenever a town officer or employee is requested or required to take any action on a matter before the Town and, to his or her knowledge, either the performance or nonperformance of that action would provide a pecuniary or material benefit to himself or herself or to any related person different from that which would be derived from the action by reason of its general application to a broad class of persons deriving such benefit, the Town officer or employee shall not participate in that matter unless the Town officer's or employee's recusal prohibits town action; then said town officer or employee shall participate after full disclosure. Additionally, the Town officer or employee, prior to any final action being taken, shall file promptly with his or her immediate superior, if any, and with the Town Clerk a signed statement disclosing the nature and extent of that interest.
B. For purposes of this section, "related person" means:
(1) A family member.
(2) Any corporation of which the Town officer or employee is an officer or director or of which he or she legally or beneficially owns or controls more than 5% of the outstanding stock.
(3) Any person with whom the Town officer or employee or his or her family member has an employment, business or financial relationship.
(4) Any person from whom the Town officer or employee or his or her spouse has received, within any twelve-month period during the previous 24 months, a pecuniary or material benefit having an aggregate value greater than $1,000.

C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a town officer or employee from performing any ministerial act.
§ 9-6. Annual disclosure.
A. All town officials who are elected and all members of the Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning Board, Library Board of Trustees, Youth Bureau, Drug Abuse Prevention Council, Assessment Review Board, Town of Lancaster Industrial Development Agency, Ethics Board, Senior Citizens Director, Town Building Inspector, Town Engineer, Director of Parks and Recreation and any government review or advisory board appointed by the Town Board shall file with the Town Clerk, who, for the purpose of this section, shall also be deemed the Secretary of the Board of Ethics as hereinafter set forth, a signed annual disclosure statement within 120 days of the effective date of this code; within 30 days of taking office; no later than April 30 of each year thereafter. Within 30 days of any change in the information contained in his or her most recently filed statement, the public official shall file a signed amendment to the statement indicating the change.
B. Matters to be disclosed by all elected, paid or appointed town officials shall be in the following form:
§ 9-7. Penalties for offenses.
A. A reporting individual who knowingly and willfully with intent to deceive makes a false statement or gives information which such individual knows or should have known to be false on such statement of financial disclosure filed pursuant to this section shall be assessed a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $10,000. Assessment of a civil penalty hereunder shall be made by the Town of Lancaster Board of Ethics.
B. For a violation of this subsection the Town of Lancaster Board of Ethics may, in lieu of a civil penalty, refer a violation to the District Attorney, and upon such conviction, but only after such referral, such violation shall be punishable as a Class A misdemeanor.
C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no other penalty, civil or criminal, may be imposed for failure to file or for false filing of such statement, except that the appointing authority may impose disciplinary action as otherwise provided by law.
D. The Town of Lancaster Board of Ethics shall adopt rules governing the conduct of adjudicatory proceedings and appeals relating to the assessment of civil penalties herein authorized. Such rules shall provide for due process procedural mechanisms substantially similar to those set forth in Article III of the State Administrative Procedures Act, but such mechanisms may not be identical in terms or scope.
E. Assessment of a civil penalty shall be final unless modified, suspended or vacated within 30 days of imposition and upon becoming final shall be subject to review at the instance of the affected reporting individual in a proceeding commenced against the Town of Lancaster Board of Ethics, pursuant to Article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules.

this is my favorite part. Mr Keysa must think this don't apply to him....



9-5. Transactional disclosure and recusal.
A. Whenever a town officer or employee is requested or required to take any action on a matter before the Town and, to his or her knowledge, either the performance or nonperformance of that action would provide a pecuniary or material benefit to himself or herself or to any related person different from that which would be derived from the action by reason of its general application to a broad class of persons deriving such benefit, the Town officer or employee shall not participate in that matter unless the Town officer's or employee's recusal prohibits town action; then said town officer or employee shall participate after full disclosure. Additionally, the Town officer or employee, prior to any final action being taken, shall file promptly with his or her immediate superior, if any, and with the Town Clerk a signed statement disclosing the nature and extent of that interest.
B. For purposes of this section, "related person" means:
(1) A family member.
(2) Any corporation of which the Town officer or employee is an officer or director or of which he or she legally or beneficially owns or controls more than 5% of the outstanding stock.
(3) Any person with whom the Town officer or employee or his or her family member has an employment, business or financial relationship.
(4) Any person from whom the Town officer or employee or his or her spouse has received, within any twelve-month period during the previous 24 months, a pecuniary or material benefit having an aggregate value greater than $1,000.

C. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a town officer or employee from performing any ministerial act.
§ 9-6. Annual disclosure.
A. All town officials who are elected and all members of the Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning Board, Library Board of Trustees, Youth Bureau, Drug Abuse Prevention Council, Assessment Review Board, Town of Lancaster Industrial Development Agency, Ethics Board, Senior Citizens Director, Town Building Inspector, Town Engineer, Director of Parks and Recreation and any government review or advisory board appointed by the Town Board shall file with the Town Clerk, who, for the purpose of this section, shall also be deemed the Secretary of the Board of Ethics as hereinafter set forth, a signed annual disclosure statement within 120 days of the effective date of this code; within 30 days of taking office; no later than April 30 of each year thereafter. Within 30 days of any change in the information contained in his or her most recently filed statement, the public official shall file a signed amendment to the statement indicating the change.
B. Matters to be disclosed by all elected, paid or appointed town officials shall be in the following form: