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    http://www.byronbrownformayor.com/index.asp

    So lets check this out and what do we think of this person as The Mayor of Buffalo?

    http://www.byronbrownformayor.com/

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    Anyone notice that Byrons logo looks like a copy of the Buffalo Bills Buffalo?

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    Yes!
    First thing I notice is.....
    HEY GANG! Look who I'm tied too!
    Spitzer for governor? Uhhmmm?
    Come on B. Get me this town and hey who knows?

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    What a hypocritical thing to say.

    I notice you didn't post something like that in the new Judy4Mayor thread. If I would have said something in that thread similar to what you said in this one, you people would be all over me about being "pointless" again.

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    Just a little something I came up with on the internet about Mr. Brown - just to be fair.

    Senator Byron W. Brown became the first African-American elected to the Senate outside of New York City when he was sworn in January 1, 2001. Recognized in 1989 by Ebony Magazine as one of the "30 Leaders of the Future," Mr. Brown worked at senior levels in city, county, and state government for 16 years. He was first elected to the City of Buffalo Common Council in 1995. As a Councilmember, Senator Brown received the highest ranking among Democrats on the City Council in a Buffalo News survey, where he was lauded as "bright, creative and hardworking."

    Senator Brown, a native of Queens, New York, earned a dual Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Journalism from Buffalo State College, and completed a certificate program for senior executives in state and local government at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. After beginning his career within the private sector, Mr. Brown went on to serve in key staff positions with the President of the Buffalo City Council, the Chair of the Erie County Legislature and the Deputy Speaker of the New York State Assembly. Senator Brown is the former director of the Erie County Division of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO).

    In 1991, the Buffalo Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) honored Byron Brown with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award for community service. In 1993 he was selected by Business First newsweekly for its "40 Under Forty Honor Roll," was awarded the Infinity Broadcasting/WBLK "Professional of the Month" in May of 1998, and the "Voice of Power Award" in 2001. In addition, Senator Brown received the "Political Impact Award" from the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority in 2001.

    Senator Brown is a member of the congregation at St. John Baptist Church and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He is a past President of the Buffalo State College Alumni Association Board, and sits on the Boards of Western New York Public Broadcasting Services (PBS), the Boy Scout Council of Western New York, the Community Action Organization of Erie County, and the Humboldt Branch of the YMCA. Byron Brown is immediate past President of Grassroots, Inc., a political and civic organization, and a member of the Erie County Democratic Committee. He was a delegate to the 1992 and 2000 Democratic National Conventions. Senator Brown is married to the former Michelle Austin and they have a son, Byron III.

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    Standing Committee Assignments 2005: Cities (Ranking Minority); Aging; Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business; Finance; Higher Education; Labor; Tourism, Recreation and Sports Development.

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    With Buffalo's track record for picking crappy leadership, I think we should go with the person that gets the LEAST votes.

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    In the 2005 - 2006 Legislative Session, Senator Byron W. Brown serves as Assistant Minority Leader for Intergovernmental Affairs.

    Let's take a look at the legislation sponsored by the Senator during the current legislative session.

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    S920 BROWN -- Establishes the police officer and firefighter loan forgiveness program
    S921 BROWN -- Authorizes a real property tax credit for police and firefighters in certain counties upon enactment of a local law
    S922 BROWN -- Grants additional credit on promotional examinations for police officers and firefighters who are residents of certain cities
    S923 BROWN -- Grants additional credit on civil service exams for appointments as police officers and firefighters who are residents of certain cities
    S924 BROWN -- Creates the central Buffalo housing district
    S944A BROWN -- Provides for the city council of the city of Niagara Falls to adopt a residential permit parking system within certain areas of the city
    S945A BROWN -- Authorizes the city of Niagara Falls to convey certain land to the Niagara Falls housing authority
    S1098 BROWN -- Bans the retail sale of aerosol spray paint to persons under the age of 18
    S1099 BROWN -- Establishes a fire pump and sprinkler system grant program within the office of fire prevention and control
    S1100 BROWN -- Eliminates required releases, including required conditional release, of any person convicted of a violent felony
    S1101 BROWN -- Creates new crime of unlawfully dealing with fireworks and dangerous fireworks in the first degree, as a class E felony; other provisions regarding fireworks offense
    S1102 BROWN -- Requires that voter registration forms be made available at federal, state and local government buildings and at other public places
    S1103 BROWN -- Establishes a youth court fund to be used for the purposes of funding the development, implementation and operation of youth court programs
    S1104 BROWN -- Regulates dealers in certain second-hand personal property
    S1105 BROWN -- Relates to establishing crimes relating to gang violence and the abatement of premises used for gang activity
    S1106 BROWN -- Authorizes the establishment of a demonstration program for the imposition of equal tax rates in the city of Buffalo; repeals such program after expiration
    S1107 BROWN -- Requires persons using electronic fund transfers be told at the time of the transaction the fee to be charged for such transaction
    S1108 BROWN -- Enacts provisions to counter and prohibit money laundering
    S1109 BROWN -- Creates property/casualty insurance products with specific values and determines the rates which shall be charged for such products
    S1110 BROWN -- Excludes the earned income credit from selection of certain tenants for public housing
    S1111 BROWN -- Relates to information regarding veterans benefits
    S1112 BROWN -- Requires certain attendance of members of the legislature and the governor if passage of the budget is not timely
    S1113 BROWN -- Relates to establishing a statewide gang database
    S1114 BROWN -- Prohibits the operation of motor vehicles with an accumulation of ice and/or snow greater than three inches in thickness on any exterior surface thereof
    S1115A BROWN -- Relates to procedures for the conditional release of certain inmates
    S1116 BROWN -- Directs the New York state thruway authority to discontinue the collection of tolls at the Grand Island bridges in the Niagara section of the thruway
    S1117 BROWN -- Provides that once a bill passes one house, it must be considered by the other house within sixty calendar days or by the end of session, whichever occurs first
    S1118 BROWN -- Relates to providing that a message of necessity may not be used for any appropriation bill that is part of the budget
    S1119 BROWN -- Permits magistrate judges and bankruptcy judges to solemnize marriages
    S1120 BROWN -- Requires certain hospitals to provide language interpreters
    S1121 BROWN -- Requires labelling of video tapes of motion pictures if content has been altered or colorized; civil penalties
    S1122 BROWN -- Relates to eligibility in the elderly pharmaceutical insurance coverage program
    S1123 BROWN -- Allows smoking in certain bingo facilities
    S1124 BROWN -- Grants various rights to foster parents including intervention in certain child abuse or neglect proceedings, service of petitions to end placement, etc.
    S1125 BROWN -- Requires at least one member of the water board of the city of Buffalo be a member of the common council of such city
    S1126 BROWN -- Relates to authorizing school districts to establish policies prohibiting the wearing of gang-related apparel, markings or symbols
    S1127 BROWN -- Imposes a $500 fine or a term of imprisonment not to exceed 15 days for the sale of unstamped or unlawfully stamped packages of cigarettes
    S1128 BROWN -- Amends definition of dangerous dog to include dogs which unjustifiably attack and injure a domesticated dog or cat; allows destruction of such an attacking dog
    S1723 BROWN -- Authorizes the city of Buffalo to implement a program using photomonitoring devices and imposing monetary liability on vehicle owners for traffic signal violations
    S1724 BROWN -- Establishes the crime of financial exploitation of a vulnerable elderly person or a person with a disability and provides for civil liability thereof
    S1725 BROWN -- Provides a tax credit to businesses performing services on historic properties
    S1726 BROWN -- Prohibits operation of lottery vending machines unless machine is located in specified locations: bars, private clubs, tobacco businesses and certain work places
    S1727 BROWN -- Creates an "In Rem Early Warning Prevention and Improvement Demonstration Program" for the city of Buffalo
    S1728 BROWN -- Increases the standard deduction for a husband and wife who file a joint personal income tax return
    S1729 BROWN -- Provides for a plan of expenditure by the city of Niagara Falls of monies appropriated or received by such city during the operation of a casino in such city
    S1730 BROWN -- Relates to the hearing of complaints by the division of human rights and the awarding of certain fees and costs in such complaints; appropriation
    S1731 BROWN -- Requires certain documents to be filed with the commissioner of motor vehicles regarding the transfer of ownership of vehicles
    S1732 BROWN -- Grants a tax credit to businesses who employ individuals who reside in empire zones
    S1733 BROWN -- Transfers certain programs and services to the office for the aging
    S1834 BROWN -- Establishes the housing part of the city court of Niagara Falls
    S2146 BROWN -- Allows certain tax exemptions within the central Buffalo housing district
    S2147 BROWN -- Expands criminal liability of juveniles possessing weapons and for the sale of drugs on school grounds; repealer
    S2176 BROWN -- Creates the Buffalo housing development corporation
    S2844 BROWN -- Adds two representatives, one upon recommendation of the mayor of Buffalo and one by the Buffalo common council, to the Niagara Frontier TA
    S2845 BROWN -- Directs the city of Buffalo to resume adjudication of traffic infractions
    S3746 BROWN -- Requires the commission to hold public hearings regarding proposed electric and gas rate changes to maximize participation by customers affected
    S4213 BROWN -- Creates the middle income housing program under the jurisdiction of the Buffalo housing development corporation
    S4274 BROWN -- Directs the New York state thruway authority to discontinue the Black Rock toll barrier in Erie county
    S4275 BROWN -- Authorizes the local enactment of a tax credit for resident police officers and firefighters in certain cities
    S4771 BROWN -- Provides that the employees from the General William J. Donovan building be relocated to other buildings located within the downtown corridor of the city of Buffalo
    S4776A BROWN -- Provides for the development of a brewery trails program to encourage small business, tourism and history of breweries in New York state
    S5797 BROWN -- Authorizes the city of Tonawanda, Erie county, to discontinue parkland no longer needed as such and dedicate the fair market value equivalent for park purposes

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    Originally posted by Night Owl
    What a hypocritical thing to say.

    I notice you didn't post something like that in the new Judy4Mayor thread. If I would have said something in that thread similar to what you said in this one, you people would be all over me about being "pointless" again.
    What is hypocritical? Without more data your post is pointless

    Were you refering to the comment that I noticed BB logo is just like the Buffalo Bills logo? I would of mentioned the same thing in judy's thread if she had a logo that looked like the Bills to.


    Just a little something I came up with on the internet about Mr. Brown - just to be fair.
    Who mentioned we weren't being fair?

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    I believe NO may have reffered to my comments. If that is the case my statement was not hypocritical. I pointed out fact.
    Fact Byron is tied to Spitzer.
    Fact patronage exists with these two candidates.
    In order for my statement to be hypocritcal the candidates I support would have to have the same bias. They do not.

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    He had me at banning excess snow on cars. I don't know about you, but I have always considered excess snow on cars to be one of our major social problems. I lay awake at night in a cold sweat sometimes, pondering what could we ever do about this virulent social pathology.

    What we would ever do without these geniuses in Albany looking out for our safety?

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    Originally posted by Night Owl
    N.O. - that is one thorough post of the legislation introduced/sponsored by Senator Brown. Can you provide an update on whether he had any co-sponsors and what the status of committee action is on any of these bills?

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    N.O. - that is one thorough post of the legislation introduced/sponsored by Senator Brown.

    I'll take that as a compliment. You're Welcome.

    Can you provide an update on whether he had any co-sponsors and what the status of committee action is on any of these bills?

    I'll see what I can come up with.

    IMO- I was glad (and lucky) to have found it because it shows he is a man that really is doing more than sitting behind a desk & collecting a paycheck; all of that in the post was just this passed legislation session.

    I believe NO may have reffered to my comments. If that is the case my statement was not hypocritical. I pointed out fact.
    Fact Byron is tied to Spitzer.
    Fact patronage exists with these two candidates.
    In order for my statement to be hypocritcal the candidates I support would have to have the same bias. They do not.


    Yes, it was a comment to you.

    It was hypocritical because if I would have posted similar about Judy they way you did about Byron, everyone would have been all over my ass about how I am being "pointless" just because it was coming from me.

    What's wrong with Spitzer? He is a great Attorney General, one who went after Wall Street fraudulant (sp?) activities, for starters.

    Judy has a list of her endrosing supporters, one being Mr. Joel Rose, an anti-casino activist. Since we're stretching things a little, people could associate Judy with being against casino gambling because of this supporter.... casino gaming that many people encourage as a means of new revenue for the area.

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    What's wrong with Spitzer? He is a great Attorney General, one who went after Wall Street fraudulant (sp?) activities, for starters.

    WOUld be nice if he went after the "authorities" and little thiefdoms in local governments too

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    Without more data your post is pointless

    Gawd...

    Who mentioned we weren't being fair?

    Just generally... I was speaking on fairness with giving information about the candidate prior to passing judgement if he is a good mayoral candidate for the City of Buffalo.

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