Maybe I'm asking for the impossible. I came across this on the web site where politicians pay to have their articles published. I don't remember any of this from Wroblewski's tenure as a legislator. Is any of this true?

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West Seneca's Tim Wroblewski

Running for County Legislature 9th District

by Staff

PoliticsNYNET@aol.com

When West Seneca's Tim Wroblewski was a member of the Erie County Legislature, he repeatedly warned that, far from being revenue neutral, the county's takeover of the city's parks would cost County Hall millions...No one listened at the time. But, years later once he was out of office, it became widely acknowledged that he was right all along.

At another point during his tenure in the Legislature, Wroblewski warned that the county was wasting thousands of dollars every year by leasing office space when it could be using buildings it already owns...No one listened at the time. But, since then he's been proven right again.

Then there's the fact that Legislator Wroblewski also warned that the county's takeover of the city lockup was also far from revenue neutral for Erie County taxpayers...Of course, no one listened to him at the time on that one either. But, since then, you guessed it, he's been proven right yet another time!

"What I was dealing with was a history of misrepresentation of what was really going on by the leadership of Erie County that I felt I had to speak out against, even if I was the only one doing it," he recalls. "It didn't matter to me that I was never given the credit for having been the one to expose all of these misrepresentations at the time. I'm just glad they were exposed. I only wish it had happened sooner for the sake of the taxpayers of Erie County and especially the 9th district."

Now after a two year absence, this successful real estate entrepreneur, husband, and father is running for the Legislature again, despite the frustrations he ran into the first time around.

"I understand that the period of time when I was in the Legislature previously was a very difficult time, a time when everything seemed to blow up," he points out. "Possibly because of that, a lot of people have told me I must be crazy to want to get back into public office again. Why am I doing it?...The answer is that my family and I are really very much a part of this community in West Seneca and South Cheektowaga. As a real estate agent, I am talking to people all the time.

"As a result, I am dedicated to making things better for all of our people. I want to get back to really finding solutions to our problems, not just mouthing slogans. When I was the 9th District county legislator, I worked 60 or more hours a week at the job. I was always accessible. I was out and about in the community. I want to bring that same kind of spirit of public service and problem solving back to the job again. That's the reason why I am running."

That may also be the reason why his candidacy is meeting with so much encouragement from constituents.

"People are always coming up and telling me that they appreciate the fact that I did a lot of good things while I was in office," he notes. "They tell me that I was good at the government side of the job, but maybe not as good at the politics. My view was always that the important thing was that good things got done, not so much that I got the credit."

A graduate of West Seneca East High School, Wroblewski is a former criminal justice major at Buff State who had been on the verge of a highly successful career as a UPS executive, but nixed the opportunity because he would have been forced to relocate outside WNY. He got into the real estate in 1990 because he wanted to create a profession for himself that would allow him to stay involed in the local community.


"I first ran for the West Seneca Town Board because a group of us at the Lions Club were talking one day about how bad things were getting and a number of my friends suggested I run," he reports. "I was a political novice when I did it. And, I'd like to think that I'm still doing this as a citizen, not a politician. My only goal is to serve the people of the 9th District, who have been neglected for so long in terms of county projects. That is definitely something I intend to change."