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Group seeks to unseat incumbents throughout Western New York
The Buffalo News ^ | 2/5/2005 | ANTHONY CARDINALE

Posted on 02/05/2005 9:01:37 AM PST by The Mayor

Group seeks to unseat incumbents throughout Western New York

By ANTHONY CARDINALE
News Staff Reporter
2/5/2005

More than 40 politically minded people from all over Western New York showed up Thursday evening for a meeting of a new organization intent on unseating incumbents in the next election.

Primary Challenge zeroed in on Erie County legislators who support a penny increase in the sales tax.

"We have been in existence for four weeks, and already we have mobilized a small army," said Leonard A. Roberto of Batavia, head of the group. This first public meeting was held in Veterans Park Baptist Church in Depew, where Roberto is the pastor.

First-time candidates will receive help from Primary Challenge, regardless of political affiliation, he said, as long as they have never held public office or a committee position with the Democratic or Republican parties.

Roberto, also a businessman, ran against County Executive Dennis T. Gorski under the flag of Ross Perot's Independence Party in 1995, then challenged State Sen. Mary Lou Rath, R-Williamsville, in 1998. Once a member of the Independence Party's executive committee, Roberto said he got fed up with party politics and decided to work from the outside.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: buffalo; eriecounty; newyork; primarychallenge; thirdparty; westernnewyork
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Grand Island businessman Rus Thompson, one of the group's organizers, said he is considering a run against County Legislator Charles M. Swanick, R-Kenmore, or for Grand Island Town Board.

"We should target every legislator who voted for the sales tax increase," Thompson said. "We're taxed to the hilt already."

1 posted on 02/05/2005 9:01:37 AM PST by The Mayor
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To: BfloGuy; Bob Eimiller; bc2; bauerle; brownie; birdsman; Bonneville; commish; crosdaddy; ...
Buffalo area Ping!

More here

and here Primary Challenge

2 posted on 02/05/2005 9:03:59 AM PST by The Mayor (Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.)
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To: neverdem; NYC GOP Chick; Calliope04; Tares; sdk7x7; kphockey2; bluerose; risen_feenix; firebrand; ..

New York Ping!


3 posted on 02/05/2005 9:04:51 AM PST by The Mayor (Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.)
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To: The Mayor

They need to concentrate on unseating Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver- the obstructionist!


4 posted on 02/05/2005 9:16:09 AM PST by midnightson (Mama-the ultimate prognosticator- said there'd be days like this.)
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To: The Mayor

Hope they succeed.
And everyone who voted to increase the taxes on the dairy farmers should also be sent packing.


5 posted on 02/05/2005 9:23:48 AM PST by Darksheare ("Cast off your amazing human ruse and show them our mighty robot form!" - but I'm a ghost!)
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To: The Mayor

This is a great effort...just wondering to what extent the group is organized and supported as a Libertarian entity, if at all. One of your theoretical supporters has been published by Rockwell and that troubles me.

Don't get me wrong: Given the state of the county and the state I think that the effort needs support, but I worry about fringe groups dividing the Republicans leading to a Democrat monopoly. Yeah, I know the pubbies aren't much better, but they are a whole lot better than the socialist Dems.


6 posted on 02/05/2005 9:27:10 AM PST by eleni121 (Four more years and four more again after that...)
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To: The Mayor

As an ex-WNYer, this is wonderful news! I wish them the best.


7 posted on 02/05/2005 9:29:15 AM PST by jigsaw (Ted Kennedy wants to abandon the Iraqis, just like he did Mary Jo.)
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To: jigsaw; The Mayor
Same here!

"It's 11 o'clock, do you know where you incumbent is?"

8 posted on 02/05/2005 9:35:35 AM PST by DTogo (U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
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To: midnightson

I agree and we can do nothing untill the elections next year.
We will need to get some candidates into the assembly to vote NO!

We have got to get rid of the veto proof majority silver maintains.


9 posted on 02/05/2005 9:40:52 AM PST by The Mayor (Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.)
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To: Darksheare

We need to focus on every incumbent one election season at a time.
When we take a couple of seats in this election they will know we are coming and we will gain ground.


10 posted on 02/05/2005 9:42:21 AM PST by The Mayor (Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.)
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To: The Mayor

Do you have me on your ping list? I haven't left the state yet, you know!!!

:-)


11 posted on 02/05/2005 9:44:10 AM PST by t_skoz ("let me be who I am - let me kick out the jams!")
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To: eleni121

We are not orginized as any entity at all.
The person you are talking about is focused on election law and that is it.

We are not focusing on any issues, we are focused on getting good candidates to challenge the incumbents in the primary.
We are working on a code of ethics for the candidates we will support.


12 posted on 02/05/2005 9:51:39 AM PST by The Mayor (Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.)
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To: The Mayor

I hear that!
I just wish so often that nice wonderful politicians like the honorable and esteemed Sheldon Silver would get their political cashing out.
*Retching and puking after the herculean effort of trying to sound nice*


13 posted on 02/05/2005 9:51:50 AM PST by Darksheare ("Cast off your amazing human ruse and show them our mighty robot form!" - but I'm a ghost!)
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To: jigsaw

Thanks Jigsaw!


14 posted on 02/05/2005 9:52:03 AM PST by The Mayor (Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.)
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To: DTogo

Yup, probably in a back room working on a new law or tax to implement on us.


15 posted on 02/05/2005 9:52:54 AM PST by The Mayor (Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.)
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To: t_skoz

Yes, didn't you get the ping?


16 posted on 02/05/2005 9:54:05 AM PST by The Mayor (Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.)
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To: The Mayor

nope!


17 posted on 02/05/2005 10:19:09 AM PST by t_skoz ("let me be who I am - let me kick out the jams!")
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To: BfloGuy; Bob Eimiller; bc2; bauerle; brownie; birdsman; Bonneville; commish; crosdaddy; ...

Lenny Roberto speaks to a prospective candidate

Ken Hamilton from WBEN was there and had some valuable input.

Crowd from the first meeting exceeded 120

18 posted on 02/05/2005 10:30:21 AM PST by The Mayor (Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.)
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To: t_skoz

how about that one?


19 posted on 02/05/2005 10:31:23 AM PST by The Mayor (Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.)
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To: The Mayor

Sounds great!


20 posted on 02/05/2005 10:48:19 AM PST by eleni121 (Four more years and four more again after that...)
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