From the Editor’s Desk:  I was totally surprise this morning when I checked my e-mail.  I couldn’t believe how many people sent messages and in various ways said they clearly understood how Golisano was trying to stuff his two candidates, Joe Mesi and Jon Powers, down our collective throat.

Amherst is a town of caring, well-educated people who can tell when someone is trying to jam an 800 pound elephant down our throats by sending tons of colorful flyers which don’t actually say anything.

Golisano will not taste victory in Amherst with his two parrots, but he will taste the bitter aftertaste of loss.  His money not only stuffed our mail boxes but overloaded our garbage cans and lined many bird cages.

Golisano, stay out of Amherst.  We can think for ourselves.

Robert L. Koch
Former Tonawanda Village
Justice and Postmaster
(1879 - 1884)

His great-great grandson
Dan Ward
“Before you know where you are going, you have to know where you have been”

Democratic Party Primary Day - Tuesday Sept. 9 - Vote Dan Ward NYS Senate, 61st District.Educated, Experience, Independent - “I’m looking to no Billionaire, No Political Establishment, No Special Interest Group…I’m beholding to you, the VOTER.

“Sarah: How A Hockey Mom Turned Alaska’s Political Establishment Upside Down.”

The author, Kaylene Johnson is a writer and long-time Alaskan who lives on a farm outside Wasilla, Alaska. I gave her a call at 8:00 p.m. ET to set up a radio interview. We also got permission to post photos from the book as well as an excerpt:

Just who is the candidate tired of the establishment?  Who is ready to rock ‘em, sock ‘em?  Obama or McCain? 

After watching two political conclaves the last two weeks, it would be easy to be confused about which was really the gathering of the opposition. As Senator John McCain accepted the Republican nomination for president, he and his supporters sounded the call of insurgents seeking to topple the establishment, even though their party heads the establishment.
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ERIE COUNTY EXECUTIVE CHRIS COLLINS GREAT JOB!!!!

“Joe:  I just got home and am very happy I was able to speak to the nation and mention Buffalo and Erie County in a positive speech.  While I was disappointed I was unable to deliver my scheduled speech on Tuesday night, I wanted to share that speech with you.  I was given the chance to alter my speech on Wednesday night to include references to my work in Erie County and to remind the nation that Buffalo is the City of Good Neighbors.  I literally made the changes on the fly since the schedule was changing minute by minute and I wasn’t shown the outline of my speech until minutes before I was scheduled to go on stage.  In fact, I ad libbed during the speech hoping the person running the teleprompter wouldn’t get confused!”  Chris

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Golisano: Calling Any Candidate Who Will Do His Bidding

September 9th, is Primary day.  We, the public, have been showered with tons of paper in our mailboxes supporting mostly Joe Mesi and Jon Powers. This is Joe and Jon’s first turn at politics. Joe is running for a seat in our State Senate while Jon is running for Congress.  Both Joe and Jon have been lucky to have the support of a billionaire who is a ture believer in the American way of life.  If you have enough money you can buy anything and anyone!!!

Mr. Golisano comes from the land of billionaires.  Presently he wants to own politicians in New York, then he will start creeping out to other states, like a deadly cancer, to control other candidates who will do his bidding.

Politicians are being bought by allowing wealthy backers to pour money into their campaigns so they can overwhelm their competition with television ads, color flyers flooding mail boxes and unending radio spots.  The print and media material say things only an ignorant fool would believe, but then it is being written by individuals who want to control a state by ‘owning’ candidates; candidates who don’t care who pays their bills. 

If Jon and/or Joe win they become part of our governing body, or better said, part of Mr Golisano’s governing body.

These candidates should understand they are Mr .Golisano’s little hand puppets and he pulls the strings.  If they obey his every command their life in politics will be sweet and they will rise rapidly up the steps of government.  Would you like to control Senators in our in Congress to do your bidding? 

Mr. Golisano’s dream will become a reality unless common sense Americans in our area say, “No” to this repulsive man’s plot.

 j.j.Tricoli        

“I COULDN’T STAY SILENT ANY LONGER”: LaFalce Calls Kryzan “Head and Shoulders Above Her Opponents”

Today, Congressman John LaFalce did not mince his words – ‘Alice should and could win’

Amherst, NY – John LaFalce, a 14-term Congressman and long-time public servant, today endorsed rising star Alice Kryzan for Congress. A respected statesman, Vietnam era veteran, and popular leader, LaFalce said;

“I couldn’t stay silent any longer with such an exceptional candidate in the field who is clearly head and shoulders above her opponents. I felt compelled to make public my support of her, especially since I am now convinced she can and should win.”

LaFalce has represented many parts of what now constitutes the 26th Congressional District. Throughout his political career as a State Senator, State Assemblyman, and 28-year member of the US House of Representatives, LaFalce got to know the District and its residents well. It is this familiarity with the region and the issues facing it that convinced him to support Alice Kryzan for Congress.

Having served in Congress as Chairman of the Small Business Committee and the Ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services committee, LaFalce’s endorsement lends considerable weight to Kryzan’s platform of experience, environmental responsibility, and economic resurgence.

In making his endorsement, LaFalce added;

“I know all three of the candidates, especially Alice. There is no doubt in my mind that Alice Kryzan is exactly what the doctor ordered for Western New York. She has run a positive and responsible campaign we can all be proud of, and she has the intellect, experience, judgment and passion to get things done in Washington. America and Western New York face serious problems, and we need serious people to solve them. I am convinced that Alice, a lifelong Democrat, will be an exceptional Congresswoman. It is my pleasure, and duty, to give her my endorsement.”

And so reads the press release from the Kryzan campaign. I had the pleasure of attending the press conference at the Riviera Theater in the City of North Tonawanda, and speaking with both the Congressman, and Alice Kryzan - whom I first met about 1 year ago.

His endorsement was a resounding and energetic call for all the voters of the 26th District to give due consideration to Alice Kryzan before they cast their ballot.

What did he say that is not in the Kryzan Campaign press release?

Alice Kryzan acts according to her convictions, is the only true Democrat, is 100x more capable than Jon Powers, has a passion for Health Care for all Americans, believes war is the last option, and has a positive vision for the future.

In the end Alice Kryzan remarked that she will defend Social Security, will stridently work to make this district a hub of green and alternative energy projects, and was greatly humbled by the former Congressman’s endorsement.

Posted by Mike Wrona

Wednesday morning the residents of New Orleans were being let back in to the city.  Electricity is not on for everyone and all medical services are not fully available, but people are pouring back in.

“Citizens began trickling back to hot, dank homes on the emptied streets by Wednesday afternoon, as the city — and much of the state — was still mostly without electric power. Despite angry blasts from Gov. Bobby Jindal and even a plea from President Bush, utility officials gave no word on when electricity would be restored. But some residents said they had no choice but return, the intense heat and humidity notwithstanding.”

“Traffic was reported bumper-to-bumper for miles on the Interstate highways leading to the hobbled city, testimony to the immense clamor to return home after a storm that proved far less damaging than had been feared.”
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Apparenetly every income level is dealing with rising prices.  Even high-end retailers like Saks Inc, and Nordstrom Inc. posted weaker results as their affluent customers start to feel pinched.  The old standby Wal-Mart was one of the few who posted higher August sales.

“Consumers are spending on necessities and looking for value and the lowest price possible. And it’s reflective again in the results that we are seeing,” the president of research company RetailMetrics, Ken Perkins, said.”

“Wal-Mart said that sales of groceries and back-to-school products helped its August same-store sales rise 3 percent. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected a 1.6 percent increase. Including fuel, the retailer’s total same-store sales rose 3.5 percent.”
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Sarah Palin, Republican John McCain’s choice for V.P. is not Roman Catholic but a member of the Assembly Of God.  This sect has a history of intense hate for Roman Catholics and Jews.  In their comic book type of literature they refer to the Virgin Mary as the whore who slept around with Roman soldiers.

At a recent meeting at her church in Alaska the speaker told the gathered throng that the Jews in Israel should be killed because they do not accept Jesus as being the Son of God.  When asked to respond to this Sarah said she did not agree with his point of view.