Grisanti-gate

If you're like me, this whole Mark Grisanti casino scuffle does not pass the smell test. As soon as I saw he and his wife making the media rounds to announce that they got beat up, the first thought that came to my mind was "preemptive strike".

From the way they've been talking, my hunch is that Grisanti is trying to cover something up regarding the incident. Just like Frank "Frankie Five Angels" Pentangeli in the Godfather II, I suspect the young State Senator "had too much wine."

If a Seneca businessman is to believed, we can also add Grisanti to the "Don't you know who I am?" fraternity.

"I was maybe 15 feet away. I heard it," John said. "[Grisanti] yelled, 'Don't you know who the [expletive] I am, you [expletive]?"

Grisanti, R-Buffalo, told The News he was very upset during the incident but doesn't recall making any racial statements of any kind.

"Doesn't recall." Red flag. Whenever someone says they don't "recall" something, it is usually to shield themselves from trouble. Another person at the bar that night also disputes Grisanti's version of events...

"The senator seemed to think that it was his business to jump in between the two of them," Snow said. "[Grisanti] kept asking Eric White, 'Do you know who I am? Do you know who I am?'"

We know who you are, Mark. You're a small time Charlie. People didn't vote for you, as much as they voted against Antoine Thompson. Get over yourself, Hollywood.

Here's what I think happened: Mark Grisanti and the Indians were both drunk. The Indians drank too much firewater and were going to fight each other over politics or money. For some reason, Grisanti got involved. He ticked off one of the Senecas and then decided to fight with the security guards (who were just trying to do their jobs.)

The whole Kenmore Mercy Hospital field trip and local media tour were nothing more than political damage control. He wanted to accuse the other side before they went to the media and accused him of being a babbling drunk. Who goes to the hospital after a minor scuffle? Come on dude! How are we supposed to believe a word he says after he flip flopped on the whole gay marriage issue anyway? He's a marked man by area Conservatives. If I were Grisanti, I'd stay out of casino bars and stay away from Indians and try telling the truth once in awhile...

Police say fight might not merit charges

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West side fight

Here are two of the precious snowflakes the Buffalo Public School teachers have to deal with every day. Both moms say the other girl is at fault. Conspicuously missing from the clip are the two girls' fathers...

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Nothing good happens after midnight

It was "National shove a lobbyist off a bar stool" night on Tuesday in Albany. Jack O'Donnell, the spoiled, entitled son of political opportunist Denise O'Donnell, was smacked around a little bit by a big Indian who apparently had a little too much firewater...

"Why don't you like Indians?" Gonzales asked O'Donnell.

Gonzales accused O'Donnell of staring at another Seneca leader seated at a nearby table.

O'Donnell told Gonzales that he was only looking at a television, located near the table of Senecas, not the Native Americans. At that point, other Senecas urged Gonzales to go up to his hotel room. A short while later, Gonzales returned and shoved O'Donnell.

On behalf of everyone who hates lobbyists and friends of Steve Pigeon, we'd like to say thank you. The big question is, did his mommy give O'Donnell permission to be out at a bar at 2AM?

Seneca Nation council member accused of shoving Buffalo lobbyist

Fight on Seneca St.

A gang of thugs attacked a man on Seneca Street with knives and a broken beer bottle. When we were kids, we settled things with guns (after we walked 10 miles to school in the snow). I'm kind of surprised this happened, actually. On Seneca St. at 4AM on a Saturday night, people are usually so rational and level headed...

Gang with knives, bottles attacks man on Seneca St.

A gang of eight to 10 believed to be wielding knives and broken beer bottles attacked a man about 4 a.m. Saturday on the 2000 block of Seneca Street.

The victim, Joseph Marinaro, whose age and address were not included in the police report, suffered multiple lacerations, the most serious of which extended from his left side to his back.

He was transported to Mercy Hospital and then Erie County Medical Center, and was discharged later Saturday after receiving treatment.

Friday night they'll be dressed to kill
Down at Dino's bar and grill
The drink will flow and blood will spill
And if the boys want to fight, you'd better let them...

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Houston vs Tennessee

You don't see fights like this too often in football. Andre Johnson vs Cortland Finnegan. They were fighting over who they thought should be the next American Idol. Johnson has a reputation as being very soft spoken. Finnegan is known to be a dirty player. He also gets paid $20,000/yr from Congressman Brian Higgins for a job with no apparent duties. Oh wait. That's his cousin, South Buffalo political hack Rick Finnegan...



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Fights at Fright World

You have to hear the last girl interviewed for this story. It's pretty funny. Fright World on Sheridan Drive was forced to close until Thursday because of a fight involving as many as 40 degenerates. My advice to management: Don't let anyone in without a parent...

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Large brawl disrupts Caz Carnival

Friday night they'll be dressed to kill
Down at Dino's bar and grill
The drink will flow and blood will spill
And if the boys want to fight, you'd better let them...

A large fight broke out at the Caz Carnival on Sunday involving 200 teenagers. This fight might as well have been on the carnival's schedule along with fireworks and the car show. Another story you won't read about in the South Buffalo News:


Teen accused of starting fight at carnival in park

Buffalo News

A Lackawanna teen is facing a long list of charges after Buffalo police say he provoked a large fight at a carnival in Cazenovia Park, struggled with officers and threatened to kill them.
Police said more than 200 people got into a fight between 9 and 10 p. m. Sunday at Cazenovia Park, where the South Buffalo Football Association’s 45th annual carnival was being held.
Michael K. Bobbitt, 17, is accused of inciting, and participating in, the large fight. Police say they found a knife when they arrested Bobbitt and a police report described him as intoxicated and very uncooperative.

He also is accused of trying to escape from a patrol car by kicking the doors and windows, trying to slip out of his handcuffs and threatening to kill arresting officers and Erie County sheriff’s deputies. The charges against Bobbitt include criminal possession of a weapon, riot and inciting to riot, obstructing governmental administration, criminal mischief, escape and numerous counts of disorderly conduct.


We don't have any video of the police literally throwing the book at Bobbitt. Combine alcohol, drugs and poverty with the breakdown of the family and things like this are going to happen. From what I hear, it took the dunk tank "insult clown" to finally break up the fight. Bobbitt was allegedly bailed out of South District headquarters by his longtime girlfriend, Lorena.

Hamburg-Nothing good happens after midnight

Hamburg fight draws more than a dozen local police departments

A fight involving more than 100 people outside the Michael's Banquet Hall in the Town of Hamburg escalated into a further disturbance that brought officers from more than one dozen area police departments to the Southwestern Boulevard facility early this morning.

Town police were called at about 2:45 a.m. to control the fight on a bus when about 1,000 people left the banquet hall and created a further disturbance, Hamburg Town police reported.

Daywon Jackson, 21, of Brooklyn was charged with assault, trespass, obstructing governmental administration and disorderly conduct.

The Town of Hamburg Police were assisted by officers from the Village of Hamburg, West Seneca, Orchard Park, Erie County Sheriff's Department, Town of Tonawanda, Eden, state police, Evans, Blasdell, Lackawanna, East Aurora, Gowanda, Cheektowaga and the Niagara Transportation Authority.

The McKinley Mall security force was also called to the scene but they got lost somewhere in the food court.

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