Our Lady of Seneca Street

Channel 2 did this story on "Our Lady of Seneca Street." I always thought that was a woman who hung out at Hoppers, but I guess that had a different meaning.

The Virgin Mary came to me last night in a dream and said Dave Franczyk's been in city hall for 25 years, with disastrous results and needs to resign and go cook Polish Sausages in the Broadway Market...

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Three's Company

Nobody likes nasty, below the belt, mean-spirited political races. Except me of course. The race for Dave Franczyk's Fillmore District seat on the Buffalo Common Council is becoming a Polish bloodbath. The 25 year incumbent (he was off for two years after losing the Council President's race) Franczyk is being challenged by Mayor Casey's handpicked buddy Larry Adamczyk...


Franczyk had some not so choice words for Larry in today's Buffalo News...

Franczyk doesn't hide his contempt for Adamczyk, calling him "sleazy," "cynical," "lazy," and "corrupt."

Franczyk also points to Adamczyk's financial problems, which he says stem from his affinity for gambling.

"I'm afraid he will shake down developers, steal and rob," Franczyk said.

"I think Brown wants to destroy the independence of the Council and open the door to a corrupt individual who's going to steal," said Franczyk.

Wow. This race even has a dark horse in perennial candidate Samuel Herbert, whose campaign slogan might as well be," Vote for me. I'm the only black guy in the race." Personally, I hope he wins, as Herbert seems like the only independent candidate of the three. And if he does win, it will be like something out of a 1980's Richard Pryor movie.

Later in the article, Franczyk seemed to soften his stance a bit on Adamczyk...

"I love the neighborhood, and I do it for all the right reasons," he said. "I would step aside for a better person. But this is not a better person. He's a scoundrel."

"This is a guy who is a serial debtor, who for his own selfish reasons is unworthy of public trust," Franczyk said.

Come on Franczyk. Who are you kidding? You wouldn't step aside for anyone. Some people from Kabul, Afghanistan recently visited his Broadway/Fillmore neighborhood and immediately asked if they could return home. Franczyk has had 25 years to turn things around and the neighborhood looks like a third world country.

And Adymczyk? If you shake his hand, you better count how many fingers you have left when you're done. He doesn't care about the Fillmore District. He's probably been offered a big job by Brown in exchange for his candidacy. Herbert has all the signs of a crackpot. If I lived in the Fillmore District, I'd probably write in Lech Walesa or Pope John Paul II...

Intense contest for Fillmore seat draws big names

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City Hall politricks

So much for Andrew Cuomo's peace deal. It only took Mayor Steve Casey about 72 hours to turn his back on the governor and the local Democratic party. Casey and Deputy Mayor Brown sent their hacks out to collect signatures for Larry Adamczyk and Ralph Pornandez. The two are looking to unseat incumbents Dave Franczyk and David Rivera, respectively. It says here, both were offered high paying jobs or some other perk by Mayor Casey in exchange for their candidacy.

Adamczyk is a former adviser to Dennis Gorski. I think he's a decent guy (probably because he gave me a job once). Pornandez must be trying to capitalize on the great job he's done in turning around Buffalo's schools. Brown was also probably trying to find someone to run against Mickey Kearns. South Buffalo has no shortage of chumps talking a good game in January, but when push comes to shove, they'd rather sit on the sidelines (or their bar stools). Kearns would have been tough to beat, giving the name recognition he earned in taking on Lord Byron in the mayor's race two years ago.

I could care less who wins in the Battle of the Puerto Ricans. However, Pornandez strikes me as a major weasel/turncoat, although I used to work with his niece and she was hot.

The Battle of the Polocks has to go to Adamczyk. Franczyk is little more than a fossil. He's had plenty of time to get things done in city hall and what are his accomplishments? The Fillmore district looks like the city of Beirut during the 1980's. Adamczyk at least has a sense of humor. Franczyk strikes me as a babbling bohunk....
Byron Brown to Andrew Cuomo: Take Your Deal and Shove It « WNYMedia.net


Political opportunist Mark Jaskula (sporting shades and a Village People-esque porn stashe), earns ass-kissing points by signing people into David Francyk's party on the Waterfront.



The pan rolled and found it's cover. This S. Bflo hack's been groomed to be a sycophant since childbirth. Come on Baj girl. Why not use your considerable talents and charisma and find a job in the private sector? On second thought, you might be better off continuing with the family business (kissing up mercilessly to entrenched incumbents).

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Storm fallout

A bunch of suits and a guy from Babcock got together in city hall to discuss the recent snowstorm and the city's response. Dave Franczyk has been in city hall way too long. Where's the hook?


Blah Blah Blah. Don't these people have any real work to do? Kearns says the city needs a "designated coordinator" to oversee snow emergency operations. I'm not sure if he's aware of this, but that position used to be known as the Streets Commissioner. I'd like to nominate this guy for the position...

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Grain elevator politics

Pictured here at some ridiculous shovel breaking ceremony by the Buffalo River: (left to right) Tim "Hortons" Kennedy, Dave "Bohunk" Franczyk, my good friend Mark Schroeder, Brian "I used to represent South Buffalo at one time" Higgins, Bill "I couldn't find Kaisertown on a map" Stachowski, and the Valley Community Center's Peg Overdorf, listed at #12 on our list of shameless local self-promotors.

Spaulding, Get your foot off the boat!

Common Council's Interviewing Process is a Joke

If Councilmember Dave Franczyk wasn't annointed Councilman for life in the Fillmore district, he would be selling Polish sausages at the Broadway Market. Seriously, is this blowhard ever going to get a real job?

What an insult to the residents of the Ellicott District that the Buffalo Common Councilmembers go through this charade. They are talking to the media and by extension the public, as if politics isn't the only thing determining who will get Brian Davis' seat. Dave Franczyk, whose been in office for 65 years, describes Allen as "smart and savvy." How would he know? He's neither. Joseph Golombek's opinion shouldn't mean a whole lot, either. He tried to make himself out to be the council's independent voice until he recently began pimping himself out to the mayor. Go back to Riverside chump. It's just funny listening to these guys talk as if there is an actual interviewing process going on. Longtime Buffalo voters know better. We'd respect them more if they just came out and said it. The anti-Brown faction wants someone who is anti-Brown. The-pro Brown group wants someone aligned with the mayor. There's only one way to settle it. Put all the candidates in a boxing ring and have a ten man battle royal. Last person left in the ring gets the job.

Actually, here's a better idea. Eliminate most of the current seats on the common council and make the remaining ones part time. Do you really think there would be any difference in our "representation."? I highly doubt it.
Allen receives Fontana’s backing for Ellicott District Council seat : Buffalo/Erie County : The Buffalo News