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It seems to me that a number of people who I would ordinarily consider normal have the desire to serve in Washington. I wonder if Kathy Konst has that desire.

If she does, she must really regret her decision to take Tom Golisano and Steve Pigeon up on their offer to bankroll her run for the state Senate if she abandoned the race for Democratic endorsement for the 26th CD.

The two main contenders, Jack Davis and Jon Powers have savagely attacked each other. Davis has sent between 15 and 20 pieces of mail advertising his website with all the negative stuff on Jon Powers. Powers has responded with hard hitting television commercials.

I’m looking forward to primary night because I don’t have the faintest idea of who is going to win this one. It appears that Alice Kryzan doesn’t have the financial resources to compete, but Powers and Davis have done such a good job trashing each other, anything is possible.

If Kathy Konst had stayed in this race, she’d probably stood an excellent chance to win it and be strong enough to compete with Chris Lee in November. Instead, she took what she thought was the easy route and now has to defend the likes of Malcolm Smith who is ethically challenged and resorts to playing the race card when he is caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

Taking the easy way out isn’t always the way it seems.

Tags: Articles, Cincinnatus, Democrat and Chronicle, Kathy Konst, New York State, Presidential Politics, The Equalizer by Cincinnatus
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Friends, there has been a lot of Jon Powers news on the looney liberal blogs as of late. It almost appears as if one of them is being run by the folks in Power’s campaign, but that is just my hunch. Since they don’t allow me to question them without giving my social security number and mother’s maiden name, I figured I’d ask here.

Two sites have discussed that the Powers campaign has received the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s Red to Blue distinction. This is a distinction that goes to Democratic challengers of Republican held seats in Congress. Other Red to Blue candidates have been Eric Massa and Dan Maffei (I don’t know after their losses two years ago if they’ll be given the distinction again).

My question is did Jack Davis and Alice Kryzan and Kathy Konst (although I now hear shes going to challenge Senator Dale Volker for his seat) get this distinction? How can the DCCC, and the DNC for that matter, come out and endorse a candidate by placing them in an elite party fundraising program when the primary hasn’t taken place? The Democratic voters in the 26th haven’t had an opportunity to vote for any of these candidates. So far it has merely been liberal party bosses in a couple counties. When other members of a party are still trying to gain the nomination, it is irresponsible for the national party to favor one person over the others. Maybe it because half the field for the nomination is women and god forbid that Western New York members of the Democratic Party support a female candidate.

The Democrat Party claims that they represent the people, but this latest move seems to indicate that they want to prevent the voters from having a say of who the candidate will be.  For once maybe the Democratic/Liberal/Progressive/Socialists should embrace this thing called Democracy and allow people registered with their party to embrace this crazy thing the Athenians came up with.

Tags: Jon Powers, Kathy Konst, Lemon Lyman, Local Congressional Races by Lemon Lyman
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Kathy Konst picked up the endorsement of Primary Challenge, an Erie County reform group with a pretty big following, in her race for the Democratic nomination in the 26th CD.

They like independent candidates willing to put people ahead of politics. According to the Primary Challenge website:

Mission Statement for Primary Challenge

For too long, the citizens of Western New York have been the victims of irresponsible corrupt government at the local and state levels. The final insult of this sordid development is the recent Erie County budget fiasco, which offers voters an unacceptable choice between confiscatory taxes or draconian cuts in vital services. Due to this reprehensible brand of leadership, Primary Challenge has set out to change the nature of local government.

The purpose of Primary Challenge is to draft, support and infuse new blood into all levels of government. This is not merely an attempt at changing faces, but an effort to establish real change in the way local government does business. Primary Challenge wishes to supply comprehensive, purposed reform – not tokens like regionalism or waterfront development. Genuine reform cannot take place without healthy doses of decentralization, democratization and limited government. This type of wholesale change will allow our region to soften tax rates, end the spoils of patronage and take on Medicaid.

We are Republicans and Democrats, but foremost, we are citizens. Primary Challenge is rooted in the empowerment of the citizenry, and the toppling of a political class that has gutted this region for its own interest

This seems like a pretty big endorsement. Again, you won’t find it in the Democrat and Chronicle. It is really unbelievable how bad their coverage of this race is.

Tags: Democrat and Chronicle, Kathy Konst, Local Congressional Races by Cincinnatus
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The Buffalo News reports Erie County Legislator Kathy Konst has enter the race for the Democratic nomination for the right to run in the 26th CD. According to the Buffalo news:

Surrounded by about 40 supporters waving campaign signs, the second-term Erie County legislator touted her record as the only candidate who brings both business and legislative experience to the race.

“Over the past few months,” Konst said, “I’ve watched a parade of candidates come forward, and like many of the people who contacted me, I noticed that the field lacked experience. . . . I’ve cut taxes, created laws and balanced government budgets.”

This is more bad news for Jon Powers, the former substitute teacher who uses campaign donations to pay his rent, takes money from men who exploit women, hasn’t done any mail yet, and likes to hand out Buffalo Bills schedules at veterans’ ceremonies.

Konst has experience that Jon Jon lacks:

As president of the Lancaster Area Chamber of Commerce, she said, she also has helped businesses to invest in the community, created private sector jobs and kept young people in Western New York.

I’m going to go out on a limb here.  I am predicting that Powers not only doesn’t win the primary, but he actually finishes behind Jack Davis and Konst.  We at Monroerising.com can’t wait for this primary to heat up. 

Tags: Articles, Jon Powers, Kathy Konst, Local Congressional Races, The Equalizer by The Equalizer
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