Why is there so little outrage about dramatic misconduct by a high profile
city leader?
Has there been any response to the letters sent by atty Wm Trezevant to
Council President Franczyk & DA Frank Sedita?
Or any response to the posting by community activist Marilyn Rodgers of the
section of the City Charter that gives Council power over wayward members?
I have had no response to my request for action from the "Waste, Fraud &
Abuse" investigator in City Comptroller SanFilippo's office.
Is Davis' outrageous misconduct simply something to be tolerated from the
"political class" in Bflo?
Ellicott District Councilmember Brian Davis finally responds to the scandals engulfing him-on Facebook |
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Brian's Song Continues
Last week Buffalo Rising Online posted Brian Davis’s Facebook page response to Jim Heaney’s front-page analysis of his personal financial history in Easter Sunday’s Buffalo News. (If you didn’t read it, suffice to say Davis has not been a responsible citizen: bankruptcy at age 20; a history of bounced checks, lawsuits and liens; failure to pay child support; election law violations leading to a frozen campaign account; license suspended for lapsed insurace; driving without a license anyway; and the list goes on.)
Shame on me for letting BRO beat me to it: A friend emailed Davis’s Facebook response to me the day after Heaney’s article, but I honestly thought it was a joke. I mean, really:
Happy Easter! I just wanted to take this opportunity to say, “thank you” to all of you whom shown support and offered words of encouragement as I have endured major public scrutiny over the last 8 weeks. Recognizing, that as a “Public Official”, public scrutiny is something I must deal with and at the same time be held accountable.
The most recent article published in the Buffalo News was filled with slander and inaccuracies and put me off as a “Deadbeat”. Everyone that knows me know that if there is nothing more important to me, my kids are my pride and joy! I proud my myself on knowing this to be a fact and more importantly, knowing that I place my kids before my own selfish needs. More importantly, to see nonsense published makes me wonder who they are talking about, where did this info come from and why did it make front page of the newspaper?
Well let me tell you, this info is attributed to the Democratic Party, one developer, and the news repeated role in trying to pick their own elected officials to represent what is known as districts commonly represented by “blacks!” This is evidenced by the successful attempt to rid the Buffalo Common Council of representatives like, James Pitts, Charley Fisher and Beverly Gray and now the methodical attempt to rid the City of Buffalo of myself and MAYOR BYRON BROWN.
I refuse to allow this to go any further and now have vowed that I will be fighting back, speaking the truth, letting everyone who cares to know what is really going on regularly. Equally important I will be re-doubling my efforts to make the Ellicott District (City of Buffalo) the best district in the City of Buffalo. We can not allow for those that had a small monopoly on this city continue to play these games, choose our Mayor AND Councilmembers or pimp our communities any longer.
THE FIRST THING THAT I AM ASKING IS THAT ALL THOSE THAT HAVE A HOME DELIVERY OF THE BUFFALO NEWS CALL 842-1111 AND CANCEL YOUR SUBSCRIPTION OF THE PAPER. IF YOU ARE IN FACT READING THIS EMAIL, YOU HAVE INTERNET SERVICE AND YOU CAN READ THE NEWS ON-LINE FOR FREE. SHOULD YOU NEED TO PHYSICALLY READ THE PAPER, YOU CAN PICK IT UP AT ANY STORE OR BUY FROM AGENTS STANDING ON MANY OF THE CORNERS. THESE FOLKS GET A % OF THE MONEY THEY TURN IN. YOU CAN HELP IN THIS SMALL WAY TO KEEP THESE AGENTS EMPLOYED AND TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE NEWS POCKET!
This is a very small way you can stand up for your community, show your support for progress and send a clear message to the news that their lies, slander, attacks, and control will no longer be tolerated.
When calling the news to cancel your subscription, let them know that you have had it with their attacks on your community and I encourage you to get 3 others to do the same. WATCH WHAT THIS SMALL DEED WILL DO TO STOP THE NONSENSE OF THE BUFFALO NEWS, I PROMISE!
That “one developer,” I assume, is Davis’s nemesis, Carl Paladino. Paladino has long complained about Davis’s failure to file campaign finance disclosure forms with the state, which is in part what led to Davis’s camapign accounts being frozen. And Paladino certainly has little positive to say about Davis as a public servant. But to my knowledge Paladino never spread stories of the sort that Heaney found. None of those stories came my way from folks in Len Lenihan’s Democratic headquarters, either, and I don’t think anyone whispered these stories into Heaney’s ear. They’re public records. If Heaney (and I) need to apologize, it’s for not digging up this stuff earlier.
It’s typical of Buffalo’s politicians to spin criticism as politically motivated. Davis says he’s going to start “speaking the truth” in regard to these matters. I’m eager for him to begin. He’s been ducking my phone calls and emails for more than two months on these issues alone. Heaney found he’d missed a third of the meeting he’s required to attend as a councilmember in 2009.
—geoff kelly
Reader Comments
DIck Kern 23 Apr 2009, 16:57
TEGleed 24 Apr 2009, 00:09
Gleed: Davis Should Resign...Brown Should Speak Up Written by Glenn Gramigna, Editor FORMER TOP AIDE TO MAYOR MASIELLO, ELLICOTT DISTRICT COMMUNITY LEADER SAYS DAVIS MUST GO...MAYOR BROWN MUST SPEAK UP Former executive assistant to Mayor Masiello and West Village area community leader Tom Gleed is speaking up about the scandal that has seen Ellicott District Common Council Member Brian Davis accused of everything from passing bad checks to helping to spring a drug dealer to misusing federal community block grant funds. "I think that Brian Davis has to step up publicly and say exactly what he has done or not done and if he is guilty of the offenses of which he has been accused, he should resign so that the Ellicott District can have the kind of representation on the Common Council that it deserves," he declares. "Clearly, this community is going through a difficult period right now. It needs the most effective representation at City Hall it can possibly get and obviously Brian Davis' effectiveness has been compromised. For the good of the District he should go." Meanwhile, Gleed is also seeking some action from Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown as well. "I am very troubled by the fact that Mayor Brown has not said anything about this," Gleed continues. "As the chief executive of this city, he should come out and say exactly how he feels about this entire situation. For the sake of the Ellicott District and the entire city, he needs to let everyone know where he stands concerning this kind of conduct. Certainly, I would hope he doesn't approve of it. Is he willing to tolerate it? We need to know." And, then there's the local law enforcement community. "I think this is clearly something that the District Attorney would want to look into," says Gleed. "If it's true that Councilman Davis, as president of the CAO, was finding ways to send Community Block Grant funds to One Sunset, a business to which he had a definite connection, then that would be something that the US Attorney should be looking into. This kind of conduct can not just be forgotten or brushed under the rug. If Davis is having medical problems, I am sorry, but his conduct has got to be dealt with appropriately."
better buffalo 24 Apr 2009, 15:30
what about a recall
better buffalo 24 Apr 2009, 15:33
Where is Frank Sedita?
hendricks
18 May 2009, 21:41
Gleed...west village community leader...HA!
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