Mark C. Poloncarz, Democratic candidate for county executive, has challenged Republican incumbent Chris Collins to a series of three debates during the upcoming campaign.
“It is incumbent on us to share our views and describe the direction each plans to take to make Erie County a better place to live work and raise a family,” [...]
I moved to Western New York in 1998 after graduating from veterinary school in Louisiana. As a young professional, I was uncertain what the challenges of private practice would be. Some of my first impressions of the region were of the Erie County Department of Health. I volunteered at the free rabies vaccination clinics for [...]
Around here, political campaigns not typically heat up until late summer, when folks have returned from their vacations and advertising dollars are not wasted on unwatched televisions, unread newspapers, and unheeded radios.
The serious ad buys have yet to begin in the race between Republican incumbent Chris Collins and Democratic challenger Mark [...]
Erie County’s routine borrowing procedures are suddenly dominating the campaign for county executive after Republican incumbent Chris Collins on Tuesday accused Democratic opponent Mark C. Poloncarz of “incompetence” and struggling with “basic math.”
Collins initiated the latest flare-up when his campaign said Poloncarz, the county comptroller, bypassed the county financial control board [...]
Executive Chris Collins and his unique management style. He employs a mixture of arrogance and despotism, a resolve that lacks the ability to compromise or even negotiate, and an insistence on the sacredness of his and only his view. To be sure, he routinely promises [...]
