The genius of our democracy and yesterday’s attack on it
January 7, 2021 Yesterday will go down as one of the darkest days in U.S. history. The president fomented his supporters to march on Congress and take action to prevent the representatives of the people from performing their constitutional duty of confirming the 2020 election results. It was not a peaceful protest. It was a […]
Buffalo 1981, Charlottesville 2017
In 1981 Karl Hand, a neo-nazi sympathizer, organized a “whites have rights” rally in Buffalo and called on others to join him. I remember it clearly because there was a big lead up to it and counter protests were scheduled. The community was on edge, worried about what might happen. On the day of the […]
2017 State of the County Address as Delivered by Mark Poloncarz
Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz March 29, 2017 State of the County Address Burchfield-Penney Art Museum Final as Prepared for Delivery Thank you Tom Quatroche for that gracious introduction and the work you do every day to ensure ECMC, our region’s only level one trauma center, is the best it can be. I also […]
Speech of Mark Poloncarz at the rally against hate and bigotry at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, Buffalo – January 16, 2017
“Thank you Rev. Blue and all of you here today coming together to honor and continue Dr. King’s legacy. I would like to start with a quote. From Dr. King: “We must all learn to live together as brothers – or we will all perish together as fools. This is the great issue facing us […]
Comments of Mark Poloncarz at a vigil to honor the victims of the Pulse Orlando Massacre
Comments of Mark Poloncarz, Erie County Executive, as prepared for delivery before a vigil in remembrance and honor of the victims of the Pulse Orlando massacre on June 13, 2016 at Niagara Square, Buffalo. Today we gather to remember and honor the victims of the horrible massacre perpetrated this weekend at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, […]