Who is Sergio?
Nothing will quite so starkly upset the Buffalo Republican establishment as Sergio Rodriguez’s announcement of his run for Mayor, set to take place at 1pm in Niagara Square. For WNY Republicans,...
View ArticleLorigo Cracks Knuckles in Rodriguez’s Direction
Pity poor Republican candidate for Buffalo Mayor Sergio Rodriguez. The Erie County Republican Committee won’t back him, and the impotent city committee was slow to endorse. He’s even supposedly getting...
View ArticleRodriguez Reddit AMA, Tolbert Opens HQ
Republican candidate for Mayor Sergio Rodriguez will be holding a Reddit AMA (“ask me anything”) at 5pm today on Reddit.com – more specifically, the /r/Buffalo subreddit. Democratic candidate for...
View ArticleDonn Esmonde Looks at things Backwards
“Donn Esmonde is an Ass” is the name of the series, and he seldom, if ever disappoints. In Friday’s column, he devoted about 550 words to talking about how lame Byron Brown is and how Bernie Tolbert...
View Article#ItsTime vs. #BelieveinBernie vs. #Progress
He may be underfunded, and he may have a dramatic party enrollment disadvantage, but Republican mayoral candidate Sergio Rodriguez has staked out a unique position here. While Mayor Brown touts...
View ArticleDid You See the Mayoral Debate & Other Things (UPDATED)
1. Federal prosecutors may soon ask to exhume a dead convicted drug dealer who died while awaiting sentencing. Well, there’s a death certificate, but the government has reason to believe the guy’s not...
View ArticleSiena Polls Buffalo, Looking Good for Brown
The Buffalo News and Channel 2 commissioned a Siena poll of 966 Buffalo registered voters, and 620 likely (D) voters. 51% think New York State is on the right track, and 56% of respondents think...
View ArticleOn The Trail
Buffalo photographer and Redditor Sunny Hasija has been following Republican Mayoral candidate Sergio Rodriguez on the campaign trail in recent weeks. Here are some pictures he’s posted to Flickr. If...
View ArticleBuffalo Mayoral Debate the Third
There was a third debate Tuesday night between Mayor Byron Brown, his Democratic challenger Bernie Tolbert, and his Republican opponent Sergio Rodriguez. I don’t see a full video available online, but...
View ArticleConservative Party Defames Sergio Rodriguez
When you have to attack and defame a poorly funded grassroots candidate who doesn’t even have the financial or organizational backing of his own party’s county committee, you have to wonder just how...
View ArticleShorter Esmonde
1. Sergio Rodriguez is a swell guy, but he has no hope – a “sand castle has a better chance in a tsunami”. So, I will label his run for Mayor “quixotic” and otherwise dismiss him altogether, while...
View ArticleConsider Sergio
As I explained yesterday, the Buffalo News editorial board endorsed Mayor Byron Brown in Thursday’s edition. Brown is running for his third term as mayor of a struggling, poor rust belt city who runs a...
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