Mike Ranzenhofer- The Buffalo Bean

Posted by Matt in NY State Government on 07 28th, 2009 | Comments Off

The other day State Senators Dale Volker, George Maziarz and Mike Ranzenhofer wrote an opinion piece in the the Buffalo News arguing that the chaos of the Senate coup lead to much needed reforms. Citing various Democrat broken promises (such as the failure to name Bill Stachowski chairman of the Senate...

Posted by Matt in Erie County on 12 10th, 2008 | Comments Off

John Mills, minority leader of the Erie County Legislature, and fellow Republicans Mike Ranzenhofer and Edward A. Rath wrote a piece appearing in yesterday’s Buffalo News about the county budget. Last week, the Erie County Legislature Republican minority caucus introduced a budget plan that...

Post-Election Reactions...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008 on 11 6th, 2008 | 2 Comments

With the election over, I thought I give my post-election thoughts on some local races I covered. NY-26: Chris Lee It was a good night for the voters of the 26th district. They saw through Alice Kryzan’s smear campaign and elected Chris Lee to represent them in Congress. The choice was clear: Send...

SD-61: Ranzenhofer Knocks Out Mesi...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008, NY State Government, SD-61 on 11 5th, 2008 | Comments Off

New Siena Poll Shows Stachowski’s ...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008, SD-58, SD-61 on 11 2nd, 2008 | Comments Off

A new Siena poll shows some interesting shifts in some State Senate races. First, in the 58th Senate District Bill Stachowski has retaken the lead over Dennis Delano. Stachowski now has a 47-43 percent lead over Delano, after trailing 49-36 percent in the previous Siena poll in this district where Democrats...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008, SD-61 on 10 30th, 2008 | Comments Off

New York State is already over-taxed, over-regulated, and being run into the ground by Democrats at all levels of state government. This article explains what is at stake in the 61st State Senate District election: There’s no shortage of big, important political races this fall, but it’s hard to...

SD-61: Ranzenhofer and Mesi on WBEN...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008, SD-61 on 10 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Listening to Mike Ranzenhofer and Baby Joe Mesi on WBEN with Kevin Hardwick… and it is quite clear why Baby Joe had previously been avoiding debating Ranzenhofer. While Mike is demonstrating a clear understanding of the issues and is giving definitive answers, Baby Joe is giving more wishy-washy...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008, SD-61 on 10 6th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Mike Ranzenhofer accepted seven invitations to debate Baby Joe Mesi. But, apparently Baby Joe isn’t willing to step into the ring with Mike Ranzenhofer. Ranzenhofer’s challenge to Joe Mesi on September 24th forced the Mesi campaign to commit to three overdue debate invitations. Mesi responded...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008, SD-61 on 10 6th, 2008 | Comments Off

Looks like Baby Joe isn’t really interested in fighting for lower taxes. The state’s projected $9 billion budget gap for next year didn’t stop State Senate candidate Michael H. Ranzenhofer from suggesting a massive, across-the-board cut in taxes last week. Ranzenhofer said his tax plan —...

SD-61: Comparing Ranzenhofer’s and...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008, SD-61 on 10 5th, 2008 | 1 Comment

I’ve noticed a lot of ads on TV for the tight race Senate District 61 between Mike Ranzenhofer and Baby Joe. So, I’ve decided to weigh in on two of those ads, one from each campaign, that features the candidate talking to the camera. First, here’s Mike Ranzenhofer’s: Next, here’s...

SD-61: Siena Poll Shows Tight Race...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008, SD-61 on 09 24th, 2008 | Comments Off

Interesting results from the Siena poll released today. The Senate race to fill the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Mary Lou Rath is in a statistical dead heat, according to a poll out this morning. The Siena College Research Institute poll shows former boxer Joe Mesi, a Democrat, leading Michael...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008, SD-61 on 09 24th, 2008 | Comments Off

Baby Joe Mesi, who “challenged” Mike Ranzenhofer to three debates over a week ago, is now apparently running away from debating Ranzenhofer, who had immediately accepted the challenge. From the Ranzenhofer campaign: Mike Ranzenhofer, Candidate for State Senate in the 61st Senate District,...

Posted by Matt in Campaign 2008, SD-61 on 09 22nd, 2008 | Comments Off

Today, Mike Ranzenhofer, candidate for State Senate in the 61st Senate District, will announce his plan for cutting state spending 15% across the board. Meanwhile, somewhere else, Baby Joe Mesi is working on another boxing/fighting metaphor for his campaign.

Collins Suspends Erie County’s App...

Posted by Matt in Erie County on 09 19th, 2008 | Comments Off

It is nice to know that some people are fighting for the taxpayers and not kowtowing to the unions. Honoring a campaign pledge, Erie County Executive Chris Collins suspended the controversial, union-friendly apprenticeship law that business leaders felt unnecessarily drove up the cost of county-financed...

Posted by Matt in NY State Government, SD-61 on 09 16th, 2008 | Comments Off

Buffalo 14228 makes this weak argument against Mike Ranzenhofer: He’ll do what Mary Lou Rath, the current Republican state senator for 14 years, was unable or unwilling to do…get something done. No sense going through the list of all the previous ineffectve Republican predecessors. All you...

SD-61: Baby Joe Acting Tough?...

Posted by Matt in SD-61 on 09 13th, 2008 | 2 Comments

The Albany Project gleefully reports that Baby Joe Mesi has “challenged” Mike Ranzenhofer to three debates. “We owe the voters of the 61st an opportunity to hear more than sound bites from radio and television ads for such an important election.” said Joe Mesi. ”I believe...