{"id":8381,"date":"2011-07-31T10:57:47","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T14:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/?p=8381"},"modified":"2011-07-31T10:57:47","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T14:57:47","slug":"buffalo-news-intense-contest-for-fillmore-seat-draws-big-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/2011\/07\/buffalo-news-intense-contest-for-fillmore-seat-draws-big-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo News: Intense contest for Fillmore seat draws big names"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Robert J. McCarthy –\u00a0One of the fiercest battles of the 2011 election season campaign is taking shape this summer over a Common Council seat in Buffalo’s Fillmore District, which after redistricting, extends from glitzy waterfront condos to some of the city’s roughest East Side neighborhoods.\"\"<\/p>\n

It pits City Hall’s most durable figure, David A. Franczyk, against an equally savvy political veteran, Laurence F. Adamczyk, who has spent the last 30 years working behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

Although it is a race over one Council seat, the contest is attracting names with countywide recognition and has citywide implications.<\/p>\n

Dennis T. Gorski, the former county executive; Vincent J. Sorrentino, the former Erie County Democratic chairman; and Maurice L. Garner, the former Grassroots political club president, are among those contributing to Adamczyk, a former aide to Gorski.<\/p>\n

The campaign represents the continuing clash between the Common Council, which Franczyk leads as president, and Mayor Byron W. Brown.<\/p>\n

The intensity of the contest sometimes creeps into the venomous category.<\/p>\n

Read full story on the Buffalo News<\/a>—><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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