Brian Davis and Byron Brown play hard to get

Political bedfellows Byron Brown and Brian Davis are tough guys to pin down these days -- as always.

Investigators for the State Police and District Attorney showed up at City Hall on Wednesday intending to talk to Davis, presumably related to their investigation of the Ellicott District Common Council member's financial dealings. Depending on who you talk to, Davis either wasn't around or suddenly made himself scarce.

No surprise. I had the same experience when I tried to question him about everything from his bad debts to phony claims of a college degree.

Brown, meanwhile, waltzed into Thursday's meeting of the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency 15 minutes late, conducted a meeting that lasted all of five minutes, and blew out of the room. Suffice to say, there was no idle chit-chat.

While hizzoner was there, BURA approved contracts for six of the 14 human service agencies still awaiting approval of contracts that were supposed to kick in last May.

No discussion, no explanation of why the other eight agencies are still awaiting approval, and no discussion about the questions involving BURA's handling of the contracts of some 50 agencies that I detailed in Monday's paper.

Quick guess: what do you think Brown and Davis consider their favorite line from the movies?

Comments

[ProperEnglish]

James,

Speaking of political bedfellows;

Have you ever looked into the finances of GiGi's restaurant?

They also received money from BERC. The problem is; they didn't pay the contractor for his services. The contractor currently has a lien against the restaurant for $14,000.

If memory serves me correctly, Brown and Davis were pretty proud of themselves for securing the financing for the renovation of this restaurant!

[a question for you]

Did any of the grassroots organizations you mentioned get approved?

[Buffalo]

Quick guess: what do you think Brown and Davis consider their favorite line from the movies?

"'Course I'm respectable. I'm old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough." - Chinatown

[Giovanni Centurione]

Is anyone really surprised by this? We already know Brian Davis is a scam artist for writing fake checks, never at work, can never be reached, and now has the feds looking for him. A mayor who we know is involved with just about every scandal in this town, and tells the media 'I had no idea' to every question regarding each issue. Yet, he's BACK in office because most people in this city are afraid of change. Yes, the City of Buffalo seems to be improving in some areas, but it can also be better and run smoother than it currently is. By the way, are the Feds still investigating Mr. Brown? I'd like to hear what the current status on that investigation is too. I'd luv to see him AND Davis taken out, just so I can say "I told you so" to those who voted for him 'Again'.

[JMarie]

Here's another hard to get anecdote. On Wednesday the United Way held a conference at the Buffalo Convention Center for Disability Advocates from all over the region. Also attending were representatives from state agencies. The Mayor was invited to give his remarks at the opening session, he was unavailable so he confirmed the Deputy Mayor would attend in his place - She was a no show by the way. Guess where the Mayor was instead... Here's a hint... Keanu Reeves was doing his photo op over near the library at the same time. Guess we know how people with disabilities fit into city hall priorities.

[sick and tired]

I guess the mayor and the sheriff were all there together. Nothing better than the glare of a movie camera.What better way to spend the day with taxpayers $$. The mantra of the Erie County officials is - Frankly Charlotte (or voters)I dont give a damn. I guess thats what WNYers want, just the status quo. With our officials, departments and sheriffs office under investigation ,maybe the Erie County Jail should have a wing just for them.

[lanres]

Dammed if you do, dammed if you don't!
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While hizzoner was there, BURA approved contracts for six human service agencies.

[RKT]

They pay you to come up with all this nickel and dime stuff on Byron Brown and Brian Davis. Good grief. If there was anything seriously amiss, Andrew Cuomo and Eric Holder would have been on this already. Makowski, Griffin and Massiello treated Buffalo's finances like a piggy bank and all the News ever did was to extol thier virtues like they were the second coming of Jesus Christ. What about the time Jimmy Griffin shoved the TV cameraman to the floor. The News was all apologetic to Jimmy on that one. Get off Brown and Davis' backs, if there was really anyting serious to these allegations, I'm sure Frank Clark, Frank Sedita, Eric Hold (US Attorney General) and NYS Attorney General Andrew Cuomo would have prosecutions in place by now. Just because they're Democrats that the News endorsed shouldn't really matter now..should it???

[JMarie]

FYI- It's all about votes. The point of these articles and blogs is to create public(voter) awareness. Yes I know he's in office un - opposed but the common council members are up for re-election and the Mayor's financial supporters also need to be made aware of the Monkey Business going on.

[shamus7]

Two low life politicians who deserve to be run out of town.They are lower than a snakes belly