I had the great opportunity to join ArtVoice, The Buffalo Rocket, Riverside Review, Buffalo’s Challenger and a few others at lunch Monday with these two candidates. I like them both very much. I have supported Dennis Delano since he first thought about running for Senate. We have met numerous times since and he takes his job very seriously, I look forward to his election.

Diane Lavalle on the other hand I had never met until Monday and I am so glad I did. See I was one of those guys that supported Ken Case early on before Clark announced he would not seek re-election. Things may have been different if I had the chance to meet Diane before that. She sounds like she would be a great DA. Here is the ONE question I asked, Ms LaVallee, “Will you hesitate going after political corruption no matter which Party it involves”? With out hesitation she said NO, if it is there I will go after it. That is exactly what I wanted to hear. I do not believe the same opinion is shared by Sedita, so LaVallee will get my vote and my support.

I have a few questions I want to get out there about the Ken Case, Frank Sedita endorsement that I will cover very soon. I think something is very wrong there and this also involves Democrat chairman Len Lenihan. Something smells.

On a final note, listening to this conversation these two candidates compliment each other and with Delano being a Buffalo Cop he was able to shed a different perspective of the connection between the DA’s office and the Cops. Pretty piss poor communication and desire to work together between the DA and the cops… We need LaVallee in there to get this straightened out.

Read this article, it was enjoyable being there and listening to the whole conversation.

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Lunch with Diane and Dennis

At a corner table in the former tavern that is the headquarters of the First Amendment Club, Diane LaVallee and Dennis Delano were revisiting the murder cases they’d worked. The jowly Delano, the suspended Buffalo police detective who reporters routinely and generously describe as “stocky,” worked on half a sandwich while LaVallee, prompted by a reporter from the Riverside Review, recalled the 1992 rape and murder of 13-year-old Jennifer Dominiak of Glor Street in Black Rock.