| Last week, Dennis Delano said that "Debates are what career politicians do" when asked why he was skipping community forums and debates. Of course, the real reason is that Delano (and the Republicans) would rather run on Delano's fame from his role as a cold case detective with the Buffalo Police Department. This is clearly the case when you look at Delano's campaign website.
There are more mentions of law enforcement than legislation. Delano has a list of missing children on his website. Even his campaign logo resembles a police badge. A few people have asked if Delano is running on his fame, then what is Joe Mesi running on? Mesi is a different case. Mesi is running an issues-based campaign. When you go to Mesi's website, three issues hit you in the face: Jobs, environment and reform. When you visit Delano's, apparently there has been no news out of his campaign for two weeks (the last story came on Oct. 12) and there are a number of law enforcement-related items, including a picture of Delano with two of the people who benefited from Delano's hard police work: Lynn DeJac and Anthony Capozzi.
While Delano is trying real hard to play the career politician card, he could actually show that there are signs of intelligent life in his campaign. He might not want to talk about issues, but his constituents want to know what he's going to do to help cut their taxes, lower their health care costs and help create jobs. Bill Stachowski can answer those questions. Delano can't.
Lastly, while Delano isn't telling us where he stands on the issues, he is fighting crime. From his campaign website:
ALERT.... Please be aware that my opponent has people out there stealing our lawn signs from just about every part of the district, if you see anyone tampering with our signs please call 911 and report it after getting a plate number. We will press charges. Thank's for all of the help and support! Den Delano
First off, as a cop, Delano should know that accusing someone of a crime without proof or evidence is a no-no. Pointing the finger at Stachowski is bold. How does he know it isn't some kids just taking the signs? Saying it's your opponent without proof is wrong. A police officer should know that.
Stay tuned for more on Delano's non-issue campaign. |
