NY-26: Jack Davis “buys the people” once again?
Expanding on Exile’s post below, The Buffalo News today states that Jack Davis paid $5,000 each to two consultants for providing names of “friendly Democrats.” According to the article:
Anthony Orsini said his wife’s company, incorporated in Florida earlier this year, has earned the money by providing names of friendly Democrats to the Davis campaign.
Orsini is the Independence Party Chairman in Erie County, one of two men who will determine his party’s endorsement. While Orsini maintains that Davis’ hiring of his wife’s consulting firm will not be an influence in who will be endorsed, this begs credibility.
Wasn’t Davis just on the news last week decrying the influence of special interests? How is this action not an undue influence on the Independence Party nomination?
Is this how Davis operates, buying his way through life? How can someone who can just buy everything, including endorsements, relate to the struggles of everyday voters of Western New York?
Only one candidate in the entire race for NY-26 is out there every day listening to the concerns of everyday Western New Yorkers and actually earning the endorsements he has received: Jon Powers. Powers, with his nearly 4,000 individual contributors and hard grassroots work, is truly “By the people.” Jack Davis yet again shows he is “Buy the people.”
Jack’s continual claim that he won’t be beholden to special interests is truly galling. The most powerful special interest of all is self interest, and Jack’s actions throughout this cycle show that his own self interest is all he cares about. Why else run a primary that will drain the resources of the strongest candidate we’ve ever had, Jon Powers?
The only upside to the brazenly mercenary approach of the IP is that they don’t seem willing to give Davis their line unless he wins the Democratic primary. That’s why they’ve got a placeholder there now.