Powers slams Davis for bribery
You may recall the story the Buffalo News broke a few weeks ago on Jack Davis’s attempts to buy his way onto the Independence Party line. The Jon Powers campaign has a video up slamming Davis for this and the Buffalo News has picked up on this as well:
“Consulting” fees paid to the wives of the most influential Independence Party leaders in Western New York are becoming an issue in the primary contest for the Democratic nomination to succeed Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds, R-Clarence.
Jonathan P. Powers, one of three candidates seeking the party’s nod, released a new online video Friday questioning the contention by Jack Davis, one of his opponents, that he is not “trying to buy a congressional seat.” After showing the wealthy industrialist making that denial during his candidacy announcement April 15, an announcer asks, “Really?”
“The party leader who uncovered the scandal said: ‘It’s all about what we call the bribe money from Jack Davis,’ ” the video says. “Davis’ reaction? His campaign manager said they were payments and that they would continue.”
John Gerken, Powers’ campaign manager, also asked how Davis could claim he is not buying the election when he is “paying off officials.”
“This district has had enough of the corruption that is polluting Washington,
Update: Here’s the Powers video I referred to.
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