Women with Opinions

Progressive Blog is Sour on Jon Powers; Gives Thumbs Up to Alice Kryzan

Here's what the blog "Progressive Democrats WNY"  has to say about Jon Powers and Alice Kryzan who are running for the Congressional seat being vacated by Tom Reynolds:   

"As a point of interest this Blog will not endorse nor support Jon Powers in the upcoming primary campaign.  In response to questions he indicated that he does not support the basic progressive concept of National Health Care choosing the Republican theme of affordable health care - how does one achieve that in a free market economy where the number of physicians, health care plans, technologies, and medications has not driven costs down but up. The tradition progressive position of a national health policy was only supported by Alice Krysan.

Mr. Powers has also come out in favor of what could be a prolonged stay in Iraq and possible conflict with Iran. Both Alice Krysan and Jack Davis disagreed with him on this area.

Looking to the local economy, all three candidates advocated pursuit of a Green Economy and development of a locally based green production production program.
I have been a frequent attendee at local alternative energy, green industry, and green technology programs sponsored through out the area.  Alice Krysan has usually been in attendance while Mr. Powers and Davis have not.

I believe that Ms. Krysan is better suited to be the candidate more than willing to lead the community in changing a firmly entrenched conservative mindset to doing business, government activity, and political leadership that has held the area back over the years."

Alice Kryzan Has a Plan (to End the War)

One of the most critical issues facing this country is how to extract ourselves from Iraq, that fiasco created by George W. Bush to send a message to his father (Look, Daddy, I was man enough to invade Iraq and you weren't.).  Two  candidates running for the US House of Representatives in our area, Alice Kryzan and Eric Massa, think they know the best way to get us out of that mess. 

Kryzan, who is a lifelong Democrat, is running for a House seat in the 26th Congressional district, which is being vacated by Republican Tom Reynolds.   Massa, who is also a Democrat, is running for a seat in the 29th district against encumbant  Randy Kuhl, a Republican.    

Read about the plan Kryzan and Massa are advocating here and listen to Alice Kryzan talk further about the issue in this video (Note: The video was shot shortly before General David Petreus reported on the progress of the war to Congress on April 8.)

Leading by Example, Not

Jon Powers wants to go to Congress and fill the House seat being vacated by Tom Reynolds.  Thus far, six of the seven county Democratic committees in the 26th district have endorsed Powers, Erie County being the lone holdout.

Powers, who is still in his twenties, served  in Iraq and is trying to use his military experience, like many men before him, as a springboard into high public office.   His campaign slogan is  "Leading by Example."

Powers' campaign, which up until this point had been going  swimmingly, hit a pothole this week when it was revealed that Powers has been using campaign funds to help pay the rent on his apartment in Buffalo.  This is a violation of federal election laws. 

Powers promised to repay the money, $4000 in total, "immediately," said his campaign manager John Gerken.

Here's what the Water Buffalo Press blog has to say about the mess: "Worst case scenario is that Powers is using campaign funds for personal gain, best case is that the campaign management is completely inept."

Why is Alice Kryzan Running for Congress?

The Alice Kryzan File

I've been reading up on Alice Kryzan.  She's the gal who wants to run on the Democratic ticket  in November against  Tom Reynolds to represent the 26th Congressional District.  Jon Powers and Jack Davis also want that privilege   Here's  what I found out about Alice:

Ms. Kryzan:

*  is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School.

*   was the first female partner at Phillips Lytle, once the Buffalo area's largest law firm.