In addition to running a write-in campaign to try to win a fifth term, Mayor Byron W. Brown is now mounting a petition drive to get an independent ballot line, challenging state law that says the deadline for such an effort has passed. (News file photo)
Mayor Byron W. Brown has launched a petition drive to try and gain an independent line on the Nov. 2 ballot by disputing the petition filing deadline set earlier this year by the State Legislature. Brown's campaign is arguing in favor of the previous deadline, which would expire on Tuesday, but it would not cite the legal justification for its interpretation.
"I'm prepared to take on the challenges that the majority of Buffalonians are facing, and I'm not going to back down, I'm not going to cower and I'm not ashamed," Walton says.
"I think in many ways this is a blessing in disguise," Brown said of his first defeat at the polls in 28 years, "because it is energizing the community and bringing the community together in ways I have not seen in a very long time."
A city manager would be selected by the nine-member Council in conjunction with the community to "carry out the will of the Council members," University Council member Rasheed N.C. Wyatt told The Buffalo News.
In addition to running a write-in campaign to try to win a fifth term, Mayor Byron W. Brown is now mounting a petition drive to get an independent ballot line, challenging state law that says the deadline for such an effort has passed. (News file photo)
