Buffalo Criterion, 1987-12-24

              the buffalo criterion niagara region wny's oldest and largest afro american weekly for over 60 years featuring paid legitmate circulation established in 1925 vol 63 - no 52 thursday december 24-30 1987 rochester seasons greetings transition at county hall special to air wkbw-tv channel 7 will broadcast the local special politics to policy the change at county hall on friday jan ist at 8 p.m it will be re broadcast on sat jan 2 at 7 p.m the special will be hosted and produced by brian kahle the co-host of channel 7's live morning prog/am am buffalo .. politics to policy the change at county hall is about the political transition which is under way at county hall in buffalo from a republican to a democratic office dennis gorski captured the erie county executive seat from incumbent ed rutkowski in the novem ber election january ist will mark the first time that a democrat will hold the office of erie county executive for the program kahle interviewed a number of key individuals who are involved with the changing of the guard at county hall included are james stanton who heads gor ski's transition committee as well as republican party chairman victor farley and democratic party chairman joe cran gle also interviewed for the special are area law makers and businessmen who share their views on how the transition will affect the political and business climate of wes tern new york for another viewpoint on the upcoming changes kahle talks with wkbw tv political commentator ray herman and buffalo news reporter george borrelli county executive rut kowski reflects on some of the good as well as the bad times in his political career and offers some advice for the transition county executive-elect gorski talks about his hopes for the transition and his plans for the future jubilee day planned for new year's day the public is invited to attend a jubilee day - emancipation proclama tion celebration service on new year's day january ist at agape methodist church 224 northland aye at 12 o'clock noon the rev will brown president of the interde nominational ministers council will be the speak er rev eugene mc ashan pastor of bethel ame church will preside ministers will be recogniz ed the program is sponsor ed by the buffalo branch naacp daniel acker is present the rev robert bailey is host pastor hoyt urges groups to attend workshop on utility laws assemblyman william b hoyt d-buffalo chairman of the assembly energy committee en courages human services groups and workers to attend the public utility law project training ses sions next month in buffalo the training sessions are provided to inform community groups legal service organizations and any advocacy or action groups that make low-in come persons aware of their rights and responsi bilities the two-day sessions are entitled the rights of low income people to obtain and retain utility service and the rights of low-income people to utility benefits will be held monday jan 11th from 9 a.m to 4:30 p.m and tuesday jan 12th from 9 a.m to 1 p.m at the mahoney state office building at 65 court st part 1 advocates are encour aged to attend both days workshops although one day registration is permis s c five other sessions ill be held throughout the state the group will have seversal hand-outs and an updated public utility law manual at the seminars seating is limited and registration is available on a first come-first served basis interested groups or persons can find out more or register by calling 518 449-3375 parade of stars telethon to benefit uncf leading the fun-filled entertainment of the parade of stars telethon which will benefit the negro college fund are from left the host lou rawls and co-hosts marilyn mccoo and ed mcmahon the show airs sat , dec 26th on wivb-tv channel 4 from 7 p.m to 12 midnight the 1987 lou rawls parade of stars telethon featuring more than 50 superstars will be beamed to american homes on sat dec 26th from 7 p.m to 12 midnight and will aired on wivb-tv channel 4 in support of the united negro college fund uncf contributions to the parade of stars now in invaluable support for uncf's 42 private his torically black colleges and universities anheuser-busch com panies inc which sup ports a number of educa tional programs through out the country is the national and founding sponsor of the lou rawls parade of stars hun dreds of the company's wholesalers also play an active role in the telethon by sponsoring local united negro college fund events viewers of the parade of stars the only tele thon to benefit higher edu cation will see over 50 super-talented entertain ers including sammy da vis jr bob hope whit ney houston al jarreau the pointer sisters ben vereen lynn redgrave smokey robinson nancy wilson freddie jackson mickey gilley lola fa lana george benson and earl klugh jody watley the whispers anita ba ker and many others the high or low road to political campaigning one of the first decisions an individual has to make who is involved with planning strategies for a political campaign is whether to take the high or low road in essence this means deciding if the campaign will be issues oriented or one focused on muckraking mudslinging deceit and defamation of character many of us have witnessed the era of watergate dirty-tricks and recently the kind of scrutinizing the news media is reporting on what was once considered matters of personal privacy the speeches and qualifica tions of people seeking office are also ex amined very closely by the public in general especially that segment which is in opposition to them some of us may adhere to the old adage that in the heat of battle everything is fair and you must win at any cost i happen to subscribe to the trend of thought that it is not whether you win or lose but how you play the game i feel individuals who are involved in political campaigns should agree in principle to the rules for conducting a healthy spirited and com petitive campaign and they should pledge to abide by these rules probably by now the question has come to mind of why is anyone writing about how a political campaign is conducted and furthermore who cares my response to the first part of this question is that we need only to look at what is happening on a national level by william burroughs board of directors of jeff-way inc with the 1988 presidential campaign in order to understand the reality that planning and organizing started three or four years prior to the presidential election a similar trend exists on the state and local levels of government the primary election for next year's political offices is nine months away and the general eleciton is less than a year you do not have to be a political scientist to realize that there is not much time for a candidate to start preparing for an election i often hear the names of people mentioned who may be interested in seeking an elected office particularly of the 141 assembly district i am aware of the fact that an exploratory committee has been formed and is assessing the feasibility of a candidate running for this elected office the name of dorsey h glover regional director of the department of economic development has surfaced and has been mentioned by the exploratory committee as a prime contender to seek this office providing the committee's assessment proves favorable however mr glover has not made any official statement about his intentions other than that it is something the he will consider and make a decision at the appropriate time mr glover made a point of explaining to me that if he did decide to challenge the greetings surround yourself with those you love and s experience all of the l beauty of the season , a joyous holiday season to our staff contributors advertisers customers subscribers & well-wishers — from — the buffalo criterion black newspaper founder john brown russwurm founder of america's first black newspaper milwaukee — his be ginning was less than promising born in jamaica to a slave woman and a white american merchant john russ wurm's future appeared bleak john russwurm sr s concern for his son's education however saved the youngster from a life of telethon continued on this page newspaper founder continued on page 7 from this page telethon campaigning - see pg 7 serving working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 price only 20 l per copy