By Larry Bashe I suppose, when anyone talks about Brian McLane, they naturally focus on his lifetime of advocacy work on behalf of the disabled community. I happened to be with Brian the night he received an honorary degree from Niagara University in recognition of that lifetime of advocacy. And just so you’re aware of […]
By Brian McLane As most know, I spent much of my life in politics. It was, as I’ve said time and time again, a career I loved because it was so much like sports. There were two teams and two sides, and almost every time you introduced a piece of legislation, one side won while […]
By Brian McLane Jack Vandervort was a friend. Jack Vandervort was one of the most remarkable men I’ve ever known. Yet, I promise you, Jack Vandervort will never, ever get his due for just how much he did to change the texture and tenor of life in Central New York, as well as the direction […]
Tavares 1976 She was such a vision I could barely take my eyes off her. We were at a New York State Assembly Democratic fund-raiser. It was a Wednesday night. Also in attendance was Mario Cuomo, who at that point was running for governor for the first time. The venue was a large ballroom in […]