OPEN LETTER: ERIE COUNTY VISION 2033

I’m running for Erie County Executive. And I want to tell you exactly why. I want to tell you what I believe Buffalo and Erie County can be in 10 years. This is my vision:

1/22 Imagine Buffalo with a shimmering new domed stadium/convention center (serving more than just football, year round) downtown, with rail headed right to a revitalized Central Terminal and East side–connecting our Queen City to the airport, to the suburbs . . .

2/22

UPDATE:

After much effort, we have obtained an interview with Erie County Exec Committee for their endorsement. Several chairs asked why I was excluded. The party boss absurdly justified the exclusion claiming that that I hadn’t asked or he was unaware of my candidacy.

1/5 We sent letters, posted them here. So we pushed—we meaning several independent local Democratic leaders. And we got on the calendar…at 5:30, the 21st, early, for a likely predestined outcome, but we’ll take it.

2/5

OPEN LETTER: Erie County is in a crisis. A crisis we have sadly become accustomed to.
Yesterday, I announced my campaign for Erie County Executive. I talked about improving our economy, making it a bubble up, rather a trickle-down model.

1/24 I talked about how our current economy was based on poverty, with too many people either living paycheck-to-paycheck or afraid to speak out against leadership because they may lose their job.

2/24

NATE McMURRAY ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR ERIE COUNTY EXECUTIVE

BUFFALO, NY (Feb. 1, 2023) — Today, former Grand Island Town Supervisor and two-time Democratic Congressional candidate Nate McMurray announced his bid for Erie County Executive.

1/15 “The need for new leadership in Erie County government has never been greater,” McMurray said. “In our county alone, the Blizzard of ’22 killed 46 people, left 26,000 families without heat and power, and caused tens of thousands more to go days without food and medical care.
2/15

Yes, I am running for County Executive. Because I believe:

--The status quo isn't acceptable
--Choice and open debate are good for democracy
--And I love Western New York, with unabashed optimism

If I win, you will see positive change--Guaranteed.

buffalonews.com/news/local/gov… Promises:

I will not serve more than two terms.

I will host open town hall meetings to listen to the public

And I will fight corruption and open the political process

Let's get stuff done #gsd

Read my full vision here:

nateforerie.com

OPEN LETTER: Should I run for County Executive?
Email me: nateforerie@gmail.com
You may have seen the Buffalo News. Yes, I am thinking of challenging Mark Poloncarz in a Democratic primary . And that’s the honest truth. I am just thinking about it.

1/23

buffalonews.com/news/county-ex… Why would I consider challenging a fellow Democrat?
I do not know Poloncarz personally. But I know he has been running Erie County for nearly twenty years (as Comptroller and County Executive)--our longest serving County Executive ever.
2/23

OPEN LETTER: What is going on in Rochester? More on the violent pictures at the police station.

Last week I posted pictures that are hanging in the Circle Street police station, which is near the epicenter of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.

1/20 The pictures showed police dragging a citizen, a protestor on their hands and knees, and burning buildings. See examples here:

2/20

OPEN LETTER: I’m full of hope for 2023

It’s been a couple of very bad years for many of us. I, like many of you, suffered great personal loss.

1/19 As a nation, the very present crisis of climate change (as seen by last week’s storm), COVID, seemingly endless mass shootings, and the global rise of fascism marked in America by January 6; each brought levels of new and deeper trauma to all of our lives.

2/19

OPEN LETTER: Let’s talk about the storm and how we could do better…
At least 28 people have died in Erie County. Some were found in snow banks. Some died at home. The military is in the streets, arresting people. Looting here made international headlines. 1/25 The Governor, and the press, called our Queen City a “war zone.” As I write this, the City of Buffalo is still closed–no getting in or out, with huge trucks surrounding the city, blocking access points. 2/25