February 19th, 2010
HAMBURG (wned) – State Assembly Republican Leader Brian Kolb brought his push for a state Constitutional Convention to Hamburg last night.
The goal is to pass legislation this year, elect delegates next year and hold the convention in 2012.
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February 19th, 2010
BUFFALO, NY – Some republican members of the state assembly say the only way to get real reform in Albany is through a constitutional convention.
That was the topic of conversation Thursday night at an open house in Hamburg.
February 19th, 2010
“Let the people decide — that’s all of us — and decide in November whether they want to have a convention or not to try to change their state government,” said Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb of Canandaigua. Joining him were Assemblywoman Jane L. Corwin of Clarence and Assemblymen Jack F. Quinn III of Hamburg, Joseph M. Giglio of Gowanda and Stephen M. Hawley of Batavia.
February 17th, 2010
More than two dozen area residents came out for a town hall-style meeting with their state assemblyman Tuesday night, and the overriding message was clear — Albany needs fixing.
Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua, asked for a show of hands: “How many people think New York State government is working for you?”
No one raised a hand.
February 11th, 2010
Local political activists Peter Healey and Brittany Turner are to be congratulated for stimulating local discussion about the need for fundamental change in the structure of state government. The two organized last week’s forum in New Paltz on efforts to call a state constitutional convention.
Driving the issue is the increasingly obvious need for fundamental reform of Albany World.
One participant in the forum was Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua, who has been among the most prominent of current political leaders pushing for a constitutional convention. He argued last week that the state Legislature is incapable of reforming itself.
February 8th, 2010
By TERRA THOMPSON
NEW PALTZ — Fixing property taxes and education in New York is an uphill battle, but a constitutional convention might provide a solution — if citizens take the reins.
“The people don’t feel the legislators are working for them because [Albany] is so backlogged,” Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb said Tuesday at the town community center.
February 4th, 2010
State Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua, will continue his town hall meetings in Ontario County, later this month.
February 4th, 2010
NEW PALTZ – Two state Assembly leaders and members of the Proportional Representation Party were in New Paltz Tuesday night meeting with local residents in an effort to muster more support for a statewide referendum on a constitutional convention this November. The next one is scheduled for 2017, but with state legislation, the voters could have a ballot referendum this fall.
Among those speaking were Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, a Democrat and Republican Minority Leader Brian Kolb.
February 2nd, 2010
By Brian M. Kolb
Last summer, I shared with News readers my call for convening a People’s Convention to Reform New York, a nonpartisan, grass-roots-driven effort to empower citizens to take back their state government and deliver critical fiscal and governmental reforms. Since then, the arguments in support for a People’s Convention have only strengthened.
