The number of reform advocates is growing right here in western New York.

 

Tea Party activists showed up to protest the appearance of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver at a fundraiser in downtown Buffalo on Thursday, January 28th.  Silver never showed up even though he was the headliner for the $2,000-per-head fundraiser to benefit the Erie County Democratic Party.  Members of the protest and many others consider Silver to be part of the “three-men in a room” team that is the real governing body in Albany. 

 

Earlier in the week of the protest, a Tea Party meeting was held in Tonawanda. Around 110 people attended this meeting.   

 

The Buffalo News wrote an article on the protest.  In the article, James Ostrowski, a Buffalo lawyer active in the anti-tax tea party movement said Silver is “on top of a totally corrupt system that drags this state down, so he’s a perfect target.”

 

As the number of people involved in movements such as this continues to steadily increase, many elected officials will be forced to answer to their lack of reform actions and continued high taxes in Albany.