{"id":15661,"date":"2018-01-04T10:21:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T15:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15661"},"modified":"2018-01-04T10:21:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T15:21:25","slug":"giambra-announces-gubernatorial-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15661","title":{"rendered":"Giambra announces gubernatorial bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra <a href=\"http:\/\/buffalonews.com\/2018\/01\/03\/former-county-executive-joel-giambra-confirms-it-hes-a-candidate-for-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced his intention<\/a> to seek the GOP nomination for Governor.<\/p>\n<p>Giambra is a former Democrat who ran as a Republican for two terms as Erie CE.\u00a0 He is positioning himself as a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.timesunion.com\/capitol\/archives\/279462\/republican-joel-giambra-readies-for-governors-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;moderate.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What does he bring to the table?<\/p>\n<p>On the upside:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Has a degree of credibility having served 10 years as City of Buffalo Comptroller and 8 years as Erie County Executive.<\/li>\n<li>Might appeal to Democrats and &#8220;moderates&#8221; having previously represented a Democrat-majority district.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the downside:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is buds with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.parkstrategies.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pothole Al<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Was at the helm during <a href=\"http:\/\/news.wbfo.org\/post\/erie-county-budget-crisis-top-local-story-2004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the county&#8217;s fiscal crisis of &#8217;05<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Does the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nygop.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York GOP<\/a> really need another &#8220;moderate&#8221;?<\/li>\n<li>Little to no name recognition outside WNY.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On 2A, the only thing I can recall about Giambra is that back in &#8217;06 he wanted approval from the state legislature to tack a $5 fee on pistol licenses.\u00a0 Whether this was because he is antigun or because the county needed the money can be debated.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D15661&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15661\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15661\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=15661\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra announced his intention to seek the GOP nomination for Governor. Giambra is a former Democrat who ran as a Republican for two terms as Erie CE.\u00a0 He is positioning himself as a &#8220;moderate.&#8221; What does he bring to the table? 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