Late last night, at the tail end of one of the few weeks in the past year in which we did not publish anything snarky about anybody, someone threw two gallons of paint on our front doors. Seems a waste; we hadn’t even earned it. Nonetheless, we were cleaning up all morning.

Last week, sure, I can see that: maybe Chris Collins, maybe Steve Pigeon. But no…those guys wouldn’t stoop so low. They don’t even return our calls. It must have been someone else.

Buck Quigley had what sounded on his end like a civil conversation with Bob Gioia earlier in the week, so I can’t believe it was him. And I can’t imagine his brother, Anthony Gioia—recently confirmed as a representative to the 63rd session of the UN—would be so undiplomatic. James Williams? No, Dr. Williams loves AV. He told me so last year. And I can’t believe anything would have changed his mind since then.

Revenge, like pizza, is best served cold, but we understand that the folks at La Nova have made peace with their neighbors. So that’s not it.

George Sax is too urbane to have caused us trouble with the Public Bridge Authority or the Erie County Democrats. And though Bruce Jackson frequently draws heat down on the paper, it doesn’t seem like the Seneca Gaming Corporation’s style. Our other Bruce, late of county government and now thinking deep thoughts about public policy at Buffalo State, is generally brisk but not offensive…unless Bob Wilmers has been nursing a grudge against Fisher and occasional AV contributor John McMahon for months.

What the hell. It couldn’t have been former Buffalo News editor Murray Light.

I’m sure the vandal didn’t issue from City Hall, the good offices of which are AV’s most frequent target, because anyone who works for the city would know that there’s one of those new surveillance cameras just up the street. The blue-light specials.

When I called B District to ask if the camera might have caught the guilty party in the act, I was told that a detective would call back later today. Then, maybe, we’ll see.

Lest folks believe from two earlier posts (here and here) that it’s only anti-Lenihan forces, bankrolled by Responsible New York, polluting the mailboxes of Democratic Party county committee people, get a load of this mailing touting Lenihan’s accomplishments:

And here’s another one (the third I’ve seen) attacking Lenihan and elections commissioner Dennis Ward. Still now word on who, exactly, committee people are supposed to vote for instead of Lenihan:

Yesterday Democratic committee members, who meet on Saturday at Hearthstone Manor for the post-primary re-organization meeting, received a flier in the mail attacking current county chairman Len Lenihan and elections czar Dennis Ward. I posted it below.

Now those same committee members are receiving a new flier peddling the same message:

Still no word on who these committee members are supposed to vote for in order to rid the party of the vile Lenihan and Ward. Nor is it clear who’s paying for these mailings, though one might reasonably guess it’s Steve Pigeon using Responsible New York funds. (Over at BuffaloPundit, a sharp-eyed commenter notes that the bulk permit on these mailers matches that on a Baby Joe Mesi mailing, which would seem to corroborate that supposition.)

Erie County Democrats just keep swinging away at one another.

In the wake of last week’s primary, County Democratic Chairman Len Lenihan seems assured of winning another term when the part re-organizes this week. But that hasn’t stopped those who sought to unseat him from continuing their campaign. This flier arrived in today’s mail at the house of Peter Reese, who was elected last Tuesday to the county Democratic committee (click for larger image):

Who paid for this? Who exactly does it support?

Reese said, “I am all for change, but who the hell are the candidates?”