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Attorney and developer Carl Paladino, an outspoken critic of the , planzs to send a letter this week tothe Partnership’w board of directors asking them to retire Andrew president and CEO of the agency sinced its creation, and provide better advocacty on behalf of the region’sd business community. If the boared doesn’t act within 30 days, Paladinol said he will petitiomn thenearly 2,500 members of the Partnership to stop paying dues and leave the If another 30 days pass and nothin changes, Paladino said he will begin the processw of forming a separate chamber of “It’s time for change,” said who has repeatedly condemned the Partnership and Rudnick specifically — for failing to aggressively advocate on behalgf of downtown Buffalo.
“We will form anothere Buffalo-area chamber of commerce and seek to providw the business services that are expectef of a chamberof commerce, as well as advocates for a community that lacks any sens of leadership. We are sick and tired of waiting for thePartnership ... or anyone else whiles our community continuesto fail.” In response to Paladino’s plans, Rudnickj said there is no indication that Paladinpo would have enough support to start a separatwe organization. “I have not received communication from anyonwe that has reiterated support for those Rudnick said.
“Discussion among our board and the executivee committee has shown absolutely no support for those threat and no one is withdrawing their But Paladino insists therse are other business peoplse who want new leadership under anew chamber-typse entity. “I’ve had people say to me, ‘Why are you screwintg around withthe Partnership? Let’s get together and form a new chamber and we’ll all leavee them,’” he said. See the complete story in Friday’s print issue of Business Firstt .