All in the family . . .
Ok, let’s try this again. It appears that the substance of my original post on this subject is true: Leonard Stokes has a family connection to the Grassroots machine, which just might have something to do with why he received such unusually attentive service from the city when he was opening his doomed restaurant, One Sunset.
I’ve heard from two solid sources that Crystal Peoples got married this Saturday. Congratulations and Mazel Tov! The groom’s last name: Stokes. He’s either the father or grandfather of Leonard Stokes, the ex-basketball player and would be restaurateur.
Now, it could be the case that the relationship between Stokes’ family member and Assemblywoman Peoples began after June 2007, when Stokes began receiving city money to help start his restaurant. And it isn’t necessarily the case that the relationship led to the extraordinary help that Stokes received over the brief lifetime of his business. But the pieces fit, and it appears that there are new questions that need to be asked of people like Stokes, Michelle Barron, and Byron Brown.
Tags: Buffalo, Byron Brown, Crystal Peoples, Leonard Stokes, Michelle Barron, One Sunset
June 24, 2009 at 2:46 pm |
[...] suggested an answer to that question, namely that Stokes is related to one of the co-founders of the Grassroots political organization. I’d love to see someone with a press credential start asking about those connections. In [...]
July 9, 2009 at 12:06 am |
[...] surfaces, wherein Brown’s economic development team ignores logic and rules to throw money at a connected businessman and help run his restaurant. Davis covers the rent with a personal [...]