"Kevin R. Hardwick" is a political science professor at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York and an Erie County Legislator. Hardwick represented the 10th legislative district in 2009 when he was first elected. The Erie County Legislature was redistricted and downsized to an 11-seat body effective January 2012; Legislator Hardwick represents the 4th legislative district.

Hardwick hosted a local Buffalo, NY radio show on WBEN (AM) called Hardline with Kevin Hardwick. The show focused on local and state politics and government. He has also been interviewed numerous times in the Buffalo and Western New York media.

Kevin Hardwick earned a Ph.D. from Suny Binghamton, and beginning in 1986 served as the Administrative Assistant to the Majority Leader of the New York State Senate, at that time Warren M. Anderson. Senator Anderson retired in December 1988. Dr. Hardwick then joined Canisius College in the fall of 1989.

Hardwick has also held prior political office. More recently, he served on the City of Tonawanda Charter Review Commission, and was a First Ward Alderman and Council member in the City of Tonawanda from 1996-2001. He then unsuccessfully challenged Charles Swanick for a seat in the County Legislature in 2001 and 2003.

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Fisher was a Republican of convenience. If it were up to most Republicans, everybody in the County Executive's office would change enrollment and become a Democrat.

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Even if none of them end up winning, I think they still gave people a choice. And I think they still made the people that did win better legislators down the road because of competition.

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I think a lot of the effect of the tax revolt was pre-emptive.

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That's extraordinary, ... Normally, you'd have two, maybe three at most legislators would chose a particular year to retire, c'mon.

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Brown is looking awfully weak. You can't tell cops not to enforce the law. But if [he is close to the union], he could tell them he'll go to bat for them, if they knock it off. He has either chosen not to do that, or they're not respecting it.

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