SALON: WNYMedia, based in western New York state, is the outlet that way back in April first detailed Paladino’s habit of emailing his favorite racist jokes and hardcore porn to a select group of dozens of friends and acquaintances. The folks at WNY have now taken the opportunity of Paladino’s attack on pornographers to post more of his mass emails (NSFW and possibly NSFH link here). Among the areas covered: lactation, bestiality, squirting. Sample subject line: “2 Chicks Turning up the heat – XXX.” Sample commentary from Paladino: “awesome.” MORE
WNYMEDIA: Since Carl decided to make an issue of “pornographers and perverts” who are subverting our society and offending his values and Catholic sensibilities, we here at WNYMedia.net thought now would be a great time to revisit the 70-something emails that Carl Paladino sent around to hundreds of his friends, advisors, and associates as well as to leaders in the WNY business community and government officials over the course of several years. MORE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: Carl Paladino says kids shouldn’t be “brainwashed” into thinking it’s okay to be gay or be taken to a “disgusting” gay pride parade. But he had no problem when his son, William, ran Cobalt, a nightclub once dubbed Buffalo‘s “gay club of the moment.” And he had no problem cashing the rent checks from Cobalt and another gay club called Buddies II, both of which were located for years in buildings he owned. From May 2004 through July 2006, William Paladino co-owned a nightclub on Delaware Ave. in downtown Buffalo, records show. Liquor license records show the club was run under the corporate name 2975 Group LLC, while the building it was housed in was owned by one of Carl Paladino‘s many companies, the Huron Group LLC. It was called Cobalt in 2004 and much of 2005, catering exclusively to gay clientele, holding drag queen nights and featuring “boy-tenders” behind the bar. MORE