Casey Seiler is reporting at Capitol Confidential the Buffalo Board of Education Thu., Dec. 29, passed a resolution calling for the immediate resignation of member Carl Paladino. Paladino was co-chair of President-elect Donald Trump's New York campaign and the former Republican gubernatorial candidate. The board's action takes place less than a week after his racist and offensive comments about Michelle and Barack Obama came to light. He offered a tepid apology earlier this week for the remarks printed by the Buffalo publication Artvoice. Paladino was not present for the vote. The resolution passed on a vote of six to two. Paladino released a statement, calling the vote “certainly not an illustration of courage or leadership on the part of the council members, legislators, mayor or county executive, who have joined in the chorus of racist and incompetent Board of Ed members seeking my removal.... It’s going to be a very combative year.” If Paladino fails to resign within 24 hours, the resolution calls for the Board of Education to retain an attorney to submit an application for his removal with state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia. Read the full story at Capitol Confidential, a Times Union blog.

A video tweeted by Jeff Preval of Buffalo's WGRZ-TV shows the board vote and public response (:27):