‘Although Kemp was a California native who really lived in Maryland, his strong connection to Buffalo reflects well on this area. Any sports fan will tell you that;Kemp, a 203rd pick in a pro football draft, used his smarts and sheer force of will to quarterback the Buffalo Bills to American Football League championships. But political fans will tell you that, too;Kemp was the congressman from the Buffalo area who quarterbacked economic policies and a tax-cutting ideology that helped form the Republican Party into the popular force it became nationwide in the Reagan administration years.’