I am appalled at the cowardice shown by the Republican County Legislators over at the County Lej tonight. The fact they needed armed guards; the paddy wagon, metal detectors, that they had to take out in the back seats so the lej would hold less people and the like shows me just how guilty they feel about the wrong way they handled the whole Public Defender mess. My former colleagues tell me that Sister Grace was “man-handled” and forcibly dragged from the room as she was arrested. She is a nun for God’s sake and no offense to Grace she is NOT  YOUNG! I don’t care how annoying you think she is — its ridiculous. They told me another person was thrown against a wall then arrested. WTF!!! Did power so totally corrupt my former colleagues on the Republican side that they have lost all sense and reason??? Don’t they see that their own actions in keeping the public out have exacerbated the situation — THEY have incited the crowds!! And please I do not want to hear that its all because the “Democrats made it about politics, that is complete BS. This is all about Republican power and control and Republicans getting their own way — period. The Democrats do not have a candidate; neither did the bar association nor David Gantt for that matter. Their issue always was and will continue to be about the process used.  I am embarrassed to say that I served on that body, and my friends on the Republican side should be ashamed that they let this happen. Same with Maggie Brooks, she let this happen, she thinks she can wash her hands of it, but like the most famous hand-washer of all, she is still tainted. She could  have been the voice of reason, she could have reached out to fashion a compromise but she chose not to. Now she and the majority Legislators  will have to live and govern with the consequences of their actions and in-actions. 

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• Thomas Belknap says:

  February 13, 2008 at 8:15 am

  I’m having a heck of a time figuring out what a nun could possibly have done to earn being physically removed and arrested from a M.C. Legislature meeting. I’m sorry, but I think there’s a lot more to be asked of the Rochester Police Department as well. What the hell are they doing? Are we a police state, now?

  We have some Constitutional rights, here. Where is the RPD in standing up for those? How about the fire code on the building? Misreporting such a thing is a violation, I am sure, so how did it get changed?

  The Republicans have a lot to be sorry about, but I am saddened to say that the guilt lies not only with them.

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• Carla Palumbo says:

  February 13, 2008 at 8:19 am

  Rochester Police were NOT at the meeting on Tuesday — the law enforcement was provided courtesy of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Dept., although RPD was called I have it on good authority they declined to participate!

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• Thomas Belknap says:

  February 13, 2008 at 8:41 am

  Ah, well that’s good to know. Not that the M.C. Sheriff’s Dept doesn’t have some questions to answer.

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• » Republicans Annoint Themselves Rulers of M.C. » DragonFlyEye.Net says:

  February 13, 2008 at 8:07 am

  [...] Water Buffalo Press Cowards!!!! I am appalled at the cowardice shown by the Republican County Legislators over at the County Lej [...]

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• rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate says:

  February 14, 2008 at 4:35 pm

  [...] Palumbo also reports on her DFE blog about the situation: Did power so totally corrupt my former colleagues on the [...]

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