Comments on: D&C: “County Clerk’s Office hamstrung by computer failures” http://rochesterturning.com/2006/12/20/dc-county-clerks-office-hamstrung-by-computer-failures/ turning the tide upstate Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:30:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate http://rochesterturning.com/2006/12/20/dc-county-clerks-office-hamstrung-by-computer-failures/#comment-141775 rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate Wed, 14 May 2008 16:37:59 +0000 http://rochesterturning.com/2006/12/20/dc-county-clerks-office-hamstrung-by-computer-failures/#comment-141775 [...] GOP will want you to forget about the lengthy Great County Clerk Computer Crash of December ‘06, during the revenue-rich end-of-year period. They’ll want you to forget [...] [...] GOP will want you to forget about the lengthy Great County Clerk Computer Crash of December ‘06, during the revenue-rich end-of-year period. They’ll want you to forget [...]

]]> By: Ichiro http://rochesterturning.com/2006/12/20/dc-county-clerks-office-hamstrung-by-computer-failures/#comment-5316 Ichiro Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:11:14 +0000 http://rochesterturning.com/2006/12/20/dc-county-clerks-office-hamstrung-by-computer-failures/#comment-5316 I've met Justin, he's a total republican apparatchik. The IT Blame Game is pretty commonplace over there. In ('04?) shiny young Nelson took the reigns of the IT dept amid much optimism from the administration. I remember a number of people at the time saying "his specialty is outsourcing!" with a kind of a special gleam in their eyes. As though that were going to fix everything that was wrong at the time... So, needless to say, there are a large number of rather disgruntled IT folks there. I’ve met Justin, he’s a total republican apparatchik.

The IT Blame Game is pretty commonplace over there. In (’04?) shiny young Nelson took the reigns of the IT dept amid much optimism from the administration. I remember a number of people at the time saying “his specialty is outsourcing!” with a kind of a special gleam in their eyes. As though that were going to fix everything that was wrong at the time…

So, needless to say, there are a large number of rather disgruntled IT folks there.

]]> By: Bill http://rochesterturning.com/2006/12/20/dc-county-clerks-office-hamstrung-by-computer-failures/#comment-5314 Bill Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:26:17 +0000 http://rochesterturning.com/2006/12/20/dc-county-clerks-office-hamstrung-by-computer-failures/#comment-5314 There was a great little article on the County Clerk's computer debacle yesterday in the Rochester Business Journal Online Edition. My favorite part was where the article talks about having to do the work by hand, and the quote from the Clerk herself is..."The Clerk’s Office is open for business and we will work the old-fashioned way until the computer system is back up and running,” County Clerk Cheryl Dinolfo said in a statement. “Thankfully, we have had a plan in place to deal with these types of computer issues.” What a plan indeed! Shut all real estate transactions down!! The GOP has had a stranglehold on the Clerk's office since their phony attack campaign on Patty McCarthy many years ago for spending money to install marble countertops in the Clerk's office. This will resonate in the real estate, legal and title insurance communities, who largely fund County Clerk campaigns, and are taking it on the chin with the closure. Hopefully, this will be a rationale for them to support real change in the County Clerk's office. Here is a link to the RBJ article: http://www.rbj.net/fullarticle.cfm?sdid=63908 There was a great little article on the County Clerk’s computer debacle yesterday in the Rochester Business Journal Online Edition. My favorite part was where the article talks about having to do the work by hand, and the quote from the Clerk herself is…”The Clerk’s Office is open for business and we will work the old-fashioned way until the computer system is back up and running,” County Clerk Cheryl Dinolfo said in a statement.
“Thankfully, we have had a plan in place to deal with these types of computer issues.”
What a plan indeed! Shut all real estate transactions down!!
The GOP has had a stranglehold on the Clerk’s office since their phony attack campaign on Patty McCarthy many years ago for spending money to install marble countertops in the Clerk’s office. This will resonate in the real estate, legal and title insurance communities, who largely fund County Clerk campaigns, and are taking it on the chin with the closure. Hopefully, this will be a rationale for them to support real change in the County Clerk’s office.
Here is a link to the RBJ article:
http://www.rbj.net/fullarticle.cfm?sdid=63908

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